Im in the white moutains right now, and it works great! Ive done most of my backpacking here, and there is hardly anything that could go wrong with this stove. Mine is around 20 years old, and it works great. burn gasoline, white gas, pretty much anything that you can find. solid piece of equipment. also learrned how to bake with it on a NOLS trip... pick up a NOLS cookery (book) to find some good tricks like a twiggy fire and having only half of a pan on the stove and the other half on a rock. frying is probably the easiest way to cook on this stove.

The Whisperlite is a true classic. Works well all over. I have been in some darn cold locals with my reactor stove and canister fuel..no issues.I don't know anything about the White Mountains but this stove works great for winter usage & cold temperatures. The Pocket Rocket performance drops off significantly below 25 degrees F.To add just a few ideas...Really the best stove would be a liquid fuel when experiencing the extremes you'll find in the White Mtns. The benefit to a liquid stove is that YOU control the pressure in the bottle (this is the biggest disadvantage to a canister stove). By allowing the user pressure control, these liquid fuel stoves can operate in any temperature. The Whisperlite is a tried and true classic that will work when you need it to. One of the best innovations is the shaker jet which makes cleaning the stove as simple as simply shaking it. It's also totally field maintainable and will be around for the next 20 years. Even those who have bought the first generation of Whisperlites can still contact Cascade Design for parts. It's super quiet and very reliable. NOLS and Outward Bound still use these as their main stove for all their crews.