A hiker who developed blisters while on part of the Cranberry Lake 50 Trail was one of five hikers rescued in separate incidents in New York last week.
New York forest rangers received a report about a hiker on the Dog Pond Loop of the Cranberry Lake 50 Trail in Colton, New York at 4:11 p.m. on Friday, June 5. The hiker reportedly couldn’t continue due to blisters on their feet.
The Dog Pond Loop is a 19-mile round-trip route in Cranberry Lake Wild Forest, sharing portions of the Cranberry Lake 50. The loop features 1,920 feet of elevation gain.
Two rangers responded by boat to the hiker’s location.
At 6:27 p.m., rangers located the hiker and their partner and transported them back to land and then to their vehicle.
In an incident on Thursday, June 4, forest rangers received a report at 1:40 p.m. that a hiker had texted 911 that they were lost on Crane Mountain in Johnsburg, New York.
Rangers used coordinates provided by Warren County to locate the 39-year-old from Green Island on the southwest side of the mountain.
The hiker reportedly had enough water and no medical issues. A ranger bushwacked down to the lower trail with the hiker and walked them back to the trailhead. Resources were clear at 2:45 p.m.
In an incident on Saturday, June 6, rangers received a report at 12:30 p.m. of a hiker with an ankle injury one mile from the summit of Buck Mountain in Fort Ann, New York.
Pilot Knob Fire Department and Queensbury EMS staged their UTV roughly 1.5 miles up the trail and hiked the rest of the way up with three forest rangers.
Rescuers used a wheeled litter to transport the 49-year-old from Vermont to the UTV. At 4:30 p.m., they reached the trailhead. Queensbury EMS transported the patient to the hospital.
In another incident on Saturday, June 6, two rangers and two assistant forest rangers responded to a call for a hiker with facial swelling in the area of Indian Falls in North Elba, New York.
Rangers met the hiker from New York City at Marcy Dam. The hiker was stung by a bee and the swelling was subsiding.
While rangers assessed the patient, another hiker from Long Island City requested assistance with a broken finger. Rangers assisted both 18-year-olds to their vehicles. Resources were clear at 5:20 p.m.
In an incident on Sunday, June 7, rangers received a report at 1:50 p.m. of a solo hiker with an unstable ankle injury at the summit of Grace Peak in the Dix Mountain Wilderness.
Two other hikers helped the 25-year-old from Fairport off the summit.
Rangers met them on the trail, splinted the hiker’s ankle, and assisted them back to the trailhead where the hiker said they would seek medical attention on their own.
