![]() ![]() Washington, and might be the oldest mountain top holstery in the world! The last time I was up on top of Mt. The Tip Top House, built as a hotel in 1853 is the oldest structure on Mt. My husband convinced me that a beautiful summer Sunday was not the day to do the most popular trail there □ Views from a summit are beautiful but I think sights like this are pretty amazing too Looks like a great spot for a dip! Lakes in the Clouds Hut….literally in a cloud on this day! Misty lakes near the hut Another misty lake view, visibility was low! There are a few features over there I want to see like the Harvard cabin and the Lunch Rocks. Someday I really want to do the Tuckerman Ravine Trail which is the most popular trail and is on the Pinkham Notch side. Those trails are on the cog railway station side of the mountain. We took the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail up, and the Jewell Trail down. The trailhead for Ammo is up and to the right and the trailhead for Jewell is to the left! The tracks! Near the tracks the whole length of the mountain there are chunks of black coal from the train #leavenotrace ? He is the tallest peak east of the Mississippi River at 6,288 feet (EDIT- this is incorrect and apparently just something I say haha, tallest peak east of the Mississippi is actually Mount Mitchell at 6684 ft in NC). Many deaths have been from hypothermia, and then there are accidents, and of course things like heart attacks. My husband accuses me of putting Washington on a pedestal, but man, it really is something. Washington can be some of the worst weather on the planet, and I believe the number of deaths up there is hovering around 150 since 1849. There are quite a few routes up and down it people hike it, ski it, drive up it, take ATVs up it (on special days), bike it, take the cog railway, and run it! The weather on Mt. Washington in late March before, which was still very wintery. The rocks can be very tough on their pads and joints. We leave our dog Mizpah home for the northern Presidentials. Mid July we found a great little Sunday for my husband, a couple friends and I to hike the big rockpile.
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