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Hiker, 74, injured on Harding Icefield Trail

Published 10:30 pm Friday, July 16, 2021

By Ashlyn O’Hara Peninsula Clarion Writer

Hikers look at the Harding Icefield in August 2015 in Kenai Fjords National Park, just outside of Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Hikers look at the Harding Icefield in August 2015 in Kenai Fjords National Park, just outside of Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

A 74-year-old man suffered suspected head, neck and spinal injuries in a fall while hiking on the Harding Icefield Trail on Thursday afternoon, according to a Friday release from the National Park Service.

Alaska State Troopers responded to the scene via an HELO 3 helicopter, which landed about one-quarter of a mile from where the hiker was injured, according to a Friday dispatch from the Alaska State Troopers. An emergency room doctor, who was also hiking on the trail, assisted the injured hiker until help arrived.

The National Park Service reported park rangers with medical training and the Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene. The injured hiker was assisted back to the helicopter and taken to Providence Seward Medical Center.

Reach reporter Ashlyn O’Hara at ashlyn.ohara@cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsulaclarion.

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