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Accident Reports
AppalachiaThis popular feature appears in every issue and reports on hiking accidents in the White Mountains, analyzes each accident, and suggests safety guidelines.

Accident Reports-
June 2009
 Three lost hikers; incidents in the Cutler River Drainage.
Accident Reports- December 2008
 Lost cross-country skier in Lincoln Woods area.
Accident Reports-
June 2008
 Two groups of hikers lost above treeline.
Accident Reports- December 2007
 Hikers take wrong trail descending Mt. Cabot
Accident Reports-
June 2007
 Mismatched Hikers: One Gets Exhausted
Accident Reports- December 2006
 In separate incidents, two hikers get lost along Zealand Road.
Accident Reports-
June 2006
 Hikers caught in storm on Mount Madison.
Accident Reports - December 2005 No fatalities reported in White Mountains during most recent winter hiking season.
Accident Reports - June 2005 Hypothermia in July; miscellaneous slips and falls.
Accident Reports - December 2004 Fatal slip in Huntington Ravine; skier dies from slip near Mount Clay.
Accident Reports - June 2003 Hiker falls, is injured, and loses trail.
Accident Reports - December 2002 Missing man in Presidential Range.
Accident Reports - June 2002 Hiker benighted in Huntington Ravine; heart attack fatality near Artists Bluff.
Accident Reports - December 2001 Unprepared hikers benighted on Wildcat Ridge.
Accident Reports - June 2001 Numerous heart attack fatalities and a few unusual incidents characterize the summer.
Accident Reports - December 2000 Solo hiker narrowly misses death on Mount Washington.
Accident Reports - June 1998 One hiker killed, one seriously injured on Webster Cliff slide; AT thru-hiker dies on Mount Lincoln.


Trails and Mountains
These articles explore people's experience of trails and mountains both near and far.

Heart-berry
 A modern woman rambles through a season with Thoreau (Winter/Spring 2013)
Timber, Shotgun, Boot, and Ski                
 Traditional meets modern at Gorman Chairback Lodge and Cabins (Summer/Fall 2012)                                  
Wanted: Austral Summer Workers
Longtime employees of the company that supports the National Science Foundation describe the unique addiction to Antarctica that takes hold. (Winter/Spring 2010)
The High Places
 The reward is not always at the top. (Winter/Spring 2010)
Quebec's Weird Frontier
 Monts Groulx, an entire earth. (Summer/Fall 2010)
Maps by Hand
 The techniques of two early map-makers for the White Mountain Guide. (Summer/Fall 2010)
Everyone Who Starts Will Finish
 Warren Doyle's rules for long distance group hikes. (Summer/Fall 2010)
Japanese Caribou
 Alone in the Alaska Range—in winter. (Winter/Spring 2009)
Leaving the Car at Home
 A Connecticut couple travels by rail and bus to hike in New Haven. (Summer/Fall 2009)
The White Mountains, by Train
 Lower speeds, longer vacations. (Summer/Fall 2009)
Looking Up
 Climbing not to get away, but to go home. (Summer/Fall 2009)
Early Highways in Peru
 Retracing an ancient Incan trade route. (Summer/Fall 2009)
Of the Mountain Wind
 The crushing power of a constant companion above the tree line. (Summer/Fall 2009)
An Audacious World War II Trek Three Allied officers traverse the Lowari Pass to Chitral in 1943: The Southern Route to Tirish Mir and the Hindu Kush Mountains (Summer/Fall 2008)
On the Cliffside Trail of Baboons Lisa Densmore recounts her adventure with Ethiopia's high-altitude wildlife. (Summer/Fall 2008)
The Tradeoffs of Trail Work Doug Mayer discusses the tradeoffs of trail work. (Winter/Spring 2008)
AMC Four Thousand Footer Turns 50



Mountain Voices: George Zink


I, for a Moment, Was Somewhere		 Gene Daniell reflects on keeping lists, peakbagging, and bushwacking. (Summer/Fall 2007)


An advocate for the Sandwich Range Wilderness talks to Doug Mayer and Rebecca Oreskes about literature, chemistry, and the Hamlet complex. (Summer/Fall 2007)

A Peace Corps volunteer bushwhacks up Ol Donyo Orok, or Black Mountain (Winter/Spring 2007)
Huts and Human Nature Can we live as simply at home? (June 2006)
In Grizzly Country The Wonders and Hazards of Hiking Alaska's Brooks Range (December 2005)
The 4,000-Footers in Winter "They're Beautiful, They're out There, and They're Calling Me" (December 2005)
Out of Thin Air Acute mountain sickness creates a high-altitude dilemma in Bhutan. (December 2004)
Hikin' Nine to Five: Songs and Poetry from the Appalachian Trail The creativity of AT thru-hikers. (December 2002)
The Hard Way to Peekamoose Mountain A mountaineer's adventures through the Catskills, N.Y. (December 2002)
Agiochook: The Sacred Landscape Legend and lore of the White Mountains. (December 2001)
AMC Maps A look at AMC map-making from 1876 to the present — and beyond. (June 2001)
Happy Feet Crossing the AT border from Massachusetts to Vermont. (June 2001)
The Art of the Huts A gallery of art from hut notebooks across the ages. (June 2000)
Katahdin Rime A historical and literary primer on Mount Katahdin. (December 2000)
Before the Trail: Huntington Ravine in the 1890s How now-routine ascents were pioneered. (June 1999)
Vittorio Sella: A Special Photography Essay Two awe-inspiring photos from "the greatest mountain photographer of all time." (December 1998)


Paddle Sports
These articles discuss people's experiences on the water.

