Hiker tumbles off waterfall and falls 150-feet into a gorge, New York police say

A woman was hiking when she tumbled down a waterfall, plunging 150-feet into a gorge in central New York, state police say.

Several rescue teams trekked one mile through the woods near a creek to reach the 32-year-old hiker in Cherry Valley around 5 p.m. Sept. 3 in Cherry Valley., according to a Sept. 5 news release.

The woman, of Troy, had several injuries as a result of the fall, authorities say. EMS provided first aid when they reached her.

Rescuers were seen hoisting the hiker up the gorge’s slope on a stretcher in photos shared by state police.

After the woman was pulled “to safety,” she was airlifted to a hospital in Albany, according to the release. Ultimately, she was later released from the facility.

While police did not say what waterfall the hiker had fallen from, there is a roughly 200-foot waterfall in Cherry Valley called Judds Falls.

Cherry Valley is about 60 miles west from Albany.

This story was originally published September 5, 2022 at 2:50 PM with the headline "Hiker tumbles off waterfall and falls 150-feet into a gorge, New York police say."

Julia Marnin

McClatchy DC

Julia Marnin covers courts for McClatchy News, writing about criminal and civil affairs, including cases involving policing, corrections, civil liberties, fraud, and abuses of power. As a reporter on McClatchy’s National Real-Time Team, she’s also covered the COVID-19 pandemic and a variety of other topics since joining in 2021, following a fellowship with Newsweek. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, she was raised in South Jersey and is now based in New York State.