An avalanche on Mount Washington left a New Hampshire skier with a life-threatening lower leg injury on Saturday, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

Bow resident Dominic Torro was skiing with a friend and another unrelated skier in the Great Gulf or “Airplane Gully” on Saturday, officials said, when Torro triggered an avalanche. Torro’s friend and the other skier skied to his aid and called 911.

The 911 call, according to officials, was first relayed to the U.S. Forest Service Snow Rangers, though the incident was outside of the Rangers’ direct jurisdiction. The call was then relayed to the Fish and Game conservation officers.

Officials said the conservation officer who took the call spoke with a snow ranger and collaborated to on a rescue plan. The conservation officer made calls to the National Guard helicopter and the ranger recruited Mountain Rescue Service officials.

Mount Washington State Parks and Mount Washington Auto Road personnel coordinated ground efforts by obtaining a “SnoCat” to transport the rescue service officials up the mountain. Officials said they remained in constant communication with Torro and the skiers aiding him, praising both for their work to help Torro under the circumstances.

The two shoveled out an area on the side slope so that the paramedic traveling in the helicopter could have enough space to bring Torro into the helicopter white it was still hovering.

The helicopter crew successfully found Torro and deployed the medic who was able to hoist up the injured skier into the aircraft just before 4 p.m., officials said. The other two skiers opted to ski down the mountain and were confirmed to make it back to their vehicles.

Torro was flown to the Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Center in Lebanon, NH to treat his injuries.  No immediate update was provided by officials.