Overview
- New Hampshire Fish and Game and Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue staged in Warren to coordinate the response.
- Teams rode snowmobiles about four miles up Old Carriage Road, then hiked roughly 1.5 miles through thick trees to a drainage.
- The skiers reported losing the trail in strong winds and near-zero visibility, were stuck in waist-deep snow, and had about 2% phone battery with no warm or light gear.
- Rescuers reached them around 11 p.m. and spent over an hour getting them back onto the trail before escorting them to the snowmobiles.
- The men were identified as Romain Tronchi, 30, of Cambridge, and Gabriel Mahe, 32, of Somerville, and officials reported no injuries with everyone back by about 2 a.m.