Some instances were the result of inexperience or insufficient trip planning. The DEC encourages people to properly prepare before heading into the woods. More information on that from the DEC can be found at tinyurl.com/4a9sydmh.

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Leg injury leads to rescue on Cranberry Lake 50

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DEC Forest Rangers use a litter to rescue a subject on Mount Jo on Tuesday, July 1. (Provided photo — New York state Department of Environmental Conservation)

CLIFTON — Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from Garmin reporting an SOS beacon on Cranberry Lake at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Garmin transferred the caller directly to Ray Brook Dispatch. The 36-year-old from Syracuse had a leg injury and could not continue hiking the Cranberry Lake 50. Forest Rangers Audrey Emerson and Jacob Jansen responded via boat, stabilized the injury and transported the patient across the lake and back to their vehicle.

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Bicycle crash at Great Camp Santanoni

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NEWCOMB — Ray Brook Dispatch received a radio transmission from the Great Camp Santanoni for a subject with a head injury after a bicycle accident at noon on Sunday. Forest Rangers Jamison Martin and Scott Sabo, Jr. assisted the subject back to the trailhead, where they were met by Newcomb EMS.

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Unprepared come dusk on trail to Mount Marcy

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KEENE — Forest Rangers responded to a call from a distressed and unprepared hiker on the Hopkins trail at 8 p.m. Saturday. At 11:38 p.m., Rangers Nicole DuChene and Robert Praczkajlo reached the subject on the Mount Van Hoevenberg trail and escorted them back to the Adirondak Loj trailhead. Both trails provide access to Mount Marcy’s summit, though from different directions. They intersect about a mile from Marcy’s summit — with the Hopkins trail coming from the east. Its road-access trailhead is the Garden, in Keene Valley. The Van Hoevenberg trail comes from the north. Its road-access trailhead is the Adirondak Loj.

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Lost on Whiteface

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WILMINGTON — Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from Whiteface Mountain at 4:40 p.m. on Saturday. It was from a 17-year-old and 28-year-old from Buffalo. They said that they were lost, only had a 7% charge left on their cell phone and had no other light source. Coordinates placed the pair approximately 300 feet off trail. Forest rangers from the previous Whiteface Mountain incident joined other rangers in the search. A State Police helicopter standing down from a Mount Marshall rescue also attempted to get a visual on the subjects. At 7:20 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from Essex County 911 stating the two subjects had reached state Route 86 and no longer needed assistance.

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Leg injury on Whiteface

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WILIMINGTON — Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a hiker with an unstable leg injury on Whiteface Mountain at 4:35 p.m. Saturday — shortly before the above call. The 44-year-old from Elmhurst hiked up from the ski center. Coordinates placed the subject approximately 400 feet off an access road. Forest Rangers Matthew Adams, Corenne Black, Nicole DuChene and Michael Holdridge stabilized the injury, packaged the subject into a litter and carried them a short way to an ATV. They drove the hiker to their vehicle, where the hiker decided to seek medical attention on their own. Resources were clear at 6:45 p.m.

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Panic in Cold Brook and Indian passes

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NORTH ELBA — Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from Garmin about an SOS beacon near Mount Marshall in Cold Brook Pass at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Forest Ranger attempts to reach the subject through the app were unsuccessful. Ranger H. Praczkajlo hiked in from Adirondak Loj while Ranger Andrew Lewis was lowered in by State Police helicopter. Praczkajlo located the 30-year-old from Quebec on the Indian Pass trail. The subject stated they lost the trail multiple times and began to panic. Praczkajlo escorted the subject to their vehicle. Resources were clear at 7:05 p.m.

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Shoulder injury leads to helicopter evacuation off Mount Colden

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KEENE — Ray Brook Dispatch received a call about a hiker with a shoulder injury on the Mount Colden trail. Colden Caretaker Chrissy Raudonis responded from the East River Trail campsite on Wednesday, July 2. Forest Ranger Andrew Lewis contacted the 63-year-old from Maryland via phone and learned the subject’s fingers were getting numb, making the rescue more urgent. State Police Pilot Paul Engel flew Forest Rangers H. Praczkajlo and Robert Praczkajlo to the Lake Colden outpost. H. Praczkajlo used the caretaker boat to cross Lake Colden. Raudonis massaged the subject’s shoulder so H. Praczkajlo could reduce the shoulder dislocation before wrapping the injured arm

in a sling. Raudonis rowed the subject back to the outpost, where the helicopter transported him to the hospital. Resources were clear at 7 p.m.

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Mount Jo leg injury

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NORTH ELBA — Forest Rangers responded to a call for a subject with a leg injury on Mount Jo at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1. A Lake Placid Paramedic assisted with pain management. Rangers packaged the 34-year-old from Rochester in a litter and used backpack carriers to carry them out. A Lake Placid ambulance transported the patient to the hospital. Resources were clear at 5:28 p.m. A video from the DEC of a portion of the rescue can be viewed at tinyurl.com/y3w5k7v8.