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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 and had arrived at the trailhead at approximately 7:45 a.m. His family expected him to return by dinner. At approximately 7 p.m. the family became concerned that he hadn t returned and notified NH State Police.
66-year-old Massachusetts man dies hiking New Hampshire mountain; Body found after 2-day search with National Guard
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
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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 Sanford was found, according authorities.
Foot tracks had led authorities down a brook, where they discovered the Plymouth, Massachusetts man’s body, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department recounted.
Roy Sanford, 66, of Plymouth, Mass., was pronounced dead at a New Hampshire hospital Monday, March 15, 2021, after a hiking incident on Mount Moosilauke.Courtesy of the Sanford family
Roy Sanford woke up early Sunday morning and headed north to the wilderness of New Hampshireâs White Mountains, a trip he had made countless times through the decades as an avid hiker and a lover of the outdoors, his son said Tuesday.
Sanford, 66, was due to return to his home in Plymouth in time for dinner. Around 6 p.m., his wife, Mary Beth, phoned her adult children, Chris, Ryan, and Meghan, concerned that their father had not yet come home. They called the Warren, N.H., Police Department, near Mount Moosilauke, the 4,802-foot peak that Sanford had set out to summit that day, Chris Sanford said.
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