Three Lost Hikers Rescued On North Shore Trail

Posted On: 2024-09-04
Posted By: SAR News

Three Lost Hikers Rescued on North Shore Trail

The North Shore SAR team came to the rescue of three lost hikers stuck on a trail as they were trying to make their way to Coliseum Mountain trail as they were unprepared.

The team says the three were found hiking out by rescuers, and the situation offers many lessons for other hikers, including proper planning to account for shorter days, not relying on cellphones because of lack of service in the backcountry, and avoiding Google Maps, which is unreliable for navigating the wilderness. Read more here

Great work to the North Shore SAR team for rescuing the three hikers as we hope they learned their lesson to always be prepared which includes bringing an emergency bag along with appropriate equipment before hiking out. As always, please be safe out there!