Rescue crews carry hiker off Vroman's Nose after fall (UPDATED)

PHOTOGRAPHER: Zachary Matson

Emergency crews on Sunday rescued a hiker after she fell 25 feet off a cliff on Vroman’s Nose, the Schoharie County Sheriff’s Department said.

Sheriff Anthony Desmond said the fall was reported at 4:02 p.m. Middleburgh firefighters; Middleburgh, Scho-Wright and Rural-Metro ambulance personnel; sheriff’s deputies; and state troopers were sent to the scene and found the victim against a tree, suffering multiple injuries.

Members of the Middleburgh Fire Department high-angle rescue team and the County Search and Rescue Team went over the edge using ropes and brought the victim up to a trail. A Conesville Fire Department rescue vehicle took her to a waiting MedFlight helicopter, which flew her to Albany Medical Center.

Her name was not released.

Vroman’s Nose is a cliff approximately 600 feet above the Schoharie Valley in the town of Fulton, with a nearly vertical drop of more than a hundred feet in some spots. A popular hiking trail runs from a parking lot to the overlook.