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Hiker Missing in ‘Treacherous Conditions’ in North Cascades, WA Since October 17th

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Deputies from Skagit County Sheriff’s Office in Washington are searching for a missing 28-year-old woman who has not been seen since Oct. 18. Rachel Lakoduk was hiking the Hidden Lake Trailhead in the North Cascades near Marblemount. Rescuers and her family thought she might have taken shelter inside a remote cabin at the Hidden Lake Lookout “when weather conditions turned snowy,” […]

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CragBrains | October 24, 2019
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Former Amazing Race Canada Competitor Fell Over 800-Feet to His Death off Mount Gimli, BC

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An experienced hiker and former Amazing Race Canada contestant has died after falling more than 800-feet from the peak of a popular mountain near Slocan, BC. Related: 33-Year-Old Squamish, BC Climber Falls to His Death on Stawamus Chief Mountain The body of Kenneth McAlpine was recovered from Mount Gimli, at the edge of Valhalla Provincial Park, late Tuesday. It’s believed the 28-year-old stumbled on […]

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CragBrains | August 29, 2019
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Rescuers Recover Body of Californian Hiker Missing Since August 11th

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The body of a missing California hiker was recovered Sunday after an intense three-day search by 12 rescue teams, police said. Up to 60 rescuers took part in the search for experienced hiker Daniel Komins on August 17, 2019. They found his remains in a remote wilderness area in northern California’s Trinity Alps, the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office reported on […]

CragBrains | August 20, 2019
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Crews Find Body of Hiker Missing Since Wednesday After Summiting Two Colorado 14ers

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Search crews have recovered the body of Dan Wallick, a 41-year-old hiker who went missing last Wednesday after summitting two 14ers in Colorado. Wallick went missing on Wednesday, July 24th. He had contacted his family after he summitted Kit Carson Peak and Challenger Point. They reported him missing the following day when they had not heard from him again. Related: VIDEO: […]

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Hiker Dies After Slipping Off 85-Foot Cliff in Roped Off Area of Red Rock Canyon, CO

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A hiker has died after falling 85-feet off a cliff at Red Rock Canyon Open Space in Colorado Springs Tuesday afternoon. Police believe the fall was accidental but that the hiker was in an area he wasn’t supposed to be in, out of bounds of any trails. Related: VIDEO: How to Stay Alive in the Mountains – The Deadliest Colorado 14ers […]

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Body of Missing Air Force Academy Cadet Missing Since November Found on Longs Peak, CO

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Remains found by searchers in Rocky Mountain Park on Friday are believed to be those of missing Air Force Academy Prep School Cadet Micah Tice, who went missing in November, park officials said Friday. Tice, 20 was attempting to climb 14,259-foot-high Longs Peak. Related: Search Begins for US Air Force Cadet Missing on Longs Peak, CO Since Saturday On Thursday, […]

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CragBrains | July 8, 2019
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Body of Solo Hiker Attempting All Colorado 14ers Found Between Kit Carson Peak and Challenger Point

Search and rescue teams combing the mountains in southern Colorado have found the body of a missing hiker. The Denver Post reports Tyler Cline was found dead in the mountains above Crestone on Thursday. He was reported missing last Sunday after he didn’t return from a hike in the area of Kit Carson Peak and Challenger Point. According to a […]

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CragBrains | July 1, 2019
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73-Year Old Hiker Survived a Week Lost in California Wilderness by Drinking Water from a Creek

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A 73-year-old hiker survived a week on his own in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles, CA after getting separated from his group while hiking to the summit of 8,000-foot Mount Waterman in Angeles National Forest. Related: Unprepared Hiker Survives 4-Nights Lost in Snowy Utah Wilderness Dressed in Shorts and T-Shirt The rescue effort that included more than […]

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Search for Solo Hiker Missing on Mount Whitney, CA Enters 4th Day

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A Virginia man believed missing on California’s Mount Whitney is an accomplished hiker and marathon runner who has been determined to summit the peak since a failed attempt last year, his family said Tuesday. Search and rescue teams combed the state’s tallest peak on Tuesday for a third day to look for Ling Dao, who was reported missing June 14 […]

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CragBrains | June 19, 2019
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Body of Hiker Missing Since October on 14er Long’s Peak, CO Found

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Rocky Mountain National Park officials recovered a body Friday morning that they believe to be a hiker who went missing late last year. Ryan Albert, 30, of New Jersey was reported overdue on Oct. 4, 2018, when he didn’t return from his hike on Long’s Peak and search efforts began the day after and continued through the season, despite a few […]

