An Argentinian mountain climber is back on safe ground after being stranded on Canada’s highest mountain this week.

Natalia Martinez, 37, was rescued by helicopter Thursday evening after being stuck 3,680 metres up Mount Logan following avalanches caused by Monday’s two earthquakes.

Martinez landed safely with the rescue team in Silver City at around 9:30 last night.

“When I met her an hour later, she was quite happy, but it was kind of a bittersweet moment,” said Lance Goodwin, the owner and operator of Icefield Discovery Tours, the outfitter that flew Martinez to her base camp.

“She kind of got chased off the mountain by the avalanche,” Goodwin told the Star.

“Having to turn back after that was kind of sad.”

Parks Canada reports that Martinez is uninjured. All rescue responders were home safely by approximately 10:30 p.m.

A rescue was originally scheduled for this morning.

However, Tom Bradley, the chief pilot with Icefield Discovery, noticed a change in the weather Thursday while he was flying a guest tour to their discovery camp. He informed Parks Canada.

Then, the rescue team of Trans North Helicopters pilot Ian Pitchforth, and Parks Canada’s Sara Chisholm, Scott Stewart and David Blackburn worked on getting Martinez off the mountain.

On April 22, Martinez, an experienced climber, began her solo trek of the mountain in Kluane National Park and Reserve.

Bradley explained to the Star Wednesday that Martinez planned to climb the East Ridge to the highest peak, traverse the top of Mount Logan and descend the west side down the King’s Trench.

She ran into trouble two days into her climb when she broke a heel strap on her crampon.

But Icefield Outfitters was able to safely fly along the ridge and drop her a new set of crampons, and she continued on her journey.

Then, Monday morning’s 6.2 and 6.3 magnitude earthquakes struck the territory, northern B.C. and Alaska.

They triggered avalanches and significant serac fall that left her unable to ascend or descend the mountain.

Martinez was uninjured and had a good supply of fuel and food while she hunkered down at her camp and waited for stable weather conditions for rescue.

During this time, she was in close contact with Parks Canada and her partner, Camilo Rado, by satellite phone. He was scheduled to fly from Vancouver to meet her in the Yukon later today.

Parks Canada worked with Environment and Climate Change Canada meterologists, U.S. National Park Service in Denali, Trans North and Icefield Discovery Tours prior to the rescue to ensure that accurate, up-to-date information and the best possible forecasting were informing decisions.

Parks Canada reported Wednesday that there were two other groups in the icefields in Kluane Park, including one other party on Mount Logan.

Mount Logan, with a peak of 5,959 metres (19,550 feet), is the highest point in Canada, and second highest in North America only to Alaska’s Mount McKinley.

On average, 25 climbers attempt to summit the mountain every year.

Solo attempts are rare.