It is believed that he died of traumatic injuries suffered after falling about 80 feet.
Aaron Gagnon, with the San Bernardino National Forest, at Upper Big Falls in September 2015, shortly before the trail was closed for a year because of the high number of hiker injuries and other emergencies.
Robert Carey Jr., 33, of Calimesa was reported missing by his family on Saturday when he failed to return from a hike on San Gorgonio Peak, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. On Saturday evening, a sheriff’s helicopter crew saw an unresponsive man at the base of Big Falls, and a rescuer lowered to that site determined the man was dead. Because of the risk of a nighttime operation, the recovery of the body was delayed until the next morning.The trail from the Forest Falls area to the 11,503-foot San Gorgonio summit is long and arduous — more than 20 miles round trip, with 6,000 feet elevation gain.
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