White Mountains

The man’s family told officers he was an inexperienced hiker, and they did not know what he brought with him for equipment.

A 28-year-old man is dead after police found him half a mile from the Falling Rivers Trail in Franconia, New Hampshire, on Christmas morning, authorities said.

A woman hiking in New Hampshire’s White Mountains with her fiancé died on Sunday after suffering a serious medical condition, officials said. She was headed down Mt. Cabot on the Bunnell Notch Trail when she fell ill at about 3 p.m. Her fiancé called 911, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game on Tuesday. While local first responders started hiking…

A naked hiker who’d been threatening others on a trailside hut in New Hampshire’s White Mountains Saturday was arrested after officers talked the Massachusetts man off the roof, officials said. The unclothed man was “highly agitated” and it took more than an hour to deescalate the situation and get him off the roof of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Zealand...

An investigation into a massive fire that destroyed much of The Red Jacket Mountain View Resort in North Conway, New Hampshire, and forced the popular hotel to cancel all bookings through Labor Day, has been completed, officials announced Friday. Following an examination of the fire-ravaged resort, as well as interviews with hotel guests and people who witnessed the fire, New…

The cause of the fire at the Red Jacket Resort in North Conway, New Hampshire, could not be determined.

A Massachusetts man who died on Father’s Day weekend, shortly after being rescued from a New Hampshire trail near Mt. Clay, is being remembered by his family as a loving husband and adoring father with a zest for life. Xi Chen’s grieving widow spoke to NBC10 Boston Monday night and said her husband’s future was cut short. He leaves...

53-year-old Xi Chen, of Andover, Massachusetts, died after hiking in treacherous conditions in New Hampshire’s White Mountains over the weekend.

Xi Chen, 53, of Andover, Mass. was initially pulled from the Gulfside Trail on Saturday near Mt. Clay while attempting a “Presidential Traverse” through the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. He died on Sunday.

Authorities in New Hampshire announced that a hiker who’d been pulled from a trail in the state over the weekend has died from his injuries. Xi Chen, 53, of Andover, Mass. was initially pulled from the Gulfside Trail on Saturday near Mt. Clay while attempting a “Presidential Traverse” through the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, according to the New…

The summer season at one of New Hampshire’s popular resorts has been ruined by a massive fire that destroyed much of its hotel last month. The Red Jacket Mountain View Resort confirmed Tuesday that it’s had to cancel all reservations on the books through Labor Day. “We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to reopen as soon as possible,”...

Crews on Wednesday were battling an estimated 45-acre brush fire in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest and said it might have been caused by a person who started the fire for warmth or cooking. The fire is west of the Leadmine State Forest in steep, mountainous terrain and burned across part of the Appalachian Trail, the U.S. Forest...

A whole wing of the landmark Red Jacket Mountain Review Resort in North Conway, New Hampshire was destroyed by flames this weekend.

Two firefighters and one other person were injured in the blaze, the state fire marshal’s office said. They are expected to be okay.

The Red Jacket Mountain View Resort is a family retreat in the White Mountains and is home to Kahuna Laguna, a popular indoor water park.

A missing hiker was found dead after a tree he placed his sleeping hammock on fell and struck him, New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers said. “There was no evidence of foul play and all indications point to this being a tragic accident,” officers said in a news release Friday. Edward Murphy, 50, of Sandown, New Hampshire, was found…

A cat who patrolled the highest peak in the northeast U.S. for a dozen years as its weather observatory’s mascot has died. Marty, a black Maine coon cat, succumbed to “an unforeseen illness,” Mount Washington Summit Operations Manager Rebecca Scholand said in a news release Monday.  “As a past observer who lived on the summit for four years, I...

A hiker was killed Saturday after falling from a waterfall in the White Mountains, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. The man had been hiking with two friends but went ahead to follow a trail to the top of Arethusa Falls, the department said. When his friends reached the falls, they found his body. The area has…

A Massachusetts man who suffered a medical emergency while hiking in New Hampshire has died despite rescue efforts that included a National Guard helicopter, authorities say. The 60-year-old Mashpee man was in a small group hiking to the summit of Mount Jefferson in the White Mountains when he suffered an unknown medical condition at about 2 p.m. Saturday, according to…

A hiker had to be assisted down a trail and taken to a hospital on Saturday after a snow formation collapsed on him in the White Mountains, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said. Conservation officers received an emergency call around 1:30 p.m. from another hiker on the Tuckerman’s Ravine Trail. They determined that the caller witnessed the...