You sneak carefully down the passage, trying to move as quietly as possible. As you round the corner, a chill breeze strikes your face. There is a light ahead! Roderick breaks into a run and you follow. Soon, you stumble out of the cave into a deep snowdrift. You have escaped the lair of your evil captors! Roderick drops to his knees and utters a prayer of thanks. This seems like a good time to be thankful, so you join him. As you kneel in the snow, it suddenly occurs to you that you will both freeze to death unless you find shelter. You wear only light, ragged clothing that will not protect you from the bitter cold for long. Rousing Roderick from his prayers, you search the area.

You have emerged high on the mountainside, several thousand feet above the pass. There are numerous cliffs around you, and it looks as if it would take several hours to travel even a few miles in this terrain. Though there are several caves in the area, neither of you are anxious to enter one. Roderick suddenly points down the pass and says, "Look! Perhaps our salvation lies there!"

When you look down the pass, you see several oxen struggling to pull the first sledge of a long caravan to the top of the steep pass. Without hesitation, you start down the mountainside. For many hours you stumble through the deep snow or slip and slide down the steep slope. Your feet and hands grow numb with cold. The metal of your weapon sticks to your bare skin. Finally, nearly frost bitten and dead, you stumble onto the caravan track. Within minutes the sledge drivers have taken you to their camp and poured hot drinks. They listen with interest and concern to your story. In the morning, they take you over the pass into the next town. This is the end of this adventure. Your character has earned 500 experience points.