Injured Hiker Evacuated From Near Summit Of Mount Ida

The county sheriff’s office received a 911 call regarding an injury on Mount Ida early on the afternoon of Saturday, August 8th, and passed it on to the park. A 32-year-old man had taken a 20-foot tumbling, sliding fall near the mountain’s summit and suffered cuts, bruises and a broken leg. Two rangers reached him several hours later. They found him positioned on loose rock and scree a few hundred feet below the ridgeline. A litter team of seven rangers headed to the location, but had to turn back due to darkness. Five rangers stayed with the man and his hiking partner overnight. On Sunday morning, the litter team, accompanied by two park medics, hiked up to the site, set up a low-angle technical rescue to bring him 200 feet up toward the summit, and moved him to a position where he could be lifted out by helicopter.