Overview
- Searchers found Kent Wood Tuesday evening about 5.5 miles from his car on the Kinsman Pond Trail in Franconia Notch.
- Wood traveled to Lafayette Campground on Friday to camp, then set out to hike Saturday morning before contact stopped that afternoon.
- Relatives reported him overdue after two days without contact, prompting a search Tuesday morning in the Lonesome Lake and Kinsman Pond area.
- New Hampshire Fish and Game, PEMI Valley Search and Rescue, and an Army National Guard helicopter led the effort, and crews carried him out overnight, reaching the trailhead shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday.
- Officials said he prepared for warm weather but met 3 to 5 inches of fresh snow, and they warned that six other Massachusetts hikers needed rescue in recent days as spring trails kept winter conditions.