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RescueOutcome: Rescued by SARMedical

Rescue — Mt. Chocorua, Sep 12, 2025

·Mount Chocorua·Liberty Trail

76-year-old female from Conway, NH · party of 3

Sandra Rourke, 76, injured her knee while descending the Liberty Trail on Mt. Chocorua on September 12, 2025, approximately 2.2 miles from the trailhead. She had ascended via the Champney Falls Trail and summited before the injury occurred. Fish and Game Conservation Officers and Lakes Region Search and Rescue carried her out in a rescue litter, arriving at the trailhead at 12:15 a.m. on September 13.

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