NORTH ELBA — A hiker died at Marcy Dam on Saturday, according to State Police, who investigated and found that no foul play was suspected.

Alan C. Thomas, 69, of Wappingers Falls, was descending the Van Hoevenberg trail — a popular route that runs from Heart Lake to Mount Marcy — when he collapsed and became unresponsive at Marcy Dam, about 2 miles from the trailhead parking lots.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation said its Ray Brook Dispatch center received a call from Essex County’s 911 Dispatch Center at 9:13 p.m. Saturday. Forest Ranger Charles Foutch connected to the caller, who reported an unresponsive subject there. Foutch instructed the caller to obtain an automated external defibrillator from the nearby Marcy Dam Interior Outpost station, which is maintained by the DEC.

The DEC report added that Foutch advised the caller to follow the AED instructions as additional DEC forest rangers transported members of the Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service to Marcy Dam via ultraterrain vehicle. State Police noted that CPR was initiated by the hiking group and was being performed until medical personnel and law enforcement arrived and took over.

State Police said they responded to the scene at 10:27 p.m. Saturday and spoke with the forest rangers and EMS personnel who had been attempting life-saving measures. The Essex County Coroner subsequently arrived at Marcy Dam, pronounced Thomas deceased and ordered the removal of his body. No autopsy will be performed, according to State Police.

State Police said that earlier in the day, the hiking party had reached Lake Tear of the Clouds in the town of Keene. That lake is located between 5 and 6 miles, each way, from Marcy Dam, depending on the trail — one of which involves traversing Mount Marcy’s summit. State Police did not provide further information on the party’s hiking route by press time Wednesday.

Marcy Dam is a popular camping area and trail junction in the High Peaks Wilderness. It is most commonly accessed from trailheads on Adirondack Loj Road — about 8 miles south of the village of Lake Placid.