BERLIN — A hiker who did not plan for the amount of snow still on some northern New Hampshire mountains was rescued on Saturday.
At about 3:45 p.m. on May 3, a N.H. Fish and Game conservation officer was notified about a hiker who had called 911 after becoming lost off the Kilkenny Ridge Trail between Mount Weeks and Middle Weeks mountains.
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