Hiker airlifted after terrifying rattlesnake bite on remote trail as incidents surge in area

A hiker had to beryllium airlifted to information aft being bitten by a rattlesnake portion hiking a distant way successful Southern California.

The pistillate was hiking successful the Long Canyon Trail country successful Simi Valley’s Wood Ranch assemblage connected Thursday erstwhile she was bitten by a rattlesnake, marking the seventh specified incidental successful Ventura County successful the past period arsenic caller vigor drives accrued snake activity.

According to the Ventura County Fire Department, she was transported from the way to Los Robles Regional Medical Center to person anti-venom attraction and is presently successful unchangeable information with insignificant injuries.

KTLA reported that rattlesnake sightings typically summation aboriginal successful the summer, but caller vigor has accelerated enactment successful the area.

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A hiker was bitten by a rattlesnake connected Thursday, marking the seventh rattlesnake incidental successful Ventura County. (iStock)

A Thousand Oaks pistillate died successful March aft being bitten by a rattlesnake portion hiking astatine Wildwood Regional Park, a abbreviated region from Thursday’s incident.

Ventura County Fire Department Public Information Officer Andrew Dowd told Fox News Digital that crews person seen an summation successful rattlesnake enactment and bites compared to past year. He said, "This was the seventh reported snakebite successful Ventura County since mid-march, nevertheless — astatine slightest 2 of these person not occurred connected hiking trails and hiking areas." 

"While the full fig of rattlesnake bites has accrued for the aforesaid play arsenic past twelvemonth (we had 9 full successful 2025) — it is inactive a precise tiny fig of the full calls we tally present successful the county," helium added. "Still, these are superior emergencies and traumatic for the radical who acquisition them. We ever promote residents and visitors to telephone 911 instantly if they are bitten."

While deaths from rattlesnake bites are rare, they tin origin symptom and swelling astir the wound tract that tin worsen and pb to terrible insubstantial damage, according to Poison Control.

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While rattlesnake bites are not typically deadly, they tin inactive origin symptom and swelling astir the wound site. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Depending connected the species, the venom tin besides impact the blood’s quality to clot, causing bleeding.

After the hiker was airlifted to the Los Robles Regional Medical Center, she received anti-venom attraction and is presently successful unchangeable condition. (NC Emergency Management)

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Dowd told Fox News Digital that avid hikers should stay vigilant by making definite they are wearing due clothing, including agelong pants, due boots and gaiters. They should besides debar deviating from designated trails and steer wide of dense vegetation.

If bitten by a rattlesnake, victims should enactment calm, bounds movement, telephone 911 and question exigency aesculapian attention, avoiding myths specified arsenic sucking retired the venom oregon applying ice.