Monadnock Ledger Transcript – Hiker hospitalized after incident on Mount Monadnock

A Michigan resident was taken to Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough on Monday after sustaining injuries on Mount Monadnock on Monday.

According to a press release from New Hampshire Fish and Game, the department was notified by Southwestern New Hampshire District Fire Mutual Aid around 11:50 a.m. of a hiker who had fallen on the White Cross Trail near treeline and sustained serious and potentially life-threatening injuries. The victim, Samuel Gershowitz, 18, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was hiking for the first time with a family member when the incident occurred. They were preparing for a day hike in Monadnock State Park, according to Fish and Game.

Two conservation officers from Keene responded, along with rangers from the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Mountain Patrol and members of the Upper-Valley Wilderness Response Team (UVWRT). When responding officers arrived around 1 p.m., Gershowitz was already in the care of the Mountain Patrol and in stable condition. Conservation officers, UVWRT members and Monadnock Park staff were able to carry Gershowitz in a stretcher down the White Cross Trail to the White Dot Trail and arrived at Monadnock State Park headquarters around 3:30 p.m.

Gershowitz was transported by Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance to Monadnock Community Hospital where his injuries were further evaluated and treated.

Conservation officers were assisted by Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Mountain Patrol rangers, Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance Service personnel, members of the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team (UVWRT), New Hampshire Emergency Services and Communications, and Southwestern New Hampshire District Fire Mutual Aid.