A hiker bitten by a rattlesnake triggered a desperate search-and-rescue mission to rush him to the hospital and save his life. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Montrose Search and Rescue Team, along with the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team, responded to the incident around 4 p.m. Monday in the Bear Canyon area in Angeles National Forest. 5 The hiker is being airlifted up by a helicopter from the Angeles National Forest. KTLA5 The man was bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking in the California national forrest. Most recently, a woman in Los Angeles County was rushed to the hospital after a rattlesnake bit her while she went to her backyard garden to trim roses in late July.