- Eliseo Angélico Macías, 22, tragically fell during an outing with friends
- Emergency services said she fell 50 to 60 feet from the popular Oregon Trail.
A young hiker tragically fell 60 feet to her death on a popular trail in Oregon while hiking with her friends.
Elisha Angelic Macias, 22, of Hillsboro, was walking near the Oreonta Trail on Sunday when the fatal fall occurred.
Macias was hiking with friends in the so-called ‘Waterfall Corridor’ in the area west of Multnomah Falls when he became separated from the group.
Officers were called and when they arrived at the scene, another hiker was performing CPR on Macias.
However, Cascade Locks Fire & EMS personnel pronounced her dead at the scene around 4:35 p.m., shortly after emergency services arrived.
Elisha Angelic Macias, 22, of Hillsboro, was hiking near the Oreonta Trail on Sunday when the fatal fall occurred.
Pictured: Horsetail Falls ‘Waterfall Corridor’ in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Search and rescue teams determined he fell 50 to 60 feet from a cliff west of the Horsetail Falls trailhead.
“No one in the group saw her fall,” the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Search and rescue teams helped recover the hiker’s body and volunteers “responded to provide trauma-informed resources and care to all those affected,” according to a news release.
According to Macías’ social networks, she worked as a teacher at Belmont Academy and was originally from the Bronx.
Last month, the 22-year-old had been on vacation with her group of friends in Las Vegas to celebrate a birthday.
Friends of Macías (pictured) flooded social media to share their heartbroken reactions. “There are no words that can really describe what’s going through my head, but Eliseo, you were an incredible person from start to finish,” her friend said.
Search and rescue teams determined that Marcias fell 50 to 60 feet from a cliff west of the Horsetail Falls trailhead (pictured: the ‘Waterfall Corridor’).
Friends of Macías flooded social media to share their heartbroken reactions.
“There are no words that can truly describe what is going through my head, but Eliseo, you were an incredible person from start to finish,” her close friend wrote on instagram.
“You helped me through one of my darkest and lowest times and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to love you and be loved by you,” he said, adding that he can’t believe this is true.
‘You will always be in my mind and forever in my heart. I’m glad our little angel is no longer alone in heaven. Rest easy, Elisha.’
‘Rest in peace Eliseo Macías You were a literal angel,’ another friend, Marisa Waldo, wrote on Facebook. ‘Even your middle name is “angelic.” You were such a special soul on this planet.
“My heart is broken and I am devastated… God took you early,” Brittney Hernandez said in a post.
Marcias’ tragic death is the second death in the popular hiking area this spring, according to the Statesman Diary.
On March 15, a 61-year-old woman was found dead at the bottom of a cliff near the Horsetail Falls Trailhead after she had been hiking on the Oneonta Trail.