A 17-year-old hiker who became separated from his group was found on Sgorr Ruadh, a 3,156-foot mountain in Scotland.

Rescuers were alerted at 2 p.m. and the teen was found at 4:30 p.m. Torridon Mountain Rescue Team said that he was found during winter conditions on the mountain. Unfortunately there are no more details on the [...]

Two hikers were forced to spend the night in the wilderness when darkness fell while they were 8 miles deep in the wilderness.

Brandon Borba, 25, and Branden Hulse, 23, were out for a dayhike. They had no food, water, jackets or equipment for an overnight stay. When darkness fell, they were forced to hunker down [...]

Two climbers stranded on a ledge while descending Mt. Arrowsmith in British Columbia were forced to buy cell phone minutes to call for rescue.

The brother and sister, both in their 30s, were descending the mountain. They thought they were going down the proper route, but found themselves stranded on a narrow rock ledge 80 meters [...]

A tramper (kiwi for “hiker”) was reported missing in Kahurangi National Park in New Zealand.

Search and rescue are looking for a 44-year-old man who was hiking on the Kill Devil Track trail. The man was solo hiking and is overdue. His last contact with his wife was on Sunday.

Unfortunately the story didn’t report his name, [...]

A drunk hiker was found after losing his way through a 2-square-mile wooded area near Hollis, New Hampshire. He admitted that alcohol was the primary reason he was lost.

Robert Ferreira was hiking with his friend, Eric Korsak. They were drinking on the trail and at some point they parted ways. Korsak found his way home, [...]

A group of walkers (not quite hikers, but casual outdoors people) required rescue when they were caught unprepared in rain, floods and darkness.

The group was walking in the Langdale area of the Lake District in the UK when a fierce rain storm came in. They had already crossed streams and rivers, but were unable to [...]

Found this story on the Smoky Mountain Hiking blog.

A 57-year-old man broke his fibula in two places and tore a ligament in his ankle 100 miles before the finish line of hiking’s Triple Crown (Appalachian, Continental Divide, PCT).

Bob Behrens (pictured above on Katahdin) started his triple crown attempt in 1987 when he hiked [...]

A 68-year-old man died after falling several meters from a trail in the Drakensberg mountains (pictured above).

The man was hiking with a group when the accident happened. Authorities said that he slipped, fell and died on impact. The man is said to be an experienced hiker from a nearby town.

A chopper recovered the body [...]

A Coast Guard helicopter was able to locate and extract an injured hiker from the Snow Lakes area of Snowqualmie Pass in Washington.

The climber suffered injuries during a fall. The man was suffering from head injuries, but the cause of the fall was not reported.

A chopper was sent to the scene, but due to high [...]

A 38-year-old climber who was training to be a guide died after falling 200 meters from the infamous bluffs of Mt. Philistine in Arthur’s Pass National Park (pictured above) in New Zealand.

Noel Clyde Oien was solo hiking on the mountain. When he didn’t return from his dayhike, authorities were notified. A chopper found his body [...]