Mount Washington – Summit Day

Summit radio towers, indtruments and rime ice on Mount Washington

A perfect summit day on Mount Washington, barely a breeze, plenty of sunshine and blue [...]

Snow on Mount Washington - Lots of it.

Summit of Mount Washington and skier

Skier heading out of Tuckerman Ravine and towards the summit of Mount Washington

Four days of serious snow blowing in on and East wind made for some unusual snow conditions all over Mount Washington.  Wide open snow fields covered areas were stunted trees usually reign, and six foot tall cairns barely visible on Lion Head [...]

Avalanche Center on Mount Washington, NH

Analyzing the snow in Tuckerman Ravine – Mount Washington, NH

Many days during the winter it’s hard to forecast avalanches, due to countless variables. On those days time in the field is required to get a better handle on the nuances of each gully, slope and pocket. Impossible to extrapolated one 6ft x 6ft sample [...]