🌱 How Rangers helped an overmatched Catskills hiker near Slide Mountain

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• How Rangers helped an overmatched Catskills hiker near Slide Mountain

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly cloudy, brief showers, with a high of 65 and low of 51 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 66, low: 42.
• Sunday: Cooler with showers, with a high of 49 and low of 26 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Forest Rangers Rescue Ill-Prepared Catskills Hiker (newyorkalmanack.com) — Forest Rangers recently assisted an exhausted hiker on the Slide-Cornell-Wittenberg Trail in the Town of Shandaken, after the visitor underestimated the Catskills’ tough conditions in heavy rain and fog. Rangers encouraged hydration, met the hiker on the trail with hot tea and food, and safely escorted them to the Slide Mountain trailhead, highlighting both the area’s challenges and the value of proper preparation.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Phoenicia

• Phoenicia Festival of the Arts returns in August (dailyfreeman.com)

Woodstock

• Woodstock expands Earth Day into a week-long outdoor community extravaganza (hudsonvalleyone.com)
• It's music festival season. How to stay safe and healthy while enjoying the show (dailyfreeman.com)
• Zoning changes and wayfinding signs move forward in Woodstock (hudsonvalleyone.com)

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