A hiker descending Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire died after slipping and falling off a ledge, New Hampshire Fish and Sport mentioned in a information launch.
On Saturday, a bunch of three folks took a tram to the mountain's summit. They had been initially going to return to the bottom of the mountain utilizing the tram, however they modified their minds, in accordance with the information launch.
The group as a substitute determined to hike down the mountain on what they believed to be a ski path. They got here throughout a steep, rocky space with a waterfall and, as they tried to maneuver their approach down, one of many hikers "slipped inflicting him to fall off a ledge," the information launch mentioned.
After shedding sight of their companion, the opposite two hikers known as 911, simply earlier than 1 p.m., New Hampshire Fish and Sport mentioned. When first responders arrived, they discovered the lacking hiker's physique on the backside of the waterfall.
Authorities didn't determine the hiker.
The incident comes after a hiker fell and died at Oregon's Multnomah Falls on Friday afternoon. First responders hiked greater than a mile up a path and located the physique of a lady who had fallen about 100 toes, Corbett Fireplace Chief Rick Wunsch mentioned.
The unidentified girl was pronounced useless on the scene, Wunsch mentioned.