Injured Newton Hiker In New Hampshire Assisted By Fish & Game Officers

SARGENT’S PURCHASE, NH — A hiker from Massachusetts was assisted in the White Mountains on Sunday after an injury.

Around 10:30 a.m., New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers were told about a woman in his late-40s from Newton, MA, who injured her leg while descending the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail. A White Mountains National Forest employee came upon her and a hiking party and reported the injury. She told officers she slipped on the trail and was injured. Officers spoke to her and another member of her hiking party, and they decided to try and continue down the trail with only assistance from her group, Lt. Mark Lober of Fish & Game said.

“After two hours of slow progress and fear of further injury, the decision was made to launch a rescue effort to carry her down the rest of the trail,” he said.

Conservation officers and volunteers with Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue, Androscoggin Valley Search & Rescue, and Lakes Region Search and Rescue hiked about 1.75 miles along the trail with a rescue litter. Her leg was splinted, and she was placed on the litter and carried down the trail to the base station parking lot, arriving around 6 p.m.

The national forest employee stayed with Weldon the entire time and also assisted her down the trail, Ober said.

“(The woman) and her hiking party were on the last day of a multi-day event and had been hiking since Thursday,” he said. “They were well prepared for the hike and were prepared for an extended stay on the mountain if help was not immediately available.”

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