Injured Fairfield Woman Rescued From Mountain Trail In New Hampshire

FAIRFIELD, CT — A Fairfield woman was rescued after spending the night in a mountain hut on a New Hampshire mountain trail over the weekend, after she injured her leg while hiking the steep terrain, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game.

Carrie Euring was helped by Good Samaritans down Carter Dome Trail in Green's Grant, NH, on Saturday, a steep, 0.3-mile trek that took nearly 4 hours to traverse due to the injury. She then spent the night in the AMC Carter Notch Hut.

Euring had set out to hike 19 Mile Brook Trail in Green’s Grant to Carter Dome Trail in order to summit Mt. Hight, according to Sgt. Glen Lucas and Conservation Officer Zac Abrahamsson of New Hampshire Fish and Game.

"After summiting Mt. Hight, she hiked to Carter Dome and began to hike down the Carter Moriah Trail when [Euring] injured her leg on the steep terrain," Lucas and Abrahamsson wrote in a statement.

Saturday afternoon, with the help of Good Samaritans, Euring got to the hut, and was given a bunk to sleep by the AMC Carter Notch Hut crew.

"In the early morning hours of Sunday, July 14, 2024, New Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation Officers contacted the injured hiker to determine whether or not she would be able to make her way down the 19 Mile Brook Trail or if she would need to be carried out in a litter," Lucas and Abrahamsson said. "It was determined that a carry-out was required to get the injured hiker down the trail."

At that point, the second part of the lengthy journey down the mountain began.

"Conservation Officers, Appalachian Mountain Club Members, and volunteers from the Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue Team began staging at the 19 Mile Brook Trailhead at approximately 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 14," Lucas and Abrahamsson said. "Rescue team members reached the injured hiker at the Carter Notch Hut at approximately 10:45 a.m. After additional volunteers and Conservations Officers reached the hut, the carry-out began at 11:45 a.m. The rescue team reached the 19 Mile Brook Trailhead at 2:35 p.m."

Euring’s husband was at the trailhead parking area and was able to drive her back to Connecticut that afternoon, according to NHFG, and she planned to seek further medical evaluation back home on Sunday evening.

"New Hampshire Fish and Game would like to thank the Good Samaritans who helped Euring down the Carter Dome Trail to Carter Notch Hut, Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue Team, and members of the Appalachian Mountain Club for their hard work and collaborative effort," Lucas and Abrahamsson said.