Injured hiker lifted off South Sister

A U.S. Forest Service employee and his pack horse took an injured hiker to a landing zone where he was air lifted off South Sister last Tuesday, July 23.

According to Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reports, a search and rescue team responded to the climber's trail above Moraine Lake after hikers called 911 on a cell phone to report the injured hiker.

Search and rescue personnel located and stabilized the injured man, 36-year-old Todd Wheeler of Oregon City, and the Forest Service packer took the man to a landing zone where Air Life picked him up.

Wheeler was taken to St. Charles where he was treated for a leg injury and released.