Injured Hiker Rescued from Old Bridal Path

CONTACT:
Conservation Officer Josiah Towne
603-744-5470
October 16, 2026

Franconia, NH – On Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 12:55 p.m., NH Fish and Game was notified of an injured hiker on the Old Bridal Path on Mount Lafayette.

Conservation Officers responded to the trailhead along with twenty-two members of the Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue Team. Responders hiked approximately 1.6 miles to the victim, who was later identified as Lily Fine, 26, of Stamford, Connecticut. Fine was hiking down the Old Bridal Path when she fell and sustained a serious injury.

Rescuers carried Fine to the trailhead, arriving at 4:10 p.m., where she was transported to Littleton Regional Hospital by Lin-Wood Ambulance Service.

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