NYS Forest Rangers recently responded to several search and rescue missions for injured and ill hikers in the Catskills and the Adirondacks. These included at least one hiker who was seriously dehydrated.
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Artist’s Rock, Greene County
Wilderness Rescue: On June 27 at 12:20 p.m., Greene County 911 requested Forest Ranger assistance for a hiker having a seizure near Artist’s Rock on the Escarpment Trail.
Rangers Fox, Franceschina, Jackson, and Kocher reached the 63-year-old, did a patient evaluation, and carried the subject to the trailhead. A Catskill ambulance transported the patient to the hospital. Resources were clear at 1:55 p.m.
Prospect Mountain, Lake George
Wilderness Rescue: On June 27 at 1:45 p.m., Forest Rangers Baker, Carabetta, and Kabrehl responded to a report of a hiker with an injured ankle on Prospect Mountain. Rangers located the 67-year-old from Connecticut at the summit.
Rangers, Lake George Police, and Lake George and North Queensbury Fire Departments carried the subject to the trailhead and turned over care to Lake George EMS, who transported the patient to the hospital.
Indian Head Wilderness, Catskills
Wilderness Rescue: On June 27 at 2:00 p.m., Forest Rangers responded to a call for a subject with cardiac issues at a campsite in the Indian Head Wilderness along Echo Lake. Ranger Fox located the 21-year-old from Nesconset, conducted a patient assessment, and provided food and water.
Four other Rangers, along with the Twin Clove Technical Rope Rescue Team, and the Cedar Grove and Centerville Fire Departments helped load the subject into a UTV, which drove to the Overlook Mountain trailhead. Woodstock Ambulance transported the patient to the hospital. Resources were clear at 6:20 p.m.
Catskill Mountain House, Greene County
Wilderness Rescue: On June 28 at 1:42 p.m., Forest Ranger Dawson responded to a call for a hiker with an ankle injury near the Catskill Mountain House site. Ranger Dawson located the 29-year-old and assisted them back to the trailhead. Resources were clear at 2:30 p.m.
Neversink River Unique Area, Sullivan County
Wilderness Rescue: On June 28 at 4:45 p.m., Forest Ranger Kocher and the Rock Hill Fire Department responded to a call for a hiker feeling faint on the Mullet Brook Falls loop at Neversink River Unique Area.
Ranger Kocher located the 61-year-old from Congers hiking with their group towards the Wolf Brook trailhead. The hiker wanted to continue hiking out slowly and declined medical attention. Resources were clear at 6:30 p.m.
Wilderness Rescue: on June 29 at 1:20 p.m., Hamilton County requested Forest Ranger assistance with a dehydrated hiker approximately 2.5 miles up the trail on Snowy Mountain. Two Rangers and an EMT hiked to the subject’s location and began rehydrating them.
Rangers escorted the subject down the trail where two additional Rangers were waiting with a six-wheeler vehicle. Rangers transported the 15-year old from Sharon Springs to Indian Lake EMS, who then transported the teenager to the hospital. Resources were clear at 5:48 p.m.
Read more about recent search and rescue missions.
Photo of Prospect Mountain rescue provided by DEC.
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