Four horse riders from Massachusetts who were lost and needed assistance as night fell Saturday on a New Hampshire mountain were rescued, authorities said.
Officers from New Hampshire Fish and Game were called to the Weetamoo Trail on Mt. Chocorua in Albany about 8:15 p.m., the agency said. The riders had taken the Liberty Trail to the Hammond Trail but were not able to return the same way due to hazardous conditions.
They tried to get back on the Weetamoo trail but eventually called for assistance since they had no lights and were unsure of where they were, authorities said.
The riders were participating in the Granite State Carriage Association's Look to the Mountain event.
The riders where identified as 69-year-old John Huether from Chatham, 76-year-old Wayne Therrien from Rochester, and a husband and wife from Swansea, 66-year-old Danny Nadeau and 61-year-old Tami Nadeau.
Conservation officers hiked approximately one and a half miles to their location and gave the riders headlamps, warm clothing, food and water, helping them back to their campsite on Philbrook Neighborhood Road.
