UPDATE: Lost Hiker Found in Deukmejian Park

UPDATE: The hiker who lost his way in  in North Glendale early this morning was found at 11:30 a.m., according to Lt. Robert Blume of the .

The hiker, whose name has not been released, is a 77-year-old man who reportedly fell 40 feet into a ravine. The , which responded to the emergency call, enlisted the help of Montrose Search and Rescue. 

The hiker was air-lifted out of Deukmejian Park and is now out of harm's way.

Here's the Sheriff's Department news release in part:

The man had been hiking alone for hours on the The Loop Trail, when he fell into a ravine and became disoriented. Although injured, he was actually very fortunate to have been able to get cell phone service, and called his wife. He knew he was near Mount Lukens but said he was disoriented and had broken his eyeglasses.

His wife called Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station at about 7:30AM and notified deputies, who called in the Sheriff's Montrose Search and Rescue Team to launch an immediate search for the injured man.

Sheriff's deputies and Glendale Police officers set up a command post near the park entrance and began a search.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's ground rescue personnel and Air-5 Rescue helicopter searched the area where the man said he believed he was located, which was east of a main trail, but they could not find him. Air-5 widened the area search and located the man west of the main trail at about 11:00AM Sunday morning.

Sheriff's Montrose Search and Rescue Team deputies hiked to the area pointed out by the pilot and tactical flight deputy, and found the injured hiker. Two Sheriff's Emergency Services Detail (Special Enforcement Bureau) paramedics were hoisted from the helicopter down to the ground where they treated the hiker's injuries, and hoisted him up into the helicopter. His injuries were minor, so he was flown to the command post and able to return home.

Meanwhile, the ground rescue team hiked back out.

"The sheriff's volunteer Search & Rescue Team members throughout the county work closely with Sheriff's Air 5 rescue helicopter deputies and Emergency Services Detail paramedics, and make rescues on a regular basis," said Sheriff's Reserve Chief Mike Leum, who was one of the rescuers.

The Air-5 Rescue helicopter crews and eight Search and Rescue teams of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department average about 350 search and rescue missions every year, making it one of the most active counties for search and rescue missions in the nation.

Previously: Sheriff's deputies are helping find a man who went hiking in Deukmejian Wilderness Park at around 6 a.m. Sunday and called his wife to tell her he was lost, said the watch commander at Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station.

There were no further details available.