Watch a video of the hoist rescue and an interview with one of the rangers who helped locate the missing hiker ...

When Forest Ranger Matthew Adams got the 5:30 a.m. call to join the search for a missing hiker in the Dix Range, it didn’t ...

A multi-day search-and-rescue mission in the high elevations of the Adirondack Mountains ended on a high note after a team of Forest Rangers located a missing hiker and coordinated an airlift to ...

SHANDAKEN, N.Y. — Forest rangers rescued two lost hikers who were lost on the Giant Ledge trail without appropriate clothing and gear as wind-chill temperatures dropped well below freezing, the state ...

In a news release, the New York State Police said they were notified on Tuesday, Feb. 24, around 12:30 p.m. local time, about ...

Forest rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation responded to several calls throughout the Adirondacks over the past few weeks. These included recoveries, nighttime and cliff ...

Two hikers from Congers, ages 36- and 38-years-old, got lost on a recent frigid night while hiking the Giant Ledge trail in the Catskill Mountains. The pair set out on Dec. 21 on a day when windchill ...