FRANCONIA — A hiker died on Cannon Mountain, two hikers were rescued off Mount Washington, and a naked hiker was arrested at the Zealand Hut in a busy weekend for New Hampshire Fish and Game.
A group of three people had ridden up Cannon in Franconia Notch on the tram Saturday with plans to tour the summit and then return to the bottom on the tram. When the group got to the summit, however, they changed their mind and decided to hike down the mountain.
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