The rescue was one of several conducted by forest rangers in New York last week.
Forest rangers in New York carried an injured hiker through three miles of rugged terrain and ankle-deep water to reach an ambulance last week.
According to officials with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, rangers received a report of a hiker with an unstable leg injury roughly a mile beyond Indian Pass Brook in North Elba at 5:10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27.
Eight forest rangers and a paramedic responded and reached the hiker by 9:25 p.m. Officials said the 26-year-old from Deposit had broken her leg in multiple places.

Rangers and the paramedic stabilized the hiker’s leg and then packaged the hiker in a litter.
Rangers used a backpack carrier system for the three-mile carryout through rocky terrain and ankle-deep water to an Essex County ambulance.
Resources were clear at 3:07 a.m.
The following are other incidents involving forest rangers in New York last week.
Noisy Campers
On Tuesday, May 27 at 6 p.m., two forest rangers responded to the Lake Durant Campground in Indian Lake to assist with an eviction.
The caretaker had reported loud campers had caused a disturbance the previous night.
Rangers issued seven tickets for charges including underage alcohol possession and leaving a fire unattended.
Rangers remained on site to ensure the campers cleaned the area before they left and were safe to drive.
Overdue Hiker
On Tuesday, May 27 at 10:30 p.m., three forest rangers responded to a call for an overdue hiker last seen near the Blackhead Mountain summit at 1:30 p.m.
Rangers searched with Windham Police and Greene County Sheriff’s Deputies. At 6:30 a.m., rangers located the 24-year-old from Brooklyn walking down a drainage area, seven miles from his last known point.
Rangers assessed the hiker for any medical concerns and provided a courtesy ride to his vehicle at the Big Hollow Road trailhead.
Boaters Rescued
On Wednesday, May 28 at 4:15 p.m., forest rangers received a report about a group stranded on the north shore of Little Tupper Lake after their inflatable boat was punctured.
Coordinates placed the group on site #1 on Little Tupper Lake.
Rangers bushwhacked into the site and at 5:10 p.m. and found two 21-year-olds from New Jersey. The pair told rescuers there was another person in their party in an inflatable boat heading toward site #4 where their party was camping.
At 5:45 p.m., rescuers called the camping party and learned the third person in the boat had not returned. A forest ranger flew his drone but could not find the missing boater.
At 7:30 p.m., rescuers used an inflatable boat to search the north side of the lake while trying to make voice contact with the missing subject. Two additional rangers responded to search the Burn Road trail.
At 8:30 p.m., the campers reported to rescuers that the missing boater had arrived on foot. The 21-year-old from New Jersey reported he had gotten lost and was eventually picked up by a Good Samaritan who dropped him off at the trailhead.
Lost Hikers
On May 30 at 5:45 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a hiker who was off trail on Mount Jo. Forest Rangers called the 52-year-old hiker from Chittenango and guided him back to the trail over the phone. Rangers met the hiker to ensure he remained on trail and escorted him back to Adirondak Loj.
Stranded Hikers
On Saturday, May 31 at 4:20 p.m., rangers received a report about a 911 text from a hiker reporting he and his hiking partner were stranded due to rising stream levels on the Roaring Book trail in the Giant Mountain Wilderness.
Forest rangers hiked to the subjects’ location, helped them cross the brook, and escorted the hikers back to the trailhead.
Damaged Boat
On Saturday, May 31 at 8 p.m., campers at the Hidden Cove lean-to reported they needed help getting out of their campsite due to a damaged boat.
The site is only accessible by boat.
Two forest rangers responded to the Long Lake boat launch for a boat.
By 9 p.m., rangers extracted the campers from Bath, Steuben County, out of their campsite.