Hiker falls on ‘steep and dangerous’ New Hampshire trail. Then comes difficult rescue
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An experienced hiker was rescued after she was injured falling down a trail in New Hampshire, according to officials.
The 33-year-old woman was hiking the Mt. Tripyramid Trail in Waterville Valley on Oct. 28, according to a news release from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.
Around 2:30 p.m., the hiker fell and hurt her leg “while descending the North Slide, an extremely steep and dangerous section of the trail,” officials said.
Conservation officers found the woman at 4:49 p.m., who was about 100 yards away from where she first fell, officials said. She was able to hike out, but her injury made it more difficult.
“The conditions made the trail extremely hazardous with a light dusting of snow on bare rock slabs. Using traction devices, such as microspikes, would have been futile because of the lack of accumulated snow or ice,” officials said.
Conservation Officers helped the woman make her way out by working “down through the thick trees that lined the slide as a precaution against additional falls,” officials said.
The group made it to a nearby road by 6:50 p.m., officials said. She was then taken to a hospital to be treated.
“(The woman) had experience hiking and had spent summers working in the White Mountains. She was prepared with winter equipment, including microspikes, but the conditions of the North Slide still resulted in a serious fall. Conservation officers want to remind hikers that trails present many additional hazards this time of year and below-freezing temperatures are present at higher elevations,” the release said.
Waterville Valley is about a 75-mile drive north of Manchester.
This story was originally published October 30, 2024 at 4:00 PM with the headline "Hiker falls on ‘steep and dangerous’ New Hampshire trail. Then comes difficult rescue."
