Sept. 9, at approximately 4:30 p.m., DEC dispatch in Ray Brook received a call from two hikers that were lost and in need of assistance. Steven Allen, 49, of Mississauga, Ontario and Carmen Dragoste, 49, of Oakville, Ontario, had attempted to hike to Avalanche Pass from the Loj but became lost. A forest ranger responded along with the DEC Marcy Dam caretaker. Phone coordinates showed the subjects in the Pelkey Basin of Phelps Mountain. The forest ranger and Caretaker hiked in that direction while yelling for the two hikers without and response. DEC dispatch contacted Dragoste and Allen and requested they yell. The forest ranger was able to hear them yelling and used is compass to mark their location. The hikers were located near the summit of Phelpsfrom the DEC John's Brook caretaker of a hiker with a broken ankle on Lower Wolf Jaw. Sarah Houde, 33, of Ballston Spa, had been hiking Benny Brook Slide with her husband when the accident occurred. He hiked to the Johns' Brook Loj to seek assistance. The DEC caretaker accompanied the husband back to Houde to assess her condition and splinted her leg. A forest ranger was dispatched to the location as well, and while a second forest ranger accompanied the state police helicopter as the hoist operator. Houde was hoisted up to the helicopter and flown to Adirondack Medical Center in Lake Placid for further evaluation and treatment.

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Town of Black Brook, Taylor Pond Wild Forest

On Friday, Sept. 6, at approximately 3:40 p.m., DEC dispatch in Ray Brook