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Hiking
Capital District
News
Total Solar Eclipse Rescue: Injured NY Woman Pulled To Safety From Mountain In Path Of Totality
An injured woman was rescued during the height of the solar eclipse in an area in upstate New York that was in the path of totality. According to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, the incident began in the middle of the afternoon on Monday, April 8, at Adirondack trailheads in Franklin County, in the town of Santa Clara. Just after 4:30 p.m., authorities received a call about a hiker with a lower leg injury near the summit of Mount Saint Regis. Due to the terrain and trail conditions, Forest Rangers called for assistance from the New York State Police (NYSP) Avia…
Greenburgh
Police & Fire
Injured Hiker Rescued From Trail At Park In Hartsdale
A woman was rescued from a narrow wooded trail in Westchester after suffering an injury while hiking, firefighters said. The events leading to the rescue happened on Saturday, March 16 around 2:20 p.m., when a hiker was injured while walking on a trail in Hart's Brook Park and Preserve in Hartsdale, according to the hamlet's fire department. After a quick search of the area, first responders eventually found the woman on the Orange Trail about a quarter-mile into the woods and realized she would not be able to walk out of the park. Because of this, the department loaded the wom…
New Canaan
Obituaries
Young New Canaan HS Grad Remembered As Talented Musician After Untimely Death
A freshman at a prestigious Massachusetts college who graduated from a Connecticut high school in 2023 is being remembered as a brilliant musician who always followed his curiosity into success. The death of Fairfield County resident Toby Woods, a 2023 graduate of New Canaan High School who was a freshman at Williams College in the Berkshire County town of Williamstown, was announced by officials at both schools on Friday, Feb. 23. Earlier Report - Young New Canaan HS Grad Dies: 'He Will Be Sorely Missed,' Superintendent Says In a letter to students, faculty, and staff, Wi…
The Berkshires
Police & Fire
Retired Lenox Nurse, 66, ID'd As Body Found In Berkshire Mountains 3 Months After She Vanished
Authorities in Berkshire County have identified the remains of a woman found on Lenox Mountain as a 66-year-old who disappeared in October. Susan Lockwood, of Lenox, vanished on Oct. 30, 2023, and despite multiple searches since then, her body was not found, Lenox police said. A specialized group of troopers and K9 units returned to the mountains in Lenox last week and located human remains. The Berkshire County District Attorney's Office confirmed on Thursday, Feb. 15, that those remains belong to Lockwood. A new round of searches was sparked on Friday, Feb. 9, when a ma…
Norfolk
Police & Fire
'Unprepared' Quincy Couple Rescued From New Hampshire Mountain Among Sub-Zero Temps At Night
New Hampshire wildlife officials had to rescue three lost hikers from the top of a mountain through a 'herculean' effort as they had no warm clothes and no flashlights despite the sub-zero temperatures Sirin O’Connor, age 63, and Somjak Weerapit, 50, both of Quincy, and Phromthep Khankaew, 37, of Thailand, were reported lost on Friday, Jan. 19, just before 5 p.m. atop Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, wildlife officials said. They were woefully unprepared for the weather and the conditions as they had no flashlights, no heat source, and no heavy winter clothing despite tempe…
Alexandria
News
Officials ID Mother Who Plunged 100 Feet To Her Death In Virginia Cave
A 38-year-old woman hiking in a Virginia cave plummeted nearly 100 feet to her death, according to officials. Authorities have identified Fairlawn resident Autumn Nicole Draper - also known as Nikki Koert - as the person who was killed in Giles County over the weekend after falling to her death inside a cave in Staffordsville outside of Pearisburg. First responders in the area were called to the cave, and Draper was ultimately found and extricated from the cave by rescue personnel using "specialized resources." The 911 call came in at around 4:15 p.m. on Friday, but her body was not …
North Rockland
Obituaries
27-Year-Old Former North Rockland HS Hockey Player Dies Suddenly On His 'Dream Trip'
A former high school hockey player in the Hudson Valley who was a well-known videographer and environmental enthusiast died while on a "dream trip" to Chile to hike the Patagonia region of the Andes Mountains. Rockland County native Brian Kilduff, age 27, of West Haverstraw, died suddenly on Friday, Dec. 29 after becoming ill while in Chile. He was born in Suffern, on Wednesday, March 20, 1996, and graduated from North Rockland High School where he played hockey, according to his obituary. "Everyone who knew Brian knew how much he loved hockey," his obituary said. He went on to recei…
Frederick
Police & Fire
Hiker Rescued By Maryland State Police Helicopter After Plummeting 50 Feet Off Frederick Cliff
