AVSAR, and other organizations, received a call-out early evening Tuesday, Sep 3, to assist a backpacker suffering a leg injury and was located at the Carter Notch Hut. An official NHF&G summary of this operation follows…
Sep. 3, 2025: Injured Backpacker Carried Down from Carter Notch Hut
Bean’s Purchase, NH – On Tuesday evening at approximately 5:00 p.m., NH Fish and Game was notified of an injured hiker at the Carter Notch Hut in Bean’s Purchase. The hiker, identified as Leigh Jandle, 72, of Dripping Springs, TX, had suffered a lower leg injury while descending from the Carter-Moriah Trail and down the Wildcat River Trail to a dispersed campsite not far from the Carter Notch Hut. Jandle was hiking with her two sons, and after the injury, one of them went to the hut to request assistance. An AMC employee responded with medical equipment and splinted the injured leg. Jandle was then carried by her sons up to the Carter Notch bunkhouse. Because Jandle could not bear any weight on the injured leg a call for help was made.
Rescue crews comprised of Conservation Officers and volunteers from Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue (AVSAR), Lakes Region Search and Rescue (LRSAR), and AMC hiked up 19 Mile Brook Trail to the Carter Notch Hut. The first rescuers arrived at the hut around 8:10 p.m. After assessing the injury, they placed a vacuum splint on the injured leg and then placed Jandle into a rescue litter. The rescue team started carrying her down the trail at 8:45 p.m. —NHF&G
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