New Hampshire Fish and Game was alerted to the missing hiker, later identified as Christopher Huyler. Huyler had left for a hike earlier in the day in the middle of Cannon Ball through the Coppermine Brook Valley to check conditions prior to ski season ...

An “avid” New Hampshire hiker texted his wife that he was coming home, then was reported missing and found dead hours later near an icy mountain trail, officials say. Christopher Huyler, 44, was hiking in New Hampshire’s White Mountains on Friday, Nov. 22, when he went missing, the state Fish and Game Department said in a news release.

Christopher Huyler had departed earlier in the day and had planned ... Huyler was an avid outdoor enthusiast who enjoyed New Hampshire’s White Mountains in all seasons, the agency said, remarking that winter conditions have arrived in the mountains.