A hiker who fell off a cliff in Frederick County suffered serious injuries before being rescued by a Maryland State Police helicopter and airlifted to the hospital. At around 10 p.m. on Thursday night, crews were called to assist with the extrication of a person who fell between 30 and 40 feet off a sheer cliff behind a home in Keymar. While at the scene, deputies of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office first offered aid to the victim before crew members could navigate into a steep creekside area and onto a small landing on the base of the cliff. Due to the circumstances of th…
Ulster Sullivan
Police & Fire
Woman Dies After 70-Foot Fall In Ulster County
A 39-year-old woman visiting the area died after falling 70 feet off a cliff at a state park in the region. The incident occurred in Ulster County around 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 22, at Minnewaska State Park in the town of Rochester. New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel said Nur Aisyah Binte MD Akbar, age 39, and her husband Abdul Rauf Bin Mohd Said, age 41, both of Singapore, were hiking on Beacon Hill Trail when they stopped to take photos at the edge of the cliff. Nevel said Binte MD Akbar lost her footing and fell off the cliff, approximately 70 feet. Bin Mohd Said contact…
South Orange
Police & Fire
Hiker Rescued After Falling 25 Feet Off Cliff At Harriman State Park In Woodbury
A hiker had to be flown out of a state park in the Hudson Valley after falling 25 feet off a cliff, officials announced. The incident happened in Orange County on Sunday, Dec. 24 around 7:15 p.m., when a hiker fell off a cliff at Harriman State Park in Woodbury, according to the town's fire department. As a result of the fall, the hiker suffered a broken leg and jaw, fire officials said. After they were found around a mile and a half into the woods, the hiker was packaged and carried out of the woods before being flown to a hospital, according to the department. The hiker's con…
Ridgefield
News
New Update: Missing 57-Year-Old Ridgefield Man Found Dead, Police Say
This story has been updated: A missing Connecticut man who disappeared while trail hiking has been found dead. Fairfield County resident Jack Gordon, age 57, had last been seen in his hometown of Ridgefield on Sunday, Dec. 3 was located deceased Gordon had left home to go hiking in the Bennetts Farm Trail System area in Ridgefield,. After 18 hours of searching the area on foot and with drones, K-9 dogs, and air support, he was located, said Capt. Jeff Raines, of the Ridgefield Police. "The incident was not deemed suspicious and there is no danger to the public," Raines sa…
Peekskill
Business
Much-Loved Brewery Permanently Closes In Peekskill After One Last Event
A brewery in Northern Westchester that served as the site of countless beloved memories for visitors has closed for good. Peekskill Brewery, located at 47 South Water St. in Peekskill, announced its permanent closure on Monday, Nov. 27 in a post on social media. In their post, the owners did not give a reason for the closure but thanked those who came to the brewery's last "Kick the Keg" Happy Hour event held on Wednesday, Nov. 22. "Thank you all for your posts, emails, phone calls," the owners wrote, adding, "We wish you all a happy and healthy Holiday Season!" Th…
Somerset
News
‘This Is Our Legacy:’ 1,150-Acre Rainbow Hill Nature Preserve Opens At Sourland Mountain
Rainbow Hill, a pristine nature preserve featuring an 8-acre lake, hiking trails, and farm fields nestled between Hunterdon and Somerset County, is officially open to the public. The New Jersey Conservation Foundation (NJ Conservation) held the grand opening for Rainbow Hill at Sourland Mountain Preserve — located just 30 miles east of Bucks County, PA — on Friday, Nov. 3. The site spans 1,150 acres and includes woodlands, fields, and several freshwater tributaries of the Neshanic River. Meanwhile, there are plenty of opportunities for passive recreational activities like hiking, horseback…
Cortlandt
Police & Fire
Woman Hospitalized After 50-Foot Fall At Croton-On-Hudson Hiking Trail
Thanks to quick action from first responders, a woman was rescued from a Northern Westchester hiking trail after falling up to 50 feet down an embankment, fire officials said. The incident happened on Saturday, Oct. 28 just before 5:30 p.m., when first responders were sent to help a fall victim at the Croton Gorge Trail in Croton-On-Hudson. According to the Croton-On-Hudson Fire Department, crews quickly found the woman on the wooded hill between Gorge Park and the upper trailway. Because a large portion of the trail had been washed out by heavy rainfall in the last months, a utility …
Essex MA
News
Injured Methuen Man Rescued From Mount Washington After Fall On Hiking Trail
Rescuers had to climb up the tallest mountain in New England to save a Massachusetts man who had been injured from a fall, authorities said. The incident happened on Wednesday, Sept. 27 around 2:30 p.m., when 64-year-old Essex County resident Michael Harvey of Methuen was injured while hiking alone with his dog on the Tuckerman Ravine Trail in Sargent’s Purchase, New Hampshire. According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, Harvey had stepped on an unstable rock while descending the summit of Mount Washington, causing him to lose footing and fall. He suffered non-life-t…
Suffolk MA
News
Injured Mass Woman Rescued From New Hampshire Hiking Trail
