Author: Bill and Rob Powers
Bill Powers and his son, Rob Powers, have hiked frequently in the U.S. Northeast, South, and West. Rob lives in Southington, Connecticut. In March 2019 he completed the Appalachian Mountain Club’s New Hampshire Winter 4,000-Footers. Bill lives in Windham, Connecticut, and now spends more time in kayaks than on mountains. The authors thank Peter Crane and Tom Padham of the Mount Washington Observatory for providing weather records.
Light Snow in the White Mountains: A Close Call
This story was originally published in the Winter/Spring 2022 issue of Appalachia Journal. The narrator in this piece—determined by a flip of an Old Man of the Mountain New Hampshire state quarter—is Rob Powers. Dedicated to Aunt Abbie Fenn, who heard this story at a Thanksgiving family gathering and insisted we write it. On February 14, […]