Authorities are investigating the death of a 63-year-old man who fell while hiking on a Finger Lakes trail.

Yates County sheriff's deputies say Rodger Smith of Geneseo was hiking early Sunday afternoon in the High Tor State Wildlife Management Area in the town of Italy, on the southern end of Canandaigua Lake about 42 miles southeast of Rochester.

Deputies say Smith fell about 75 feet. Emergency crews from Yates and neighboring Ontario County helped rescue Smith from the wooded area.

He was taken by helicopter to Strong Memorial Hospital, where he later died.

Deputies are investigating the accident.