A 55-year-old hiker with a lower-leg injury was carried down Cascade Mountain by forest rangers Oct. 9.
Ray Brook Dispatch received the call at 8:30 a.m. in North Elba, Essex County, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation’s report, released Thursday.
Two rangers splinted the hiker’s leg and carried the person to the trailhead.
They transferred care to Lake Placid EMS at 9:50 a.m.
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