Berlin Barracks / Lost Hiker

VSP News Release-Incident

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

NEWS RELEASE

CASE#: 26A3008501

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Dalton Maenpaa                   

STATION: Berlin Barracks              

CONTACT#: (802) 229-9191

DATE/TIME: 10/10/2026 @ 1751 hours

INCIDENT LOCATION: Camel’s Hump / Monroe Trailhead, Duxbury, VT

INCIDENT TYPE: Lost Hiker

MISSING PERSON: Juvenile                             

AGE: 12

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Boston, MA

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

On 10/10/2026 at approximately 1751 hours, troopers from the Vermont State Police – Berlin Barracks received a report of a lost hiker at the Camel’s Hump Monroe Trailhead in Duxbury, VT. The hiker was identified as a juvenile from Boston.

Mary Rice, the mother of the juvenile, advised the State Police she and her family were up from Boston to summit Camel’s Hump. On the way down from the summit, the juvenile was separated and continued down the Long Trail while the family continued down the Monroe Trail.

VSP Search and Rescue teams, Waterbury Back Country Rescue, Huntington Back Country Rescue, and Camel’s Hump Rescue responded to the scene to conduct a search. Through coordinated efforts with all teams, everyone was successfully brought down the mountain without incident.