Experienced Mass. hiker rescued after falling on icy rocks

A Massachusetts woman needed to be rescued after falling on icy rocks while hiking in New Hampshire.

On Sunday afternoon, an experienced hiker, identified as 46-year-old Hillary Reid, of Acton, fell on icy rocks while hiking on the Chippewa Trail on Black Mountain in Haverhill, New Hampshire.

Reid and her partner tried to continue hiking but she wasn't able to continue with her injury. The pair called for help.

Conservation Officers and volunteers from the Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue Team began a response up the trail with equipment and personnel around 1 p.m. Rescuers took her down a section of steep, icy and rough terrain back to the trailhead. She was then taken to Cottage Hospital in Woodsville, New Hamphire for further treatment and evaluation.

Officials said the couple were "experienced, well-equipped hikers for the terrain, conditions, and the hike that they had planned for the day."

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