An injured snowmobiler is loaded into a LifeNet helicopter near Raquette Lake on Sunday, Dec. 28, after suffering pelvic and leg injuries. DEC Forest Ranger Melissa Milano, second from left, and other first responders who participated in the rescue are seen. (Provided photo — New York state Department of Environmental Conservation)

Forest rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation responded to a pair of calls in the Adirondacks over the past week, including a snowmobile crash in the central Adirondacks that required an airlift, and an ankle injury from a fall on a hiking trail in the southeastern Adirondacks.

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Snowmobiler airlifted after crash

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RAQUETTE LAKE — Ray Brook dispatch received a call from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office requesting forest ranger assistance with a snowmobile crash off Uncas Road in the Moose River Plains Wild Forest at 12:19 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28. Forest Ranger Lieutenant Marie Arnold and Ranger Melissa Milano responded with the Raquette Lake Volunteer Fire Department, Raquette Lake and Inlet Emergency Medical Services, New York State Police and Inlet Police. Rescuers found the 61-year-old from Amityville approximately 10 feet off the trail, in the woods. The snowmobiler had been ejected from the snowmobile while rounding a corner. The patient had unstable pelvis and leg injuries. Rescuers packaged the patient into the Raquette Lake Volunteer Fire Department’s tracked utility terrain vehicle. The UTV transported the injured snowmobiler to a nearby LifeNet helicopter that flew the patient to the hospital. Resources were clear at 1:50 p.m. The snowmobiler’s post-rescue medical status was not provided.

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Crane Pond ankle injury

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SCHROON — The North Hudson Volunteer Fire Department called Forest Ranger Logan Quinn to assist with an injured hiker on Crane Pond trail at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 24. The 70-year-old from Fort Edward suffered an ankle injury after a fall and activated the SOS feature on a satellite device. Quinn responded with New York State Police, Schroon Lake and North Hudson volunteer fire departments and the Ticonderoga Emergency Medical Services. Rescuers stabilized the injury and used Schroon Lake VFD’s tracked utility terrain vehicle to transport the patient to a Ticonderoga ambulance. Resources were clear at 1 p.m. The hiker’s post-rescue medical status was not provided.