A body was discovered on a Palm Springs trail, and police Friday said it appeared a man was hiking when he suffered a heat- related medical emergency. Police officers were sent to the North Lykken Trailhead, in the 700 block of La Mirada Road on a report that a body had been discovered, according to […]
A hiker traversing the Pacific Coast Trial in the San Jacinto Mountains was found dead by emergency crews Friday following a multi-hour rescue attempt. A report of a hiker suffering from unspecified injuries came out at 9:38 a.m. near Mountain Center, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. A California Highway Patrol helicopter was called […]
A hiker from Minnesota died after a redwood tree collapsed and struck him at Muir Woods National Monument in Northern California, officials said. The monument is in Marin County and approximately 15 miles north of San Francisco. Subhradeep Dutta, 28, was walking on a trail on Christmas Eve when the tree fell, the Marin County Sheriff’s […]
A search and rescue team recovered a body Thursday below Angels Landing, a 1,488-foot tall rock tower in Utah’s Zion National Park. The body is consistent with the age and gender of a hiker who was reported missing Wednesday, the National Park Service (NPS) said in a news release. The hiker is believed to be […]
A man found dead off a hiking trail near Vista Point on Highway 74 Monday died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot, a sheriff’s deputy said. Authorities received a 911 call around noon reporting a body on a trail near the popular roadside viewing point, according to Riverside County sheriff’s Deputy Mike Vasquez. […]
A 40-year-old man was found dead Thursday on a hiking trail in Palm Springs. Christopher Wathen of Twentynine Palms was pronounced dead at the scene on the trail near Museum Drive, according to Riverside County coroner’s officials. A Palm Springs police watch sergeant had no information about when the death was reported or how the […]
