So, I went on a guided tour of Mount Washington NH

[Saorsa]

Reputed to have the worst weather in the world and record holder for fastest recorded windspeed.

I might have salvaged something to tell the story but it sure ain't great landscape photography.

First stop.



Another along the way



There might be a few worth playing with.

[Polar01]

One of the better days.

Cheers: Allan

[Shadowman]

Nice.

[ccphoto]

First Shot tells a wonderful story. I went there one time and it was just as calm and sunny and nice as it could be. The next day two tourists were almost blown off the mountain. I hear it also has the highest number of lightning strikes of anyplace in the United States.

[Saorsa]

First Shot tells a wonderful story. I went there one time and it was just as calm and sunny and nice as it could be. The next day two tourists were almost blown off the mountain. I hear it also has the highest number of lightning strikes of anyplace in the United States.

I think Florida has it beat in the lightning category.

[DanK]

Mt. Washington is legendary among outdoors people in the northeast for it's extreme and highly erratic weather. Check out the article on Wikipedia. According to that source, the highest wind speed recorded there was 231 mph (372 km/h), which was until recently the world record and is still the western and northern hemisphere record. And the winter conditions are astounding, given its latitude:

On January 16, 2004, the summit weather observation registered a temperature of −43.6 °F (−42.0 °C) and sustained winds of 87.5 mph (140.8 km/h), resulting in a wind chill value of −102.59 °F (−74.77 °C) at the mountain.[21] During a 71-hour period from approximately 3 p.m. on January 13 to 2 p.m. on January 16, 2004, the wind chill on the summit never went above −50 °F (−46 °C)

I've climbed it in the summer, and it was just fine, but even then, people are urged to get an up-to-date forecast before starting up because the weather is so erratic and extreme.

I like the third image. Very evocative.

[arith]

Actually I like them, especially the first. Guided tours are sometimes good but mostly not; do not get on the Ringtram in Vienna unless you like parting with loads of money for a ten minute ride on a bus on rails. Do not believe websites that suggest the #1 tram does the same for less money, sure is less money but it doesn't go all the way round and turns off. I found out and was a bit confused when it went over a bridge.

[Saorsa]

I've climbed it in the summer, and it was just fine, but even then, people are urged to get an up-to-date forecast before starting up because the weather is so erratic and extreme.

I like the third image. Very evocative.

Thank you,

I was certainly not prepared for walking a lot in this weather. It was nearly 90 at the Auto Road Base and in the 40s on top, I knew I was going to be in a van with brief stops so didn't dress for hiking. I was wearing cotton Jeans and shirt with a down vest and sailing jacket in the bag. I left the dinghy pants at home.

Had I tried hiking I'm not sure I would have made it to the top. The fog was enough to dampen the cotton pretty quickly and there were a couple of brief rainstorms on the way. One was torrential for a few minutes. Wet cotton, 50 degrees and a 30 MPH wind would have caused hypothermia pretty quickly.

Cotton kills in those conditions.

[Wavelength]

Excellent shots

[rpcrowe]

Great shots.

I decided not to visit Mount Washington.

Instead, I stood in my shower with the lights off and ran the shower at cold...

[Saorsa]

Great shots.

I decided not to visit Mount Washington.

Instead, I stood in my shower with the lights off and ran the shower at cold...

Sounds like an overnight sailing race in the fall except for the lack of tearing up of $50 bills.