CONTACT:
Conservation Officer Josiah Towne
603-744-5470
October 26, 2026
Orange, NH – On Sunday, October 25, 2026, at approximately 2:45 p.m., NH Fish and Game was notified of an injured hiker on the Holt Trail on Mount Cardigan in Orange.
Conservation Officers responded to the trailhead along with personnel from the Fire Departments in Canaan, Enfield, Rumney, Bristol, and Alexandria, along with ten members from the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team. Responders hiked to within approximately 0.2 miles of the summit to reach the injured hiker, who was later identified as Matthew Leprohon, 53, of Ayer, Massachusetts. Leprohon was hiking down the Holt Trail when he fell, sustaining a non-life-threatening injury that required a carry-out.
Rescuers carried Leprohon approximately 1.9 miles to the trailhead, arriving at 8:00 p.m., where he was transported to Speare Memorial Hospital by the Bristol Fire Department Ambulance.
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