Mount Washington

Authorities rescued a New Hampshire man after he suffered a life-threatening lower leg injury during an avalanche while skiing on Mount Washington on Saturday. New Hampshire Fish and Game says the man, identified as 30-year-old Dominic Torro from Bow, was skiing through the area known as “Airplane Gully” with a friend when he triggered an avalanche and suffered the life-threatening…

The Mount Washington Observatory recorded its first measurable snowfall of the season at the summit on Sunday. “The summit saw its first measurable snowfall of the season today, with 0.3″ of snow measured so far. Below-freezing temperatures, high winds, and fog have also resulted in rime ice for most of the day,” the observatory said. “Temperatures aren’t expected to rise…

A Colorado runner raced through cold drizzle to the summit of New England’s tallest peak, finding a finish line nearly obscured by fog, to win the Mount Washington Road Race on Saturday. Joseph Gray, 39 of Colorado Springs, won for a record-tying seventh time in a time of 1 hour, 24 seconds, followed by Sam Chelanga, 38, of Colorado Springs,…

With Saturday’s snowfall, this is now Mt. Washington’s snowiest June on record since they began keeping data in 1932.

RJ Phipps was hiking up Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington over the weekend with his wife when he took out his camera to shoot a snowboarder and skier. Within seconds, Phipps watched as the two men were nearly engulfed by an avalanche. He caught it all on video. The unidentified skier was able to scramble to the side of the…

New England experienced record-breaking cold as arctic air swept into the region Friday and Saturday, dropping temperatures below zero for millions. One place laid a claim for coldest in New England: Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, which made history nationwide. As of about 3 p.m. Friday, the observatory had already hit 36 degrees below zero, breaking the…