Madera deputies recover hiker’s body after a Southern California man fell in a forest

Anthony Galaviz
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A Southern California man is dead after he fell in the area of Iceberg Lake in the Inyo National Forest of Madera County.

Deputies said they were made aware of a hiker who had possibly fallen around 8:45 a.m. on Aug. 19.

Deputies said the man had planned to hike from Devils Post Pile to Lake Tahoe.

Deputies then obtained GPS coordinates from the hiker’s InReach device and requested assistance from the California Highway Patrol helicopter and Mono County Sheriff’s search and rescue for Type 1 hikers.

The search and rescue team found the hiker on the side of a steep boulder field. He died at the scene from the fall, deputies said.

Deputies said because of Hurricane Hilary’s approach to the area, the recovery operation had to be postponed until the storm passed through the area.

The hiker’s body was recovered Tuesday when the teams hiked to where he was located, near the shore of Iceberg Lake.