Rangers and other first responders are seen tending to a hiker who was suffering from chest pains in the Lake George Wild Forest in the town of Bolton on Saturday. (Provided photo — New York state Department of Environmental Conservation)

Forest rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation responded to a pair of rescues in the southeastern Adirondacks, both of which involved trips to the hospital. In one instance, a hiker suffered from chest pains, and the other was the result of a fall on ice.

It did not appear that the hiker who fell had proper traction for the icy conditions, but was given such by the rangers to make it down the rest of the way before the medical transport ensued.

Rangers also recovered a deceased 71-year-old hunter who was reported missing in Rensselaer County.

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Hiker with chest pains carried out

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BOLTON — Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from Warren County 911 about a hiker with chest pains approximately 1.5 miles in from the Clay Meadow trailhead in the Lake George Wild Forest at 7:55 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29. Four forest rangers and the Bolton Volunteer Fire Department reached the 56-year-old from Gansevoort, made a health assessment and determined a carry-out was necessary. Rescuers used a wheeled litter to transport the hiker to the trailhead, where they turned over care to Bolton EMS. Resources were clear at 10:10 p.m. The subject’s post-rescue medical status was not provided.

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Tracks lead ranger, police to deceased hunter

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NASSAU — Forest Ranger Steven Jackson joined Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Deputies and New York State Police in the search for a missing hunter on private property off Gardiner Hill Road at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29. Family members expected the 71-year-old from Averill Park home well before dark. He was known to hunt the property from 6 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Jackson found tracks in the snow leading to the hunter, who was found deceased. The Hoags Corners Volunteer Fire Department assisted with the carry-out. Resources were clear at 9 p.m. State Police listed the incident as suspected natural causes.

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Hiker falls on ice, provided spikes

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HADLEY — Forest rangers Ashly Carabetta and Kaitlyn Clute responded to a call for a hiker with a wrist injury on Hadley Mountain at 12:54 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 28. The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office, Hadley-Luzerne Volunteer Fire Department and Rockwell Falls Emergency Medical Services also responded. By 2:40 p.m., rescuers reached the 55-year-old from Maryland approximately three-quarters of a mile up the trail. The hiker slipped and fell on their mountain descent. Rangers provided microspikes and trekking poles due to the icy trail conditions. They reached the trailhead at 3 p.m. Rockwell Falls EMS transported the patient to the hospital. It was unclear what the extent of the hiker’s injury was or what further treatment was required.