Episode

Disaster on Franconia Ridge: A White Mountains Survival Story | E216

Podcast: The CRUX: True Survival Stories
Published: Feb 16, 2026
Duration seconds: 1689
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Summary

Two experienced hikers set out for a four-hour loop in New Hampshire's White Mountains on a clear February morning in 2008, but a sudden weather change trapped them in hurricane-force winds and subzero temperatures. What happened over the next 24 hours would test the limits of human survival and launch one of the most dramatic mountain rescues in New Hampshire history.