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Rescue — Wildcat River Trail, Sep 2, 2025

·Wildcat River Trail

72-year-old female hiker from Dripping Springs, TX · party of 3

Leigh Jandle, 72, suffered a lower leg injury while descending the Carter-Moriah Trail and Wildcat River Trail toward a campsite near Carter Notch Hut on Tuesday evening. Her sons assisted her to the Carter Notch bunkhouse after an AMC employee splinted the injury, but she could not bear weight and required evacuation. Rescue crews from NHFG, AVSAR, LRSAR, and AMC carried her 2.3 miles down the 19 Mile Brook Trail, reaching the trailhead at 11:30 p.m., and she was transported to Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin.

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