Hikers Find 60-Year-Old Woman Who Fell 50 Feet Into An Ogden Canyon Creek

Photo Courtesy: LifeFlight

OGDEN, Utah, July 2, 2016 (Gephardt Daily) — Hikers have found a 60-year-old woman who fell 50 feet and landed in a creek Friday night up Ogden Canyon.

Climb teams with Weber County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue responded to North Fork Park after receiving a call that a group of hikers had found a woman with a broken wrist and a head injury in a creek near the waterfall on Cold Water Trail.

Weber County Sheriff’s deputies, Search and Rescue teams, Weber Fire 62 and Life Flight all responded and were able to reach the woman and transport her to an area hospital. She is expected to be OK.

Deputies said the woman had been hiking alone when she fell and was fortunate the hikers discovered her.

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