State Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers responded to disoriented, sick and injured hikers in the Lake Placid area last week.

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Elderly hiker rescue

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Ray Brook dispatch received two calls from hikers on the Van Hoevenberg Trail at 8 a.m. on June 6. The hikers reported that another hiker, 79, from Texas, was on the second day of a solo hike up Mount Marcy and appeared unprepared and disoriented. Seven forest rangers responded and reached the hiker at 1:30 p.m., helping him down to Marcy Dam. The hiker said that he had lost the trail overnight.

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Sick and injured hikers

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The Adirondack Loj was contacted by a group of five college students at the Feldspar lean-to at 4:54 p.m. on June 6. The students reported that two hikers in their group were sick and one of the two hikers had also injured their leg in a fall. Five forest rangers responded. Rangers provided glucose to one of the hikers, who was experiencing diabetic issues, and helped the hikers back to the trailhead.