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UpdatedMon, Mar 15, 2021 at 11:32 pm ET Replies(4) Roy Sanford of Plymouth, MA died on an NH mountain, rescuers faced blizzard conditions and used a National Guard helicopter for the rescue. (NH Fish and Game) BENTON, NH — NH Fish and Game responded to a report of an overdue hiker on Mt. Moosilauke in the town of Benton on Sunday. Roy Sanford, 66, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, had planned to take an up and back hike on Mt. Moosilauke via the Glencliff Trail. Sanford left Plymouth that morning ...

66-year-old Massachusetts man dies hiking New Hampshire mountain; Body found after 2-day search with National Guard Updated Mar 16, 2021; Facebook Share Roy Sanford arrived at Mt. Moosilauke in New Hampshire early Sunday to hike. Almost 12 hours later, he hadn’t return home, and his family was beginning to worry. It wasn’t until the next afternoon after a two-day search involving the National Guard and state conservation officers, through heavy snow and blizzard-like conditions, that Sanfo...

Solo hiker failed to return from day hike on Mt. Moosilauke Published: 3/16/2021 4:49:31 PM On Sunday, the wind above treeline in the White Mountains howled at 60 miles an hour with gusts over 100. Temperatures dropped to 16 degrees below zero, not including the windchill. Roy Sanford, a 66-year-old man from Plymouth, Massachusetts, was overdue from a solo day hike on Mt. Moosilauke. As day turned to night, his family grew more and more concerned, officials with New Hampshire Fish and Game...