Hiker rescued near George Creek

On Oct. 31 at about 6:30 p.m., the Lane County Sheriff’s Office received a notification from an emergency distress GPS beacon near George Creek in the Three Sisters Wilderness. Lane County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (SAR) personnel identified the owner of the beacon and requested that the Upper McKenzie Rural Fire Protection District search for their vehicle while SAR responded from the valley. Fire personnel located the vehicle at the Separation Lake trailhead.

Around midnight,…