A 45-year-old hiker died Saturday after falling about 1,500 feet down a mountainside from a trail near Mt. Baldy, authorities said.
During the weekend, at least two others were injured after sliding several hundred feet down the mountainside from nearby trails.
Shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday, a helicopter rescue crew from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department arrived at Mt. Harwood, just east of Mt. Baldy.
The man, a resident of San Diego, was hiking on the north-facing side of Mt. Harwood near the Devil’s Backbone trail when he fell about 1,500 feet down a “very narrow, steep ice chute,” said sheriff’s Cpl. Mike Ells, who was in the helicopter for the rescue.
