The incident was one of several rescues conducted by New York forest rangers last week.
Forest rangers in New York were airlifted into a remote part of the Adirondacks to rescue an injured hiker last week.
According to New York Department of Environmental Conservation officials, rangers received a report of a hiker with a knee injury at Slant Rock lean-to in John’s Brook Valley in Keene, New York at 10:50 a.m. on Saturday, September 13.
Due to the remote location, a New York State Police aviation pilot flew two forest rangers to the John’s Brook Outpost landing zone, approximately two miles from the subject.
At 3:20 p.m., the rangers reached the 74-year-old from Queensbury and determined a hoist rescue was necessary.
The hiker was hoisted into the helicopter and flown to an awaiting Keene Valley EMS ambulance.
In another rescue incident last week, rangers were notified of a lost hiker on Baker Mountain in St. Armand at 6:09 p.m. on Thursday, September 11.
Rangers provided the 34-year-old from Rochester with a link to a map, but the hiker was unable to get back on trail.
Two rangers hiked to the subject’s location near a cliff and assisted them back to their vehicle. Resources were clear at 7:34 p.m.
In an incident on Wednesday, September 10, rangers received a request for assistance from a 65-year-old hiker on the Cranberry Lake 50 Trail with a possible food-borne illness.
A ranger responded by boat across Cranberry Lake to campsite 17. The ranger escorted the hiker from Ballston Spa by boat and then to their vehicle in Wanakena.
The hiker declined further medical attention and DEC resources were clear at 1:45 p.m.
