Adirondacks hiker airlifted after spending two nights stranded at dangerous high elevation

Adirondacks hiker airlifted after spending two nights stranded at dangerous high elevation

A 58-year-old hiker from Mechanicville was rescued Thursday after becoming lost in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains and spending two nights alone in the frigid backcountry, according to officials. Forest rangers tracked the man’s footprints near the Elk Lake area on Dix Mountain, eventually locating him exhausted and suffering from mild hypothermia and frostbite after enduring the dangerous high-elevation conditions.