A man from Portland was rescued in New Hampshire's White Mountains after becoming "severely hypothermic" during a hike this week. The hiker, identified as 28-year-old Patrick Bittman, of Portland, was hiking just below the summit of Little Haystack Mountain on Franconia Ridge when he found himself frozen and unable to move through several feet of snow.

A hypothermic hiker had to be rescued by helicopter from New Hampshire’s White Mountains on Thursday after his limbs became frozen and he could no longer move through the deep snow. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said they were alerted to a hiker in distress just below the summit of Little Haystack Mountain on Franconia Ridge at