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January 10, 2023

Southern California woman found dead after falling in Joshua Tree National Park

A 50-year-old southern California woman was found dead after falling and sustaining fatal head trauma after falling in Joshua Tree National Park over the weekend.

January 7, 2023

Hiker found dead in Texas national park after high wind warning on New Year's Eve

The National Park Service said a hiker was found dead on New Year's Eve on a trail in Texas' Guadalupe Mountains National Park after a high wind warning was in effect.

January 4, 2023

Tennessee National Guard rescues stranded Appalachian Trail hikers

The Tennessee National Guard rescued two Appalachian Trail hikers who were stranded. The hikers couldn't escape on account of sheer cliffs and drop-offs.

January 4, 2023

Tennessee National Guard airlifts Appalachian Trail hikers stranded around cliffs in wilderness darkness

The Tennessee National Guard conducted an emergency air evacuation mission after two Appalachian Trail hikers became stranded in the wilderness surrounded by cliffs and drop-offs.

January 3, 2023

Missing California man found dead after going for hike at Carbon Canyon Regional Park, authorities say

Jeffrey Paul Morton, 63, was found dead at Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea, California, last week after he failed to return from his daily hike, authorities said.

December 22, 2022

Man reported missing in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park more than 2 months after backcountry trip

James Alan Cattley was reported missing more than two months after he was believed to have gone on a backcountry trip on the Appalachian Trail in the Shenandoah National Park.

December 12, 2022

NH hiker who fell to his death off mountain cliff while taking pictures with wife ID’d as Joseph Eggleston

Joseph "Eggy" Eggleston, 53, was identified as the hiker who fell 300 feet to his death from the summit of Mt. Willard in Crawford Notch near Hart's Location, New Hampshire.

December 11, 2022

NH hiker falls to death off mountain cliff while taking photos with his wife, authorities say

Rescuers in New Hampshire recovered the body of a hiker who died after he fell 300 hundred feet off a cliff on Mt. Willard in Crawford Notch on Saturday morning.

December 8, 2022

Hiker triggers avalanche in Colorado, gets carried 40 feet, rescuers say

A hiker in Colorado was rescued Saturday after being swept 40 feet in an avalanche he triggered near Colorado Mines Peak in Grand County, rescue officials said.

November 29, 2022

Pilot 'miraculously' survives small plane crash in Utah canyon, hikes six miles for help: officials

A pilot crash-landed a small aircraft near Durst Mountain in Morgan County, Utah, over the weekend and "miraculously walked away" from the crash, officials said.