Rangers also located and reunited two people who were hiking with each other and became lost at separate times and locations around Mount Marcy.

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Hikers get separated and lost in High Peaks, reunited next day

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DEC Forest Rangers unload hoses and pumps flown in by a State Police helicopter to battle a wildfire near Gravestone Brook and Bear Den Mountain in the town of Keene on Monday, Sept. 1. (Provided photo — New York state Department of Environmental Conservation)

KEENE — Ray Brook dispatch received a call from a hiker lost and separated from their hiking party on Mount Marcy at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7. Coordinates placed the hiker near the summit of Mount Skylight. Forest Rangers Charles Foutch and Hannah Praczkajlo responded to search for the 39-year-old from Michigan.

At 9:44 p.m., the other member of the hiking party called to report they were also lost, near the Van Hoevenberg trail that runs from the Adirondak Loj to Mount Marcy’s summit. It was unclear where along the trail they became lost. Rangers Michael Holdridge and Patrick Odell responded to search for the second hiker, a 42-year-old, also from Michigan. At 11:51 p.m., they located the second hiker and made their way out to Adirondak Loj. At 2:35 a.m., rangers located the first hiker and headed down the trail. Rangers reunited the two hikers at 11:16 a.m.

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Structure fire that spread to brush contained in Warren County

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A DEC Forest Ranger sprays water to extinguish a wildland fire near Whitney Lake in the West Canada Wilderness on Tuesday, Sept. 2. (Provided photo — New York state Department of Environmental Conservation)

THURMAN — Warren County Dispatch requested forest ranger assistance for a structure fire that spread to nearby brush at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4. Forest rangers Evan Donegan and Charles Kabrehl joined the Chester, Riverside, Stony Creek, Thurman, and Warrensburg volunteer fire departments on the scene. By 4:45 p.m., fire crews contained the 0.25-acre fire.

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Small fire contained in West Canada Lakes Wilderness

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ARIETTA — Hikers in the West Canada Lakes Wilderness called forest rangers to report a fire at 8:20 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 1. Rangers Robert Hamm and Michael Thompson responded to Whitney Lake to investigate and spent the night on site. Ranger Nally responded in the morning to assist. On Sept. 2 at 9 p.m., Rangers contained the 0.25-acre fire.

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High Peaks one-acre wildfire extinguished

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KEENE — Ray Brook dispatch received a call from a hiker on Noonmark Mountain reporting sustained smoke in the sky at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 31. At 3:32 a.m., three forest rangers located a fire approximately 4 miles from the Round Pond trailhead off of state Route 73, near Gravestone Brook on the side of Bear Den Mountain. Rangers began suppressing the one-acre fire using hand tools and determined it was caused by lightning. At 7:30 a.m., State Police Pilot Beck flew in with pumps and hoses. The fire was burning approximately three feet deep into the duff. By 8 p.m., rangers contained the fire and on Thursday, Sept. 4, rangers declared the fire officially out.