A 30-year-old Massachusetts woman was carried out from a popular New Hampshire hiking trail over the weekend after she suffered a "significant lower leg injury," authorities announced. Leenah Hassan, of Boston, was hiking with friends on the Lonesome Lake trail in Lincoln, New Hampshire, around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23. Hassan stopped along the three-mile loop to take a photo of the lake, slipped on a wet rock, and fell "awkwardly" on her leg, NH Fish and Game Conservation Officers said. Cell phone service in that area is "spotty," but authorities received a 911…
Ocean
News
Jersey Shore Hiker Collapses, Dies On Catskills Trail: Report
A hiker from New Jersey complaining of chest discomfort and breathing problems collapsed and died while hiking in the Catskills last weekend, officials said. The man was identified by the Times Union as Ravi K. Vegiraju, 50, of Morganville. The incident happened in Greene County in the hamlet of Lanesville around 8:50 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 16. According to officials with the Department of Conservation, the hiker collapsed on the Diamond Notch Trail in the Hunter-West Kill Wilderness Area. Members of Vegiraju's hiking group began CPR while another hiker called 911. Two nearby EMT…
Columbia Greene
News
50-Year-Old Dies While Hiking In Greene County
A hiker in the region complaining of chest discomfort and breathing problems collapsed and died, said the state Department of Conservation, The incident took place in Greene County in the hamlet of Lanesville around 8:50 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 16. According to officials with the Department of Conservation, the hiker collapsed on the Diamond Notch Trail in the Hunter-West Kill Wilderness Area. Members of the subject’s hiking party began CPR while another hiker called 911. Two nearby EMTs began assisting with CPR on the 50-year-old man from New Jersey. The CPR was unsuccessful, officia…
Prince William
News
Manassas Hiker Dies Attempting 24-Mile Grand Canyon Trek
A 55-year-old Virginia man died during an attempt to hike across the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Ranjith Varma of Manassas, set out on Saturday, Sept. 9 to make the 24-mile "Rim-To-Rim" trek in a single day, the National Park Service said. Around 1:55 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received an emergency call of a hiker in distress on the North Kaibab Trail approximately one mile south of Cottonwood Campground — that's a nearly 4,000-foot elevation. Soon thereafter, Varma became unresponsive and bystanders initiated CPR. National Park Service (NPS) search and …
Ulster Sullivan
Police & Fire
Night Of Drugs, Drinking Leads To Rescue Of 2 In Shandaken By Forest Rangers, DEC Says
An alleged night of drugs and drinking led to a dispute between two hiking companions by New York State forest rangers after one man told officials he was "being hunted like in 'Predator.'" The incident occurred in Ulster County on Mount Tremper in the town of Shandaken on Monday, Aug. 21 around 2:45 a.m. According to officials with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Forest Ranger Martin received a call about an injured person on Mount Tremper. Martin made phone contact with the 36-year-old from Connecticut who claimed he got into an altercation with his hiking co…
Bedford
Police & Fire
Injured Hiker Rescued From Wooded Preserve In Bedford
After becoming injured miles-deep in the woods at a nature preserve in Northern Westchester, a hiker had to be rescued by first responders. The rescue happened on Sunday, Aug. 20 around 10:45 a.m., when the Banksville Fire Department received a report of an injured hiker at the Mianus River Gorge Preserve in Bedford. According to the department, the hiker was around two miles deep into the forest and was unable to leave the preserve without help from first responders. Minutes later, fire crews arrived at the preserve and used all-terrain vehicles to help get the hiker out…
Essex MA
Police & Fire
Update: Man Found Dead In Saugus Reservation Likely Fell To His Death
A family friend was searching for a missing Essex County hiker when he came across the man's body, officials said. A 65-year-old Saugus man was found dead in Breakheart Reservation in Saugus around 6:05 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug 16, according to the Massachusetts State Police Department. The man went to Breakheart Reservation around 8 a.m. on Wednesday to find a missing piece of property. He was reported missing around 5:45 p.m. by a family member who had not heard from him since late afternoon. Family and friends began looking for the missing man in the reservation. About h…
Suffolk MA
News
New Details: Lynn Woman Dies Trying To Save Son On Family Hike In New Hampshire
A Massachusetts woman jumped into a river to save her son and drowned, officials say. Melissa Bagley, a 44-year-old woman married to Everett police lieutenant Sean Bagley, died on Tuesday, Aug. 15 while hiking the Franconia Falls in Lincoln, New Hampshire with her family and a friend, according to the NH Fish and Game Law Enforcement Division and Operation Game Thief and the Everett Police Department. The Bagley family of five, plus a friend, began their fateful journey at the Lincoln Woods trailhead around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. They made it to the falls and were getting ready …
