Rescuers carried an injured hiker more than a mile off Mount Moosilauke in New Hampshire on Saturday.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, they received a report of an SOS alert from a Garmin inReach device shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 20.
No other information was available at the time other than the device had been activated on the Snapper Trail on Mount Moosilauke.
Two conservation officers responded to the Ravine Lodge to determine if there was need for a rescue.
At 1:15 p.m., the conservation officers met up with the owner of the inReach device, who said that his 65-year-old brother had suffered a lower leg injury as they descended the Snapper Trail and he could not continue without assistance.
The injured hiker was reportedly located roughly one mile up the trail. Volunteers from Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue Team and additional conservation officers responded to the area with a rescue litter.
After arriving at the injured hiker at around 2:30 p.m., rescuers stabilized the injury and the hiker was secured into the litter for the carryout.
At 3:45 p.m., the rescue team arrived back at the Ravine Lodge.
Officials said the pair of hikers were “very well-prepared” and were making their initial attempt at New Hampshire’s 48 4,000 footers.
The hiker was taken by personal vehicle to Littleton Regional Healthcare to have his injury evaluated.
