The Peru Gazette

Town of Keene
Essex County
Wilderness Rescue: On July 4 at 1:30 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from three climbers in the Trap Dike reporting that one of the group had suffered a lower leg injury after a fall. Five Forest Rangers, four Assistant Forest Rangers, and two volunteer climbers responded to assist. A team comprised of two Rangers and two volunteer climbers were inserted at the base of the Mt. Colden Trap Dike by New York State Police Aviation. Additional resources responded via Avalanche Pass with technical rescue equipment. At 5:30 p.m., Rangers reached the 59-year-old woman from Greenwich, Connecticut, stabilized the injury, and developed an evacuation plan. The responders established a steep-angle belay system, lowering the subject approximately 100 yards downslope to a location better suited for a hoist extraction. At 6:15 p.m., State Police Aviation returned with Ranger DiCintio and the woman was hoisted from the Trap Dike and transported to a local hospital for further medical treatment.

Helicopter arrives to assist in Essex County hiker rescue

Rescue crews package up woman injured while hiking

Rope rescue of injured hiker in Trap Dike, Essex County

NOTE: Essex County rescue photos provided by Assistant Forest Ranger Jonathan Leff and Assistant Forest Ranger Brendan Jackson