Mt. Marcy rescue: Hiker with hip injury carried down snowy trail by Forest Rangers and others at night
Updated May 18, 2021;
State Forest Rangers in recent weeks were kept busy rescuing injured or lost hikers, along with fighting wildfires and doing prescribed burns.
In one instance, a woman who suffered a hip injury after slipping on ice on top of Mt. Marcy in the Adirondacks had to be carried down the mountain trail in a litter during the night. The trail had two to three feet of snow and ice in some places. One of the rescuers exhibited possible cardiac symptoms and also had to be “closely monitored.”
the Enterprise staff Ice and snow are seen on Mount Marcy Saturday, when forest rangers, rescue volunteers, a paramedic and police carried an injured hiker off the mountain and out of the High Peaks Wilderness.
(Provided photo â DEC) A forest ranger cares for an injured hiker while rescuing her from the summit of Mount Marcy Saturday.
(Provided photo â DEC) Forest rangers carry an injured hiker out of the High Peaks Wilderness Saturday.
(Provided photo â DEC)
Ice and snow are seen on Mount Marcy Saturday, when forest rangers, rescue volunteers, a paramedic and police carried an injured hiker off the mountain and out of the High Peaks Wilderness.
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May 12, 2021
Adirondack forest rangers rescued an injured hiker near the summit of Mt. Marcy. Photo: Forest Ranger Scott Van Laer, NYSDEC
Adirondack forest rangers completed a 16-hour rescue mission on Mt. Marcy last weekend. On Saturday morning, the DEC’s Ray Brook dispatch received a call that a woman slipped on ice on the summit and suffered a hip injury. The hiker was a 52-year-old woman from Colorado.
Around 5 p.m. Saturday, two rangers reached the woman and determined that she could not walk the 14 miles back to the trailhead. The rangers stabilized her hip and waited for additional support to begin evacuation.