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Associated Press - April 27, 2009 11:15 AM ET
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A search in New Hampshire's White Mountains has been ongoing since Sunday for a missing 17-year-old hiker from Massachusetts.
The state Fish and Game Department says Scott Mason of Halifax left the Appalachian Mountain Club's Pinkham Notch Visitor Center at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday, intending to do a 17-mile hike. He was hiking alone.
Mason's plans included hiking to the summits of Mount Washington and Madison, then returning to the visitor center in one day.
The Fish and Game Department said conditions in the area include waist-deep snow with the potential for avalanches, and heavy rain overnight Sunday and Monday made the search more difficult. Temperatures were in the 40s overnight.
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