Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Weatherwise or Otherwise? -- Presidential Range Perils and other Tales above Tree Line -- Nature Is Unforgiving: Case Studies -- Winter above Tree Line -- Poking the Dragon -- Porky Gulch and Above -- Skiing Mount Washington -- A Wild Day in the Presidentials -- Haunted -- The Great Gulf -- Tragedy among the Clouds -- Green in the Whites -- Extremes at the Top of Maine -- Part II. Rescues in the Mountains -- A Leg Up: Challenges of a Self-Rescue -- Sub-Zero Weather Incapacitates -- Fall from Saddleback Cliff -- Injury Miles from Nowhere -- A Mount Marcy Helicopter Rescue -- A Fall from Grace -- Midnight Rescue -- Two Lives Saved by Search and Rescue Teams -- Life-Threatening Conditions Cause Fatality -- One Man Dead, One Rescued on Blackhead Mountain -- Break on Panther Mountain -- A Case of the Umbles -- Katahdin Ice Climber Meets Lady Luck -- Part III. A Treacherous Place in the Peaks -- The Day "Hal's Slide" Got Its Name -- Rescue on Hal's Slide -- Hiker and Dog Fall on Wildcat Slide -- Wild Days on the Wildcats -- Part IV. Dangers of Water in the Mountains -- Waterfilled: In Which We Nearly Drown -- Broken Compass -- A Bridge to Safety? -- Icy Passage through Iroquois Pass -- A Nice Day Becomes an Ice Day -- Frostbite! -- Part V. Animal and Avian Behavior -- On the Horns of a Dilemma -- Beware Bear Appetites -- Dog Days in the High Peaks -- The Ravens of Bondcliff -- Part VI. Odysseys -- In Pursuit of the Possible -- Hiking the Appalachian Trail with a Tuba Scott -- Curses, Excursus: Hut-to-Hut Musings -- Descending into the Maelstrom -- Never Underestimate the Power of Pudding -- Going Long with Fat Packs -- The White Mountain 4,000-Footers Direttissima -- Enjoying a Frozen World -- Part VII. Lost, Unprepared, Leader Lapses, and Bushwhacked.

Bivouac at Twenty Below -- Whiteout and Bivouac on Algonquin Peak -- Most Difficult of the Winter 111 -- Well, Hale Fellow Not Met -- A Chocorua Curse? -- Democracy in Action -- Don't Shoot -- A Well-Guarded Fort-Escape Not Guaranteed -- Coming Home -- Appendix A: Clubs and Organizations -- Appendix B: Safety Guidelines -- Notes -- Glossary -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Contributors -- About the Editor -- Credits.