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An avid New Jersey outdoor buff slipped off a trail and froze to death while hiking New York’s highest peak with her dog — after it took rescuers more than six hours to find her in bitter single-digit temperatures, officials said Wednesday.
Brianna Mohr, 21— who posted breathtaking Instagram photos of herself on remote adventures — called 911 while clinging to the side of Mount Marcy in the Adirondacks at 3 p.m. Thursday, according to police.
But rescuers couldn’t find Mohr, of Brick, until after 9 p.m., at which point she had died of hypothermia, New York State police said.
Temperatures in Keene, New York, where the mountain is located, ranged from -8 to 20 degrees that day, according to AccuWearther.
Her loyal dog was found with her — unhurt.
Forest rangers frantically searched the 5,300-foot peak by snowmobile for Mohr as police also looked for her via helicopter, officials said.
But low cloud cover prevented officers from seeing her by chopper.
Mohr’s devastated mother, Stephanie West, posted a photo tribute to her daughter on Valentine’s Day — the day her autopsy was completed.
“I am so lost,” West wrote on Facebook alongside a broken-heart emoji
Before her tragic fall, Mohr’s dazzling wildlife photography showed her trekking everywhere from Death Valley, California to Yellowstone with her loyal pup.
“Pretty lil mountain lady!!!!” one person gushed on Instagram over Mohr’s 2023 selfie at Acadia National Park in Maine.
Other rugged wildlife locations she visited include Mount Washington in New Hampshire, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, and Moosehead Lake in Maine and Canyonlands National Park in Utah.
Her instagram account, which features simply a mountain and a heart emoji as a description, had roughly 750 followers as of Wednesday.
On Monday, her brother Ryan shared heartbreaking message about Mohr, who graduated from Brick Memorial High School in 2022.
“You were the best friend and sister I could have ever asked for,” he wrote, according to Asbury Park Press. “You are the reason I am the person I am….I love you forever Bri. Rest in peace.”
Mount Marcy is New York’s highest peak at 5,343 feet, and had brutally cold temperatures Thursday.
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