For the third time in three days, a hiker was rescued on Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire on Monday.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, conservation officers received a report from New Hampshire State Police about an injured hiker on the White Cross Trail in Monadnock State Park at 5:23 p.m. on Monday, November 24.
The hiker reportedly had a a lower-leg injury and said he was unable to hike down the steep trail without further assistance.
Officials said the hiker and his hiking companion were properly dressed for the near freezing temperatures, but they did not have adequate light sources.
A team of Conservation Officers responded to the park and hiked medical supplies, trekking poles, and water up to the injured hiker.
Conservation officers reached the hiker at 6:53 p.m. and provided medical aid.
With the medical aid and trekking poles, the hiker was able to hike down and did not require a carry out. The hiker was assisted back to the park headquarters, arriving at 7:45 p.m. The hiker refused an ambulance and was driven from the park by his hiking companion.
The rescue was the third in three days on the mountain.
On Sunday night, a pair of hikers without lights and who officials said were not dressed for cold, snowy weather, had to be rescued after getting lost on the mountain.
The hikers called 911 after getting off trail south of the Red Spot Trail, approximately 1000 feet below the summit. Conservation officers hiked up to the pair with headlamps, hand warmers, mittens, microspikes, and fluids, and guided them down the mountain.
In a rescue on Saturday, November 22, Fish and Game officials were notified of an injured hiker on the White Cross Trail roughly a mile from the trailhead at 3:16 p.m.
The hiker had suffered a lower-leg injury while descending the White Cross Trail from the summit, and her hiking companion called 911.
A Monadnock State Park mountain patrol ranger responded with medical equipment and splinted the injured ankle. Due to the fact that the hiker could not bear any weight on the injured leg, it was determined she would need to be carried to the trailhead in a litter.
Rescue crews secured her in a litter and carried her back to the trailhead, arriving at approximately 6:30 p.m.
Officials said the hiker were experienced and appeared to be well prepared for a day’s hike to the summit of Monadnock.
