A 2-year-old Border Collie survived with relatively minor injuries after the dog leaped from Dedication Point (pictured above) near the Snake River in Idaho.

There was no reason for the dog to take the leap. Authorities believe she was just curious of what was on the other side. All the dog found was open air and [...]

A 55-year-old hiker died after falling 20 feet in Zion National Park, Utah.

The man was hiking with friends and fell. His friends said he fell right on his head. The group was hiking on a canyon trail two miles west of the park’s less-trafficked east entrance.

Friends immediately began administering CPR. Park rangers also arrived [...]

Peter Veider and Arno Piersteiner, the two experts from the Austrian Bergrettung discontinued their search Thursday evening and will return Friday to Austria. All indications are that the two 25-year-old Romanians (originally reported to be one missing Romanian) are buried meters deep under an avalanche. This was the result of triangulations of the victim’s cell [...]

Thanks to Bergschlawiner of Seattle Mountain Rescue for submitting this story.

A 23-year-old Tyrolean woman climber from Austria has been missing in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania since last Saturday. All efforts by the Romanians to find her have been without success and international help has been asked from the Austrian Bergrettung. There are signs that [...]

A 60-year-old hiker required rescue when he became fatigued on Hood Mountain in California (not to be confused with Mt. Hood in Oregon).

The man was hiking by himself and became too exhausted to continue on his hike. At 5 p.m., he used his cell phone to call for help. He was off trail and lost [...]

Thanks to Bergschlawiner of Seattle Mountain Rescue for submitting this story.

A group of five German hikers between the ages of 21 and 22 were heading towards a mountain shelter in the vicinity of Telfs at 3:00 pm when they lost their way in a blizzard after hiking for four hours.

They were exhausted and [...]

A couple of hikers out on a dayhike went off trail in Jones Gap State Park, South Carolina and became lost. They were eventually found by rescuer workers around 11 p.m.

The two men were cold and thirsty, but in otherwise good condition. No friends or family reported them missing. Around 9 p.m., one of the [...]

A 79-year-old man from Glendale died after falling 50 feet to the base of a waterfall in Los Padres National Forest in Central California.

Hugh Blanchard was hiking with friends when the man somehow fell 50 feet off a cliff. The cause of the fall is unknown. Rescuers were called to the scene around 2:30 p.m. [...]

Two parents and two children, ages 6 and 8, were rescued after becoming stuck on a cliff in Silverado Canyon, Orange County.

The four were hiking up a steep hillside and suddenly became stuck 400 feet above the canyon floor. They were unable to continue and unsure if they could backtrack safely.

At 4:06 p.m., just [...]

Thanks to Bergschlawiner of Seattle Mountain Rescue for submitting this story.

A 24-year-old was buried by an avalanche while skiing out of bounds on Kitzsteinhorn. He was quickly rescued and had to be resuscitated by the medics from the “Heli 6″ rescue helicopter before being flown to the hospital where he was placed in intensive care.

The [...]