On the evening of Dec. 12, a teen on a two-night backpacking trip in the Adirondacks got lost in the Slide Mountain Wilderness.
The 17-year-old from Youngsville started his trip at the Giant Ledge trailhead and had planned to hook up with the rest of his family at the Slide Mountain trailhead. But he grew exhausted due to the steep, rugged terrain, combined with deep snow and rapidly dropping temperatures.
When the teen didn’t reach his planned destination at 5:30 p.m., he called for help. Coordinates placed him somewhere between Slide and Cornell mountains, approximately three miles from the trailhead.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers, along with state police and local fire department personnel, marched in and found him two hours later, suffering from mild hypothermia.
After warming the teen with hot liquids, food, and hand and foot warmers, rangers guided him to the Slide Mountain trailhead where he was met by his family.
The following reports are excerpted from DEC:
A 31-year-old man from Clinton County went missing on the evening of Dec. 12. Rangers coordinated a multi-agency search for the man in an area near Great Chazy River. At 11 a.m. on Dec. 14, a ranger air boat crew found the man dead, upstream from the State Route 11 bridge, and transported his body to the Clinton County Coroner. NY State Police is leading the investigation.
Two teens, ages 13 and 16, went for a run on the flatter stretch of the McKenzie Mountain Trail on Dec. 2. But they lost track of time and it grew dark. The only lights they had were their phones, and their batteries were low. The teens’ mother called a ranger, who hiked in and met the pair two miles from the trailhead. He gave them headlamps and guided them back to their mother’s vehicle.
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