Deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, with help from a Smartphone GPS system, were able to locate a lost hiker Wednesday night at Towsley Canyon. The following account is from the SCV Sheriff’s Station Facebook page:
SCV Sheriff’s Station deputies responded Wednesday night to a lost hiker in Towsley Canyon who had reportedly fell and suffered a head injury.
The male adult hiker was lost several miles into the canyon, but fortunately was able to get phone reception and contacted SCV Sheriff’s Station.
Los Angeles Sheriff Department Aero Bureau’s Air-29 was in the area and directed our dispatchers to have the hiker use the compass GPS coordinator app on his phone to provide the latitude/longitude coordinates of his location.
Minutes after the hiker provided the coordinates, Air-29 was able to locate him.
The hiker was perched on a ridge that was inaccessible to vehicles. The male adult hiker was plucked off the ridge by the flight crew and transported to SCV Sheriff’s station where Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel began treatment for his injuries and dehydration.
The hiker was then transported to a local hospital for medical care.
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Amen
Just checking on you Brian making sure you aint hiking again at Towsley.
I’m all good. Not me this time. Plus I’m famous for having no cell phone battery lol
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We got stuck here at night once last winter when the backside of the trail was inaccessible due to a raging river back there (due to the rains)…Was our first time hiking the loop and we went too late not realizing it wouldn’t lead us out b/c of the water. Thankfully we were on the trail and went back the way we came. Was def scary at night though! Rangers gratefully knew we were there too b/c of our car and were about to send someone out looking for us. Although it would have been a $600 fine being there past dusk. Yikes! Thankfully he was super cool and didn’t fine us and only gave us a $75 parking ticket for being parked that late…but when he let us out of gate he asked for it back b/c I think he felt bad. Super nice guy! Never did that again ?