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RescueOutcome: Rescued by SARFall

Rescue — Mount Chocorua, Apr 18, 2026

·Mount Chocorua·Champney Falls Trail

51-year-old female from Wolfeboro, NH · party of 8

Payne slipped and fell, fracturing her left ankle, 3.1 miles from the trailhead while serving as a counselor for Boy Scout Troop 232. The group splinted the fracture and iced it; Fish and Game and Lakes Region Search and Rescue carried her down, reaching the trailhead at 8:05 p.m. Fish and Game described the group as well prepared.

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