RescueOutcome: Self-rescuedLost
Rescue — Black Angel Trail, Nov 8, 2025
·Black Angel Trail
52-year-old male hiker and his teenage son · party of 2
On November 8, 2025, Steven Diroff, 52, and his teenage son took a wrong turn while hiking the Baldface Loop and ended up several miles out on the Black Angel Trail without a flashlight or headlamp. Rescuers from NHFG and AVSAR responded to the Basin Trail in Chatham. Diroff and his son made it to within a few hundred yards of the trailhead on their own and were given a courtesy ride back to their vehicle.
What we can learn
Always bring a spare headlamp or flashlight and extra batteries whenever you go for a hike, no matter how long you expect to be out.
Contributing factors
No headlampPhone battery died