A 53-year-old Rochester, New York man died after falling 300 to 400 feet while hiking toward the Wilson Peak mountain in Colorado.

A man from Rochester died after falling on a climbing and hiking trail in Colorado. According to the San Miguel Sheriff’s Office, the experienced 53-year-old climber was hiking alone on the Rock of Ages trail when he fell between 300 and 400 feet and hit his head.

A man from Rochester died while hiking in Colorado on Wednesday. The San Miguel Sheriff’s Department says they responded for an injured hiker on Wilson Peak. They say the 53-year-old man fell anywhere from three to 400 feet and hit his head.

An experienced climber fell almost 400 feet to his death while ascending a 14,000-foot mountain in Colorado, rescuers said. The 53-year-old climber from Rochester, New York, was hiking Wilson Peak along the Rock of Ages trail alone, the San Miguel County sheriff said on social media Wednesday, Sept. 25.

An experienced climber from New York state died in Colorado after falling several hundred feet while he was hiking in the mountains.

Referred to as an "experienced climber," the 53-year-old unidentified man was hiking alone on the Rock of Ages Trail and, while ascending, fell 300 to 400 feet and suffered a head injury, the San Miguel Sheriff’s Office wrote in an X post.

A hiker died after falling 300+ feet from a Colorado mountain.