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Snowy Peaks
Posted by Raven on October 19th, 2005
I love it. SNOW. Winter is coming. It’s already here on Mt. Washington. Anyone want to go for a nice relaxing hike through three feet of the white, fluffy cold stuff??
MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. –While most of New Hampshire continues to enjoy a warm fall, it’s like the dead of winter on Mount Washington.
A weekend snowstorm on the highest peak in the Northeast set two records for October.
The 6,288-foot summit got 34 inches of snow between Saturday and Monday, beating the record for the most snowfall from a single storm in October. It also beat the record for the most snow in 24 hours in October, with 25.5 inches falling between noon Sunday and noon Monday.
Another article explains WHY I was told I couldn’t hike last week:::
MOUNT WASHINGTON — Two weeks ago today, Mount Washington toasted in its highest temperature ever for an October day, 62 degrees.
Today, the Northeast’s famous rock pile is expecting a few more inches on top of a record, 34-inch snow dump it received over the weekend.
The snowfall closed the state park concession and museum a few days ahead of time. Wind hit triple-digit speeds earlier this week.
What’s a little weather?? Wimps. OK I’m just kidding. I KNOW how bad it gets up there.
Snow accumulated as low as 4,300 feet on Mt. Washington, meaning other peaks in the Presidential and Carter ranges likely received snow, said Tim Markle, chief observer at the Mount Washington Observatory.
The top of the 6,288-foot summit looks like mid-winter. Drifts are 12 feet high. Ice is ubiquitous. Observers must climb weather towers and smash the ice with crowbars, hammers, “anything heavy and blunt,” Balfrey said. “It’s not the most scientific end of our job.”
By yesterday afternoon, another half-inch of snow had fallen. The temperature was 31 degrees, and the wind was about 55 mph, down from gusts of 136 mph on Monday morning.
October 19th, 2005 at 1:33 pm
Oh man, I’m so ready for skiing!