Hiker lost in Slide Mtn Wilderness Region
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 2:43 pm
Ulster County
Town of Olive
Catskill Forest Preserve
Lost Hiker: On July 11, 2016, at 3:32 p.m. New Jersey Police received a call from the daughter of a 62-year-old New Jersey man who had not returned from a hiking trip to the Catskills. The man's computer history showed he researched several locations and trails in the area. His cell phone last "pinged" at Sam's Point Tower on 7/10/16 at 6:10 p.m. Soon after receiving the call from New Jersey Police, the man's car was found at Moon Haw Road in Shandaken in the Slide Mt. Wilderness. On July 12, 2016, at 7:13 a.m. DEC Forest Rangers began assisting in the search, combing marked and unmarked trails in the Slide Mt. area, including Balsam Cap, one of the locations from the man's computer history. At 7:15 p.m. that day, Rangers located the man walking along Moon Haw Rd. He had made it to Balsam Cap but got turned around and hiked several other trails and peaks looking for a way back to his car. Rangers brought him back to his car where he was evaluated by local EMS and released shortly after 7:15 p.m.
Town of Olive
Catskill Forest Preserve
Lost Hiker: On July 11, 2016, at 3:32 p.m. New Jersey Police received a call from the daughter of a 62-year-old New Jersey man who had not returned from a hiking trip to the Catskills. The man's computer history showed he researched several locations and trails in the area. His cell phone last "pinged" at Sam's Point Tower on 7/10/16 at 6:10 p.m. Soon after receiving the call from New Jersey Police, the man's car was found at Moon Haw Road in Shandaken in the Slide Mt. Wilderness. On July 12, 2016, at 7:13 a.m. DEC Forest Rangers began assisting in the search, combing marked and unmarked trails in the Slide Mt. area, including Balsam Cap, one of the locations from the man's computer history. At 7:15 p.m. that day, Rangers located the man walking along Moon Haw Rd. He had made it to Balsam Cap but got turned around and hiked several other trails and peaks looking for a way back to his car. Rangers brought him back to his car where he was evaluated by local EMS and released shortly after 7:15 p.m.