Betty Kellenberger overcame numerous obstacles and challenges to become the oldest female to finish hiking the Appalachian Trail

January 6, 2026 – Placer County Sheriff's Office officials report that the body of missing hiker, 40-year-old Eryn VanAcker has been located. It is believed she went into the water and was swept away in the North Fork of the American River upstream from Lake Clementine.

She died doing something she loved deeply-hiking and taking in the beauty of Colorado and its public lands,' her family says.

This simple hiking etiquette is more than just good manners. Following it may even help keep you and other hikers safe while out on the trails.

A woman hiking alone was found dead on the Crosier Mountain trail near Glen Haven. This was Colorado's first fatal mountain lion attack in over 25 years

A female hiker was killed by a mountain lion on the Crosier Mountain trail in Larimer County, Colorado, on Thursday, according to state officials. The victim's identity has not been revealed, but her death marks the first fatal mountain lion attack in Colorado since 1999, Colorado Parks and Wildlife noted.

A hike yesterday at Point Reyes National Seashore turned into a cliffside drama when a CHP H-30 helicopter hoisted two female hikers off a steep coastal rock after they became stranded above the beach just south of Pelican Lake.

The authorities closed access to part of Mount Baldy, the tallest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. They cited dangerous and unpredictable terrain and weather.