DEAD RIVER TOWNSHIP, Maine - The Maine Warden Service and the Maine Air National Guard rescued a severely hypothermic hiker who got caught in the April snow atop Bigelow Mountain. On Monday night the Maine Warden Service was notified that there was a 24-year-old female hiker on the Appalachian Trail on Bigelow Mountain who was severely hypothermic. The Warden Service got involved around 9:30 p.m. when David Piccioni, 35 of Cumbola, Pa., contacted emergency services and notified them that his hik...
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Daring mountain rescue, air transport saves severely hypothermic hiker
Apr 22, 2026 at 07:03 am by Harrison
Game Warden Service members build fire and wrap two Pennsylvania hikers in sleeping bags (MDIFW photo)
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