Utter Crap 2011-07-02 15:20:11.000 - Steve Welsh,  Observer / IT Specialist Visitors On The Summit After many months if finally looks like the Jefferson snow field is about to disappear. If you look very carefully at this photo under the arrow you may just make out a tiny white dot - that's it. Just think in a few months it will be back.Today has been very busy up here with lots of hikers and Auto Road/Cog visitors making the most of the holiday weekend and wonderful weather - with temperatures in the mid 50s and and only a slight breeze

The weekend is upon us! 2011-07-01 16:45:52.000 - Erin Diveny,  Summit Museum Supervisor Greetings from the Summit! Fourth of July weekend is upon us and business is picking up in the museum! The last couple of days have been cold, windy and in the fog, but we've still had plenty of visitors and once again sold lots of hats, gloves and sweatshirts.On a typical day at the museum I get asked a ton of question like, "Where's Marty?" Yesterday I was surprised when I got asked, "Where's Nin?" by a little boy who couldn't have been over five years old.

NULL 2011-06-30 16:05:29.000 - Peter Strand,  Summit Intern Our shift might need to be called the "Windy Shift" for the remainder of the summer. Since I arrive in May, our shift has hit 74 mph winds (hurricane force) every week. We even gusted to over 100 mph the other week. Meanwhile the other shift seems to experience less windy conditions, their peak wind gust last week was only 49 mph.As a side note, did you know that the "Windy City" isn't named after its high winds? Chicago doesn't even crack the list of top 10 U.S. windiest cities. Its average

NULL 2011-06-29 23:20:26.000 - Mike Carmon,  Observer / Meteorologist NULL Another one bites the dust!Just like that, a second observer that I've worked with since my time on the summit began has decided to move on from the Obs. If you read yesterday's comment, you know that I'm speaking, of course, of observer Mike Finnegan, who had his final day with us yesterday. Finnegan is actually the one observer I never really shared a shift with for any significant length of time. Back...way back...in the Fall of 2008, which seems like quite a while ago now, I was the fall

Movin' On... 2011-06-28 16:30:29.000 - Mike Finnegan,  Observer / IT Specialist It has been a rather wet and foggy week on the summit, but yesterday was the one exception to this. The sun shone brightly, the wind was nearly calm, and there wasn't a drop of precipitation! Jersey Jim from State, Steve, and I took advantage of the fine weather to hike a bit down Crawford Path. We hung out for a while just above the switchbacks and then moseyed our way back home, arriving just in time for dinner. After dinner I came upstairs to work on some music,

Clear at Last 2011-06-27 22:47:50.000 - Rebecca Scholand,  Summit Museum Supervisor NULL The past few days on the summit have been very foggy but that did not stop the flow of visitors. The Auto Road may have been closed for the day on Friday, half day Saturday and all day Sunday for Climb to the Clouds 2011 race, but the Cog Railway was running and adventurous hikers made their way to the summit. On Saturday I was lucky enough to meet David Higgins in the museum. David Higgins shattered the old record up the Auto Road raising the bar high,

Third Comment 2011-06-26 16:13:35.000 - Jaclyn Ritzman,  Summit Intern David Higgins and his winning car #75! With the exception of Wednesday, we have been in the clouds for the majority of our shift. Things up here on the summit have been pretty quiet due to the inclement weather, but conditions did not stop people from attending the Climb to the Clouds race this weekend. Unfortunately, their trial runs on Friday and Saturday were limited to the halfway point due to road conditions. Although, on Saturday after the practice runs were finished they opened the Mount Washington Auto Road to the

6-25-11 SR 2011-06-25 18:05:17.000 - Stephen Rosenman,  Summit Intern Blue Skies and a Dry Road Even though we have yet to see the sun today, the summit has become much busier than it was yesterday. The constant drizzle has been nonexistent and the fog is drier than it has been the past couple days, giving the ground a chance to dry out. As a result, practice times for most of the drivers participating in Climb to the Clouds dropped dramatically in today's runs up to the halfway point. 5-Mile, the gravel section of the road, has also had a chance

6-25-11 SR 2011-06-25 18:00:46.000 - Stephen Rosenman,  Summit Intern Finish Line at the upper end of Homestretch Even though we have yet to see the sun today, the summit has become much busier than it was yesterday. The constant drizzle has been nonexistent and the fog is drier than it has been the past couple days, giving the ground a chance to dry out. As a result, practice times for most of the drivers participating in Climb to the Clouds (http://climbtotheclouds.com/)dropped dramatically in today's runs up to the halfway point. 5-Mile, the gravel section of the road, has also had

Climb to the Clouds 2011-06-24 16:02:54.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer / Educational Specialist NULL Ever since I was an intern over 5 years ago, I have known about the cars that have raced up the mountain in the past. Over the years, I have frequently been asked about those races, and why the Auto Road does not host them anymore. My answer has always been something about how I have never worked on the mountain when they were running the races, and I'm not entirely clear on why they stopped running them. I have also always ended that explanation with