CONTACT:
Lieutenant Mark Ober
603-788-4850
August 22, 2026
Sargent’s Purchase, NH – On Saturday, August 22, 2026, at approximately 10:45 a.m., NH Fish and Game was notified of an injured hiker on the Huntington Ravine Trail approximately ½ mile up from the Harvard Cabin. The caller reported that she had suffered a lower-leg injury preventing her from being able to hike out without assistance. The hiker was identified as Sydney Cox, 30, of Rochester, NH.
Cox had been hiking up Huntington Ravine Trail with a hiking companion when she injured her lower leg in the boulder field at around 9:00 a.m. Determined to make it out without calling for help, Cox crawled, hopped, and shuffled approximately 0.4 miles before it became too much to continue without assistance. She ultimatley made a 911 call for help.
A rescue response was initated, and NH Fish and Game Conservation Officers and volunteers from Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue (AVSAR) responded. Volunteers hiked up Tuckerman Ravine Trail to Huntington Ravine Trail, while Conservation Officers utilized ATVs to haul up rescue gear and a litter up the Sherburne Ski Trail.
While rescuers were responding, Cox didn’t stay where she was and wait. She continued crawling and hopping down the trail another 0.3 miles before meeting up with rescuers. The progress she made reduced the carryout from approximately 1.25 miles to around 0.5 miles.
At 1:32 p.m., the first rescuers reached Cox. She was evaluated and had her injured leg placed into a vacuum splint. She was then placed in a litter and carried approximately 0.5 miles down to the ATV. Once at the ATV, Cox was able to get out of the litter and was placed on the back of the ATV, behind a Conservation Officer and driven down to the bottom.