Small but mighty, 35-40 folks who care about protecting our public lands paid for by OUR taxes rolled in between 12-3p. The last man standing as a snow flurry began is a fired ranger from DOGE'S unhinged slash n burn "budget cut". #protectourparks

PSA: Summits at or certainly above 4000 feet have full winter conditions. This should come as a surprise to no one.

Saturfay 10/25 on the Cog Railway, we have brought down over 20 ill prepared hikers from the Summit of Mount Washington. Many were hypothermic and without gear even near suitable for the conditions. Most had no idea that Summit services would be unavailable and that the state park was closed for the season. A few indicated it was their first hike ever.

Please don’t become a statistic and do your research before venturing out. Hike Mount Washington like it is any one of the other 48 peaks. Do not assume services or a ride down. The summit is halfway.

My father in law is missing on Mount Washington, they were last seen July 16 around 5 pm leaving Mt Washington Summit. They do not have a working phone or GPS beacon.

Park service has been alerted, search and rescue is in progress, but time is critical and we are trying to spread awareness in case any hikers saw them or have trail camera footage. Contact: Please call NH Fish and Game at (603) 271-3127 with any info.

• Bill Davis, 79, wearing white shirt, orange rain jacket -Last seen at 5 pm on Wednesday, July 16, seen leaving top of Mt. Washington summit.

• First time on the mountain

Contact: Please call NH Fish and Game at (603) 271-3127 with any info.

If you were hiking in the area and saw anyone who might match this description, even if you're unsure, please report it.

Photo of them is attached. Thank you so much.

This hike was the conditions I live for in the winter - frozen snow and ice coating everything. The snow depth wasn't impressive but the way it coated every surface certainly was.

I started a little before 4:30, and was lucky enough to catch the sunrise and an undercast from the peak of Madison. Planned on doing a bigger loop with Adams and Jefferson, but the feet got a little too chilly. Valley Way up and down.

Quiet day. I ran into a couple doing a full traverse as I began heading back down from the hut, and a cool dude closer to the bottom, but that was it.

Some of the best views I’ve ever got, this is why we do it!

https://imgur.com/a/nebN9Fh

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Sometimes, owl you need is a little hoot of encouragement! Yesterday on Mount Washington, MWOBS Summit Interns Frank and Peter discovered a small owl shivering in the snow while taking their daily snow stake measurements. Its eyes were frozen shut and it was icing up in snowy, foggy, and windy conditions. With the help of NH State Park staff, our birding enthusiast volunteer Wendy, and lots of other input, we took our friend inside to warm up before NH State Park staff was able to take him/her down with their shift change to get them to NH Fish & Game. We hope our Northern Saw-Whet Owl friend lives a long and healthy life not at the Home of the World's Worst Weather! While no longer on the mountain, please comment any name suggestions below to commemorate our little friend's eventful trip to Mount Washington!

I did Franconia Ridge a couple days ago and continued past Mt Lafayette for another mile or so because it was so breathtaking, I didn't want the ridge to end!!! Ended up being about 5000ft elevation gain and 11 miles! I'm from the West Coast and I definitely prefer the trails here, how they just go straight up to the peak, rather than wind around with what seems like neverending switchbacks. Met some incredibly kind people too and made three new friends on the trails! Please drop your favorite hikes I want to do them all :)

Propaganda abounds.

Thought y’all might enjoy this! From Sept 20th. Night before the new moon with clear skies and no wind.. and only a bit chilly.

Taken with my Fuji XT-30ii and Samyang 12mm F2

Foreground: 9 x 1s, f8, ISO 400 Sky: 6 x 13s, f2.8, ISO 6400

Foreground was shot 3 hrs prior, just after sunset. Sky exposures were taken from the same position (I tooks pics of the rocks my tripod was resting on).

Post processing: Sky stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker, foreground stacked and blended in PS, edited in PS and LR.

Tuckerman crossover was beautiful during golden hour. I’ve spent a lot of time in the presis but had never taken that trail. Highly recommend.

The hike down was interesting and a bit spooky after reaching the base of tucks- a couple podcasts helped out there lol

What an amazing week walking around the mountains. An experience I won’t forget. Climbed a couple hills. Can’t wait to be back for more. Sorry I caused so much traffic and spent an obscene amount of money in your smalls towns..

Long ass day… won’t be doing that again any time soon. Went up Howker Ridge which was beautiful. Some water flowing at Madison hut, but I carried all my water and made it Washington for a refill thinking I wouldn’t find any. Was very nervous I was not gonna make it there in time (got there at 4:30). But it was a total zoo up there.. Just funny to see granny with her oxygen tubing and dude smoking a cigar at the summit. People walking around with go pros not watching where they’re going. Then me just sweaty and dehydrated looking for water. Battled the wind and temps all day. Stopped every 10 min to add or subtract a layer. Really slowed me down. I was taking much longer than I anticipated. Rocks were slick but nothing microspikes would even dig into so I did not end up wearing them. Lots of rime and frost but not really snow or ice on the ground. Anyways… that’s a two day adventure next time. Just gorgeous but hard to enjoy it all on a single day trek.

Any ideas what types of planes these were in the notch. Saw them swing by numerous times, three planes in total. Pretty crazy that they were flying so low.

Mt Washington - Huntington Ravine Trail (Winter)

October 17, 2026

Summited! Don’t try it at home kids.

My brother took his life March 2025. He was an avid hiker who loved sharing those experiences with others and challenging them. He hiked Mt Washington with a lot of his friends from school who were a bit inexperienced for it, and they say it was one of the most rewarding experiences and my brother knew they could all do it even if they didn’t think they could. So this hike has been at the top of my list for awhile and I’m very proud of myself. I did the same route (although very common) he did to summit, up tucks down lions head. Blisters on my feet, toes hurting, knee is a little funky, but I’d do it again and again for my brother. ❤️

Long story short, I turned around a little above treeline after getting a big freaked out by the zero visibility cloud cover in the dark. Still an absolutely beautiful morning out in the woods, great snow, and some beautiful alpenglow on the Kinsmans and Moosilauke as I was hiking down Old Bridle Path.

I will be thinking about the hike I could have had / the photos I could have taken had I kept hiking but oh well. There will be more hikes and hopefully more snow like this!

this was definitely a lonely magical sunrise on my washington this morning. It was so amazing to be in the clouds then climb out of them, to then look out over a sea of clouds with the sun starting to poke up. i will never skip a sunrise on mt washington.

Awesome day in the whites with Jefferson and a stay at grey knob. Crazy rime and ice build up made this hike feel like another planet! Some white outs made navigation a bit sketchy but we succeeded and had a blast up there. Only saw one other guy just as we were coming off the summit.

A sunrise that will be tough to beat.