CHP officers rescue injured hiker near Big Sur

November 11, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

Coastal Division California Highway Patrol officers rescued an injured hiker early Monday morning near Big Sur.

The hiker injured his knee on Sunday evening near the Pine Ridge Trail and was unable to hike out. Shortly before 8 a.m., Big Sur Fire officials sought the CHP’s assistant rescuing the hiker from the Barlow Flats Campground.

A CHP helicopter crew located the injured hiker.

“This rescue was challenging due to the large trees surrounding the area,” according to the CHP. “H-70 had to maneuver below the tree canopy and maintain rotor clearance. H-70 utilized nearly all of its 164 feet of usable hoist cable in order to reach the hiker.”

After the CHP crew hoisted the hiker out of the campground, they delivered him to an ambulance at the Post Ranch landing zone.

 


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Went down a rabbit hole on this one. H-70 makes it sound like they are using the civilian version of the H-60 Blackhawk helicopter. That’s not the case. It is a Eurocopter AS350 (Tail number N983HP). CHP is currently upgrading their existing AS350 helicopters to the H125 version. Cal Fire currently uses Sikorsky S70i helicopters among others. Hope this clears things up for my fellow autists.