World Light,
2026
Dartmouth College
Off The Back Shore,
2026
Dartmouth College
A Peak Ahead,
2026
Dartmouth College
Books And Media,
2026
Dartmouth College
Books And Media
Appalachia
Reviews of: AMC Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide, 6th Edition; Long Trail Guide, 29th Edition; Letters from the Mountain, edited by Steve Chase and Brad Meiklejohn; In My Boots, by Amanda K. Jaros; White Pines, by Jane English
News And Notes,
2026
Dartmouth College
News And Notes
Appalachia
Lessons from the activism that prevented a four-lane highway in New Hampshire’s Franconia Notch. U.S. Forest Service staffers navigate job uncertainty amid federal government cuts.
Research,
2026
Dartmouth College
Research
Appalachia
Gabriella Gurney discusses fire in the ecosystems of the Northeast.
Alpina,
2026
Dartmouth College
Alpina
Appalachia
Reports of mountaineering in the greater ranges in 2025 include a new record climbing Everest from sea level to summit in just under four days. A commentary on a British team using xenon gas to acclimate before leaving the United Kingdom for Everest. A partial new route on the Diamir, one of Nanga Parbat’s three gigantic faces. A team of Canadian and Australian climbers reach the summit of Ultar Sar in the Karakoram Range. Czech mountaineers achieve the southeast face of Hunza Peak in the Karakoram. Kate Kelleghan and Laura Pineau complete the first all-female Triple Crown in Yosemite National …
Accidents,
2026
Dartmouth College
Accidents
Appalachia
Reports of rescues and accidents in the White Mountains of New Hampshire from the cold seasons of 2025 opens with thoughts on how fast one’s hands can freeze. An experienced man, age 75, describes getting too cold on Cannon Mountain; he evaluates his own accident, and the editors weigh in at the end of the column. Two well-equipped women lose the Jewell Trail in deep snow and call for help, later sharing a six-point list of how to be safer next time. A 28-year-old man navigating high winds and deep snow by Google in a quest to see the sunrise …
Letters,
2026
Dartmouth College
Letters
Appalachia
More musings on smartphones in the mountains. Praise for Katie Ives’s Appalachia Summer/Fall 2025 story, “Burning Solitudes.” Longtime Appalachian Mountain Club members share memories of former membership practices in response to Christine Woodside’s Appalachia Summer/Fall 2025 essay, “A Look Back at the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Long-Ago Membership Practices.”
Skyline Sketches: Captain Crunch,
2026
Dartmouth College
Skyline Sketches: Captain Crunch, Douglass Teschner
Appalachia
The story of a scramble and technical climb in 1991 up the trailless peak called the Captain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Skyline Sketches: Wisdom From My Dad, Bill Murray,
2026
Dartmouth College
Skyline Sketches: Wisdom From My Dad, Bill Murray, Lauren Murray
Appalachia
A woman recounts the mountain lessons she learned from her father from 1969 to 2006, and the lessons she carried forward.
Skyline Sketches: The Encounter,
2026
Dartmouth College
Skyline Sketches: The Encounter, Gordon Dubois
Appalachia
A bushwhacker meets a weasel on Vermont’s Ryegate Mountain.
Splinter Hill: Looking Into The Maws Of Pitcher Plants,
2026
Dartmouth College
Splinter Hill: Looking Into The Maws Of Pitcher Plants, Samantha Sapp
Appalachia
A young woman discusses the environmental, regional, historic, and personal importance of Sarracenia pitcher plants.
Exploring Mount Mitchell: An Adventurer Searches For The Dispute That Named The Highest Peak East Of The Mississippi,
2026
Dartmouth College
Exploring Mount Mitchell: An Adventurer Searches For The Dispute That Named The Highest Peak East Of The Mississippi, Lisa Ballard
Appalachia
Writer Lisa Ballard hikes the trails of North Carolina's 6,684-foot Mount Mitchell and researches the history behind the mountain's name.
Strathcona: Climbers Battle Paranoia Near Canada's Elk Pass,
2026
Dartmouth College
Strathcona: Climbers Battle Paranoia Near Canada's Elk Pass, Leath Tonino
Appalachia
A hiker reflects on memories of doubt and feeling mentally unstable experienced on a strenuous backpacking trip with friends in British Columbia.
Immersion: Learning To Share For The Sake Of Everything We Love,
2026
Dartmouth College
Immersion: Learning To Share For The Sake Of Everything We Love, Shane Behler
Appalachia
The winner of this journal’s Waterman Fund Essay Contest describes a pivotal change in attitude watching children play in the water of Dupont State Forest in North Carolina.
West Rim, Zion: Where Impulse Can Lead Down A Different Incline,
2026
Dartmouth College
West Rim, Zion: Where Impulse Can Lead Down A Different Incline, Elissa Ely
Appalachia
A journey of the mind after the writer, trying to capture a spectacular vista above an exposed expanse of rock, drops her phone.
Chesuncook, Through The Life Of Addie: A Farm Village Evolves Into An Adventure Stopover,
2026
Dartmouth College
Chesuncook, Through The Life Of Addie: A Farm Village Evolves Into An Adventure Stopover, William Geller
Appalachia
The latest in a series about the early economies of the Maine Woods.
An Anthology Of Snake Stories: Close Encounters From New Hampshire To Laos,
2026
Dartmouth College
An Anthology Of Snake Stories: Close Encounters From New Hampshire To Laos, Todd Swain
Appalachia
Garter snakes, copperheads, rattlesnakes, a pursuit by a Moorish viper, and more.
The Freezing Point: In The Presidential Range, A Guide Copes With Winter's New Reality``,
2026
Dartmouth College
The Freezing Point: In The Presidential Range, A Guide Copes With Winter's New Reality``, Michael Wejchert
Appalachia
After more than a decade guiding “Presi traverses” in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, the writer, also a mountain rescuer, explains why he stopped taking clients.
