This Year's Eaton Canyon Rescues (So Far) (Patch Chart)

A member of the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team told the paper that there have been 48 rescues this year so far compared to about 30-40 total on average in recent years.

We don't pick up all the calls for service that go out, but we get a lot of them, and here are the ones that we consider serious (we omitted several lost hiker calls, and several others near Eaton Canyon but not right in the infamous falls area).

We're assuming the figure of 48 includes calls that don't result in airlifting or hospitalization.  All of the below incidents, except for one, do involve one or the other, or both, and are a good list of the most serious incidents that the canyon has seen this year.

Date Number rescued Description 2 Two hikers were hospitalized in separate incidents, one falling about 50 feet, one tumbling about 200 feet down a hillside.   The one who fell 50 was "severely injured" 2 Two young men were airlifted after they felt unable to climb down off the second waterfall.  They climbed up with a violin so one could play for the other.
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A teenager broke his leg and suffered hypotherma in Eaton Canyon

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A hiker broke his leg above the first waterfall and was airlifted out.

3
Three autistic men got lost and were later walked out by rescuers.

3
One hiker fell and broke his arm, two others were airlifted out.

2
Two 20-year-olds got stuck in the area above the first waterfall and rescuers were able to help them climb/walk out.

4
One hiker injured his ankle and was airlifted and three others had to be escorted out.

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A hiker died after falling in the waterfall area above Eaton Canyon.
1 A Montclair hiker died after he slipped and fell while climbing in the area.