In late February 1910, a blizzard hit the tiny hamlet of Wellington, high in Washington's Cascade Mountains. Two trains, along with their passengers and crews, were trapped near the depot by the record snowfall. Finally, after days of futile rescue attempts, the snows began to lift, replaced by warming rains. Just when hope seemed at hand, a sudden avalanche struck, flipping the railway cars like toys down the deep embankments. Ninety-six trainmen, mail clerks, laborers, and passengers succumbed; the last body was not recovered until the following summer. Gary Krist's meticulously researched narrative reconstructs America's most deadly snow disaster.