Two skiers had to be rescued from deep snow and blizzard-like conditions in New Hampshire’s White Mountains on Saturday.
Shortly before 5 p.m. on Saturday, New Hampshire Fish and Game was notified of two skiers who were lost in deep snow and blizzard-like conditions on the summit of Mount Moosilauke in the White Mountains.
The two skiers said that due to strong winds and no visibility, they had lost the trail and were stuck in waist deep snow. They said they had only 2% battery life left on their cell phones and no warm gear or light to continue.
Fish and game conservation officers and volunteers from the PEMI Valley Search and Rescue team staged in Warren and used snowmobiles to travel four miles up Mount Moosilauke. The rescuers then hiked another mile and a half and then fought through extremely deep snow and thick trees, finally locating the skiers at 11 p.m.
The skiers were identified as Romain Tronchi, 30, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Gabriel Mahe, 32, of Somerville, Massachusetts.
Due to the deep snow and rugged terrain, it took over an hour to get the skiers back up and onto the trail. Once on the trail, the skiers and rescuers were able to hike back to the snowmobiles, where everyone was relayed back down the mountain by 2 a.m.
No further information was released.
