A skier was found dead of massive head trauma at Cannon Mountain Ski Area Sunday morning, officials said.Click to watch News 9's coverage.Franconia police had been alerted at about 9:20 p.m. to an overdue skier at Cannon. By 11:30, New Hampshire Fish and Game had arrived on scene and commenced a search with Cannon patrol and grooming employees by 1 a.m. Sunday.The initial search continued until dawn and resumed at 6:30 a.m. Sunday with the help of Franconia police and Pemi Valley Search and Rescue. At 8:15, the skier’s body was discovered approximately 40 feet off the Upper Ravine Trail. Extrication began at 9:45 a.m. and the body was taken off the property to be transported to Littleton at 11:15 a.m.The skier, who was identified as Trevor Hennessey, 29, of Holden, Massachusetts, was not wearing a helmet when he was found, Cannon General Manager John DeVivo said. The state medical examiner determined Hennessey died of a massive head trauma. Hennessey’s family has been notified.Download the free WMUR app.

A skier was found dead of massive head trauma at Cannon Mountain Ski Area Sunday morning, officials said.

Click to watch News 9's coverage.


Franconia police had been alerted at about 9:20 p.m. to an overdue skier at Cannon. By 11:30, New Hampshire Fish and Game had arrived on scene and commenced a search with Cannon patrol and grooming employees by 1 a.m. Sunday.

The initial search continued until dawn and resumed at 6:30 a.m. Sunday with the help of Franconia police and Pemi Valley Search and Rescue. At 8:15, the skier’s body was discovered approximately 40 feet off the Upper Ravine Trail. Extrication began at 9:45 a.m. and the body was taken off the property to be transported to Littleton at 11:15 a.m.

The skier, who was identified as Trevor Hennessey, 29, of Holden, Massachusetts, was not wearing a helmet when he was found, Cannon General Manager John DeVivo said. The state medical examiner determined Hennessey died of a massive head trauma. Hennessey’s family has been notified.

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