Ulster Sullivan
Police & Fire
Forest Rangers Rescue Lost Hiker In Olive After Hours-Long Search
A lost hiker in the Hudson Valley was rescued by forest rangers from the state Department of Environmental Conservation after a search that took several hours. The incident took place in Ulster County around 3:30 p.m. on Monday, July 31 in the Slide Mountain Wilderness area in the town of Olive. The search began when Forest Ranger Horn overheard radio traffic on the Ulster County 911 channel about a lost hiker with early signs of dementia near Bradkin Road in the Slide Mountain Wilderness, DEC officials said. A 73-year-old had last been seen by her husband while hiking an unmarked tra…
The Berkshires
News
Injured Hiker, Lost Partner Rescued From Woods In Goshen
A couple who were injured and lost in a heavily forested area of Berkshire County had to be rescued when they couldn't find their way out, authorities said. The ordeal began Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 1, in Goshen. A hiker left their home for a walk through the forest but hurt themselves. Their significant other went looking for them when they didn't return home after several hours. The hiker needed to be carried out, and their partner wasn't sure which path would lead them to salvation, Goshen firefighter said. They called rescue workers just before 9 p.m. Responders hiked …
Northwest Dutchess
News
Missing Rhinebeck Man Dies After Being Caught In Current Of Brook In Vermont, Police Say
A missing Hudson Valley man hiking the Appalachian Trail died after being caught in the current of a brook in Vermont, according to authorities. Dutchess County resident Robert Kerker, age 67, of Rhinebeck, who had been missing since Sunday, July 9, was located about 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 28, by search crews along the Stony Brook in Stockbridge, Vermont, about 1.5 miles downstream from where the trail crossed the brook. According to Vermont State Police, search crews had focused their efforts Friday on the brook after a witness reported seeing Kerker, an experienced hiker, at the Stony Bro…
Armonk
Police & Fire
Lost Duo Rescued From Hiking Preserve In Armonk With Help Of Phone App
Two hikers had to call for help after becoming lost in a Northern Westchester nature preserve for several hours. The incident happened on Saturday, July 22 just before 5:30 p.m., when authorities received a call from two women who had become lost while hiking in the Eugene and Agnes Meyer Nature Preserve in Armonk. According to North Castle Police, the women had been lost for around three hours before calling for help. Once on the phone with authorities, state police had an expert assist the duo with GPS and direct them to head west toward Oregon Road. North Castle…
Middlesex MA
News
Chelmsford Police Sgt. Rescued From NH Mountains After Crews Hike 5 Miles To Find Him
A Chelmsford police sergeant was rescued over the weekend after he suffered a medical issue while hiking in the New Hampshire mountains, authorities said. Weather grounded rescue choppers and forced crews to walk five miles into the woods to find and carry him to safety. Sgt. Stephen Fredericks, 49, was hiking Carter Range of the White Mountains on Saturday, July 8, with eight friends when he began suffering symptoms of a potentially deadly medical emergency, NH wildlife officials said. Officials did not detail his condition. The seriousness of his condition and the location for…
Middlesex MA
News
Somerville Woman, 32, Injures Leg On Slippery NH Trail, Carried Off Trail On Litter
A section of wet rock resulted in a leg injury and an hours-long rescue for one hiker, officials say. Brynne Quinlan, of Somerville, slipped and fell while hiking on the Webster Jackson-Mount Jackson Branch Trail in Carroll, New Hampshire around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 3, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Law Enforcement Division and Operation Game Thief. Quinlan, age 32, suffered a leg injury so severe she could not finish her hike on her own. She called 911, which sent volunteers from Pemi Valley Search and Rescue Team as well as employees from the…
Adams
Lifestyle
Models Ages 25-60 Could Make Up To $5,600 For Hiking Supply Shoot In Pittsburgh
Models between ages 25 and 60 are being sought for a hiking supply photoshoot set to happen in July in Pittsburgh. Talent will work the week of July 10, or a third week that's TBD, the ad says. Exact locations are to be determined, but pay is between $3,200 and $5,600, the add says. Click here to apply.
Norfolk
News
Canton Man Hospitalized After 15-Foot Fall On 'Treacherous' NH Hike
Despite his preparations and experience, a hiker suffered serious injuries after falling on a popular hiking trail, officials say. Andrew Capraro, of Canton, was hiking the Flume Slide Trail in Lincoln, New Hampshire on Monday, June 12 when he slid and fell 15 feet, suffering serious injuries, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Law Enforcement Division. Flume Slide Trail is rated as a "hard" and "challenging" trek by AllTrails, an online hiking resource. "This is a treacherous hike not for the faint of hearted and like many things in life it is not rec…
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