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News · Today in Vegas · November 13, 2026

Fall Is Supposed to Be Prime Hiking Season Around Las Vegas. Police Hoisted 4 People, Including a 6-Year-Old, Off 2 Mountains in One Day.

By Hargreaves Ledger, Pace Vegas Desk · November 13, 2026

The short versionLas Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Search and Rescue crews hoisted four people off Frenchman Mountain and Red Rock Canyon on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, including a 6-year-old child, KSNV News 3 reported on November 12. Both rescues used the AIR1 helicopter, and no injuries were reported in the Frenchman Mountain call.
Neon sign of a rescue helicopter hoisting above a desert peak

Back-to-back hiking emergencies on Wednesday sent Metro's Search and Rescue team into the air twice, according to KSNV News 3. In the first call, crews aboard AIR1 responded to Frenchman Mountain after two hikers wandered off trail and became "ledged out," police said. Rescuers were inserted, secured both hikers and lifted them out by hoist to waiting ground personnel. Neither was hurt.

The second call came while AIR1 was headed to Red Rock for hoist operator training. Crews were told a hiker and a 6-year-old had become lost near the Turtlehead Peak Trail, and police said the pair had left the trail, were getting cold and had no provisions or way to continue. The helicopter diverted from training to respond.

Rescuers gave the child hypothermia prevention care before both hikers were hoisted out and handed to ground crews at the Bureau of Land Management helipad, KSNV reported. The report did not name the hikers.

The desk's takeTwo rescues in one afternoon is a reminder that the mountains ringing this valley look friendlier from the 215 than they are on foot. Turtlehead gets cold fast once the sun drops, and "off trail" is how most of these stories start. Credit to a helicopter crew that turned a training run into the real thing; the rest of us can pack water, a jacket and a charged phone.

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