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Unprepared Hiker Survives 4-Nights Lost in Snowy Utah Wilderness Dressed in Shorts and T-Shirt

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John Wiersema, 39 from Idaho, set out in shorts and t-shirt for a quick 2-hour hike in Bryce Canyon National Park, UT on April 29th, and ended up spending 4-nights lost in the snowy wilderness. Wiersema had set out for the Swamp Canyon Trail, a 4.1 mile hike that offers fantastic views of the park’s iconic red rock formations. Related: Lost Snowboarder […]

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Yosemite National Park Hiker Killed by Falling Rock & Ice on Closed Mist Trail

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A 56-year-old hiker from Cupertino, CA was killed on a closed trail in Yosemite National Park over the weekend, say park officials. Shortly after noon on Sunday, Feb. 24, Xuan Wang, was hiking on the Mist Trail when she was struck by falling rock and ice, reports SFGate. “She succumbed to her injuries soon thereafter,” the statement confirms. The Mist […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | February 26, 2019
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Hiker Helps Lost and Injured Dog Down Wyoming Mountain

Last month, hiker Tia Vargas summited Table Rock in the Grand Tetons, Wyoming at 11,106 feet and on the way down, came across a limping English Springer Spaniel, clearly injured and lost. Vargas saw the dog with two other hikers headed towards the summit, looking for his owner. Since the other hikers wanted to summit, Vargas decided to take “Boomer” […]

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Kristen Strom | September 17, 2018
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Female Hiker Impaled By Hunter’s Arrow On Alaskan Trail

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Alaska State Troopers were called to the rescue of a 59-year-old Anchorage, AK woman who was impaled in the knee by an arrow that had been left on a Cooper Landing Trail Thursday afternoon. Janis Bronson was five miles from the trailhead when she walked into the tip-up broadhead arrow, which was embedded in the ground but hidden in tall […]

Steven Agar | September 13, 2018
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Search and Rescue Teams Successfully Find Man who Spent a Night in the Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry

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A man was reunited with his family after spending a night in the Lake Tahoe backcountry, the second successful search and rescue mission this weekend, reports the Tahoe Daily Tribune. The first concerned a missing hiker on the Tahoe Rim Trail. According to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Hasty Team, the overdue hiker was located Saturday afternoon with help from […]

Steven Agar | September 10, 2018
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Strangers Carry Injured Hiker 3-Miles Down 14er Grays Peak, Colorado

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A group of 9 Coloradan strangers rescued a woman from the 14er Grays Peak after she tore her ACL and meniscus and knew that there was no way that she could get down on her own. “I heard that snap, and I mean it is a snap you’ll never forget. I just went down. I collapsed,” she said. Bev Wedelstedt was […]

Steven Agar | September 5, 2018
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Park Rangers Searching Longs Peak, CO for Lone Hiker who Failed to Return Sunday

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Park rangers are searching for a missing 60-year-old man who went hiking in the Longs Peak and Mount Meeker area of Colorado over the weekend and hadn’t returned as planned on Sunday. A family member of Jens “Jay” Yambert, of Urbana, Illinois, notified park rangers on Tuesday that Yambert was overdue, and rangers found his rental car at the Longs Peak […]

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CragBrains | August 30, 2018
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Inyo Search and Rescue Recover Dead Hiker from Middle Palisades Glacier, CA

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On Saturday, August 18, 2018, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Interagency Dispatch Center in Bishop of a deceased male subject on the northeast face of Middle Palisades Peak, California. The third hand reporting party described the area as the “Red Rock Route” at approximately 12,900”. On Sunday, August 19 two Inyo County Search and Rescue volunteers began […]

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CragBrains | August 23, 2018
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Lone Hiker Dies in the Heat After a Fall in Death Valley, California

A lone hiker died from a fall while hiking on a hot day in Death Valley National Park, California according to a press release from the National Park Service. National Park Service (NPS) rangers received a call on Monday, July 16 from the hiker’s fiancée. She reported that Peter Rhoad, a 57-year-old man from Huntington Beach, California, was overdue in […]

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Climber with Serious Lower Leg Injury Had to be Airlifted from Snowmass Mountain, Aspen

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A climber had to be rescued from Snowmass Peak on Tuesday after suffering a severe lower leg injury, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. Pitkin County dispatch received a call at around 2:30 pm from a climber who was injured roughly 1,500 feet above Snowmass Lake, according to a press release. The climber, later identified as 31-year-old Alexander Pancoe of […]

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CragBrains | July 21, 2018
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