A 21-year-old hiker from New Jersey was found dead on Thursday, February 12th, after calling 911 to report they had fallen near the summit of Mt. Marcy (the highest point in the Adirondack Mountains and the U.S. state of New York elevation of 5,343 feet).
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation reports the hiker, who was accompanied by a dog, called for help at  3:05 p.m after they slipped and were unable to get back on the trail. Forest rangers immediately began searching for the hiker via snowmobile and tracked utility vehicle.
A New York State Police Aviation helicopter was dispatched to the area for a possible hoist rescue but ue to the heavy cloud cover the two rangers aboard the helicopter could not spot the missing hiker. At 6:06 p.m. one of the rangers aboard the helicopter was dropped into the Marcy Dam Outpost to search on the ground.
At 9:51 p.m., nearly seven hours after the hiker’s initial 911 call, the ranger located the hiker’s body. Weather conditions prevented removal of the body from the mountain at that time. Rangers also found the hiker’s dog alive and walked it out to safety. The following morning New York State Police Aviation inserted two rangers to the site and recovered the hiker’s body.
images from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
