Abstract
Analysis of accidents in the White Mountains (and nearby) in New Hampshire during winter and spring 2013–14 begins with a note about an unusual avalanche on Mount Washington’s southeast-facing summit snowfield on March 29, 2014; no one was hurt. A man backtracks on a poorly marked trail in the Kilkenny Range. A solo hiker avoiding dangerous wind and blowing snow descends onto the Dry River Trail. Six hikers call for help while sliding down the Mount Washington Auto Road. A pair of hikers lose a trail, and a skier slides out of King Ravine. Four hikers in a school group lose their way descending Mount Washington in a storm. Stories of shoulder season, the new “HikeSafe” card that covers your costs if you are rescued, and a critique of the old archetype “man versus nature.”
Recommended Citation
(2015)
"Accidents,"
Appalachia: Vol. 66:
No.
1, Article 13.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/appalachia/vol66/iss1/13
