A hiker who got lost after getting caught in a snowstorm was rescued in New Hampshire last night.
New Hampshire Fish and Game officials received a report of a lost hiker off the Rocky Branch Trail in Bartlett, New Hampshire at 6:13 p.m. on Monday, April 20.
The hiker had reportedly left the Glen Boulder trailhead at around 8:45 a.m. He later got caught in a snowstorm and made a wrong turn, ending up on the Rocky Branch Trail to get out of the high winds and accumulating snow.
The hiker called for help after figuring out he had made several wrong turns and needed directions out.
Conservation officers and members of the U.S. Forest Service responded.
Rescuers were able to drive up a gated forest service road to within roughly two miles of the hiker. They directed him out of the woods at around 7:40 p.m. and drove him back to his vehicle at the Glen Boulder Trailhead.