Baja Babes A glimpse into an Outward Bound sea kayak group. (December 2002)


Authors and Books
These articles cast light on authors and their experience researching and writing books about mountains.

A New Look A New Look for Appalachia. (June 2004)
A Conversation with Nicholas Howe Howe talks about researching and writing Not Without Peril, an intimate history of climbers who found trouble in the White Mountains. (June 2000)
Guided Thoughts: Editing the Hiker's 'Bible' The editor of the White Mountain Guide, Gene Daniell, recalls his transformation from a "hothouse flower" to an inveterate hiker, and how the Guide has evolved as well. (June 1999)
Interview with Jon Krakauer The author of Into Thin Air discusses his book about the May 1996 tragedy at Mount Everest, and his experience as a member of the fateful expedition. (June 1997)


Issues and Ideas
These articles explore thought-provoking issues and ideas relating to the outdoors.

This Counts as a School Day
 Why are some kids free to explore the wild, and others aren't? (Summer/Fall 2010)
Tar Heel Pride
 North Carolinians build the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. (Winter/Spring 2010)
Slamming Doors
 Skeptics and believers in the White Mountains encounter ghosts. (Winter/Spring 2009)
Grizzly Fear
 There is a difference between ignorance and wary respect for a creature of several reputations. (Winter/Spring 2009)
Northeastern Alpine Ecosystems
 Survivors or victims of climate change? (Summer/Fall 2009)
Parks or Parking Lots?
 Hikers should vote with their feet. (Summer/Fall 2009)
Early Highways in Peru
 Retracing an ancient Incan trade route. (Summer/Fall 2009)
Is the Wilderness Act Still Relevant? Forty years later, an imperfect but noble document presses humans to practice restraint. (Winter/Spring 2008)
How the 1970s Backpacking Boom Burst Upon Us The founder of Backpacker magazine became so concerned about the exploding numbers of hikers that he decided to do something about it (Winter/Spring 2007)
Climbing Toward God Religion doesn't interest adventurers - except for this one. (June 2006)
AMC's Maine Woods Initiative "Big Ideas" lead to an historic step in land management. (June 2005)
Little Lyford Pond Camps From frontier logging to backcountry bliss at a traditional Maine sporting camp. (June 2005)
Terrorism and Mountaineering The truth about dangers abroad. (June 2003)
Women Guides for Women Trekkers Empowering the women of Nepal. (June 2003)
White Mountains 2100 AD A richly-imagined glimpse into the future of the Whites. (December 1999)
Letter from Nepal: The Annapurna Circus Perspectives of a Western trekker unsure of his effects on the impoverished country he visits. (June 1999)
Taking Sustainability Personally One man's backyard experiment in conservation. (December 1998)
The Celling of the Backcountry Do cell phones belong in the backcountry? (December 1997)


Portraits and People
These personal stories share thoughts and experiences of people whose lives are interwoven by the backcountry.

You Have to Be Here
 Teaching Thoreau in Concord (Winter/Spring 2013)
Suckled by the Wolf
 A mother ponders the nature of wildness. (Summer/Fall 2010)
South Pole, North Country
 How it became perfectly natural for so many to work in Antarctica and live in northern New Hampshire. (Winter/Spring 2010)
Reaching for the Winter Light
 Previously unpublished journals and letters of off-trail winter adventures. (Winter/Spring 2010)
In Memoriam
 The Work of Philip Dane Levin 1931-2009. (Winter/Spring 2010)
Mountaineering Pioneers of the Berkshires
 The Alpine Club of Williamstown. (Winter/Spring 2010)
A Death in Canada, 1896
 How it transformed mountaineering. (Spring/Fall 2010)
Alone with Wolves
 Gudrun Pflueger believes that a buried instinct to handle predators saved her in a wilderness meadow. (Winter/Spring 2009)
The Cardigan Chronicles—Build It, and They Will Come Cardigan Reservation's 75th Anniversary. (Summer/Fall 2009)
The Manuscript Notebooks of George P. Bond, 1850–1853 Long lost, one notebook of field notes by the first White Mountain mapmaker has emerged in the AMC library. (Winter/Spring 2008)
A Friend Dies, but His Wilderness Ethics Live As a memorial to Guy Waterman, friends and his wife, Laura, formed a fund to protect the alpine zones of the Northeast (Winter/Spring 2007)
Arlene Blum Reflects How an overprotected Midwesterner got to the Himalayas (June 2006)
The Fascinating Life of Marion Davis Cobuilder of the Wapack Trail and Pioneer Lodge Owner (December 2005)
Galen Rowell A life lit large — the man's life and photography. (Summer 2003)
Brad and Barbara Washburn An in-their-own voices profile of two of America's most renowned explorers who pioneered the now-standard route up Mount McKinley. (December 2001)
The Guy They Knew Close friends remember the late backcountry icon, Guy Waterman. (December 2000)
Brad Ray: Making Sense of Snow In his own words, the story of a man who protects people from avalanche danger at Tuckerman Ravine. (December 1999)
Given Mountains A personal story of the Stott family's connection to the White Mountains. (December 1999)
Guy and Laura Waterman In their own words, the thoughts of this couple who have explored the meaning of wilderness as writers, climbers, and homesteaders in Vermont. (June 1999)