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2 Seriously Injured Hikers Survive 3 Days on Wintry California Mountain Following 800 Foot Fall

Two hikers were stranded for three days in wintry conditions on Tahquitz Peak near Idyllwild, California, after sustaining severe injuries from an 800-foot fall. The incident, which began on Saturday, March 1, 2025, required the coordinated efforts of multiple search and rescue teams from across Southern California, according to a social media post from LASD Search and Rescue. The hikers lost […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | March 6, 2025
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8 Hikers Face Being Charged $25,000 Each After Hiking in Closed Area at Jasper National Park, AB

The Jasper Wildfire Complex in August. Photo Credit: Rocky Mountain Outlook

The 2024 Canadian wildfire season was one of the worst on record, torching over 13 million acres across the country. One of the most destructive fires crossed paths with the popular mountain town of Jasper, Alberta, where over 25,000 people were forced to evacuate the area. Destroying over one-third of the buildings in Jasper, the fire was not fully controlled […]

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Luke Guilford | October 9, 2024
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2 Climbers From 2 Separate Hiking Groups Killed in Same Rock Slide at Mont Blanc

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A Dutch and a French climber were killed on Monday, July 31, 2023, while ascending Aiguilles du Tour at Mont Blanc at the Swiss/French border. A third female climber from the Netherlands survived with injuries. The Aiguille du Tour reaches an elevation of 3,540 m (11,614 ft) and the hiking tour requires ropes, while ice axes and crampons are only recommended. Around […]

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Julia Schneemann | August 1, 2023
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Group of Hikers Rescued After 2 Nights in the Snow in Australia

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Last week a group of four hikers had to be rescued in the Australian Alps, as extreme weather had left them stranded in the backcountry of Kosciuszko National Park. The group – consisting of two men and two women aged in their thirties – had departed Thredbo on August 14 to hike past Mt Kosciuszko, Australia’s highest mountain at 7,310ft […]

Julia Schneemann | August 22, 2022
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2 Hikers Survived 18-Days Lost and Without Food in ‘Middle Earth’

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Two hikers survived 18-days in the New Zealand wilderness after getting lost in the fog in Kahurangi National Park, police are reporting. Related: New Zealand Ski Area Announces They’re Confident of Opening This Season Jessica O’Connor and Dion Reynolds, both 23, began their hike on May 9, with the intention of being gone for five days. They got lost in the […]

Kiwi Brains | May 27, 2020
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Bodies of Missing Trekkers Found in Nepal 3-Months Later

Recent spring thaw in Earth’s tallest mountain range has solved a 3-month long mystery, revealing tragedy. RELATED: India Air Pollution Dropped So Much That The Himalaya Are Visible For the First Time in 30-Years! Last week, the bodies of two missing trekkers were located after a South Korean duo went missing in January 2020 along with at least four other […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | April 30, 2020
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Hikers Rally to Carry Disabled Man to Top of 1,500-Foot Angels Landing in Zion National Park, UT

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Shue Vang, a 29-year-old school teacher from Fresno California who also happens to be living with Muscular Dystrophy, recently received quite the invitation. When members of the non-profit group F5 Challenge learned that he has Muscular Dystrophy and has not been able to hike in over 20 years, they reached out to see if he might be up for joining them […]

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Reed Philips | November 27, 2019
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Hikers Missing on Mount Baldy, CA for 5-Days Found Thanks to Their Footprints in the Snow

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Two hikers who had been missing since the weekend on California’s Mount Baldy have been found alive after five days of desperate searching, The San Bernardino County Sheriff reported late Wednesday. Eric Desplinter and Gabrielle Wallace went hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains in San Bernardino County, California, on Saturday and were expected to return the same evening. But when […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | April 12, 2019
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Colorado Bikers Discover Anti-Bike Nails in Trail

Now this may seem a bit childish at first, but let me assure you: this is a real problem, concerning real people.  Since the dawn of mountain bikes, hikers and bikers have always had a bit of inherent beef.  Bikers flying by hikers on trails- hikers pulling fallen trees across trails to slow the bikers.  Now this once petty rivalry […]

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Keenan Grady | May 19, 2016
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