Trail Report: Seek the Peak Hikes 2, 3, and 4 By Chris Nichols June 4, 2025 – Summit 2 of 17 Well, it’s been more than a month since the weather cooperated with my schedule. Rain, cold temperatures, hurricane force winds, more than a foot of snow, and other commitments in May all conspired to keep me off the mountain. But I made it back to the Mountain on Wednesday, June 4th for the second of my seventeen trips. It was another beautiful day, with summit temps in the 50’s…much warmer in the valley, and a comfortable breeze to

Meet a Few Members of the Summer 2025 Intern Crew By MWOBS Staff We are excited to welcome six teammates to the summit of Mount Washington this summer! During their internship, these students and graduates will play a key role in supporting weather observation and data collection, engaging with the public and media and sharing weather information with visitors, and diving into a research project about mountain weather and meteorology. Below, meet three of the six team members as they reflect on their first few weeks on the summit. Amber Stokes Hello everyone! My name is Amber Stokes and

Highlights from the Observatory's 2025 Annual Meeting By Drew Bush, Executive Director Every year, we gather for Mount Washington Observatory’s Annual Meeting. This year, the event saw record attendance, with more than 70 of our members, partners, Life Trustees, Trustees, staff, and volunteers in attendance at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, NH on Saturday, May 31 or watching via Zoom Video Conferencing. Board of Trustees President Erica Broman and I shared updates on the progress that the Observatory made in 2024, a year that was truly a turning point. Not only have we balanced our budget and become

Full Circle on the Summit By Peter Edwards Growing up in New England as a weather enthusiast, I always viewed the Mount Washington Observatory as a mythical place of meteorological extremes that inspired endless curiosity for me. That curiosity was propelled even further during my 7th grade Earth Science class when my teacher at the time showed us an episode of an educational program called “The Voyage of Mimi.” They took at trip to Mount Washington to visit the observatory in the middle of the winter, giving a glimpse of what their operations were like and what life entailed

Meet the Rime Rippin’ Weather Observers By Alex Branton Seek the Peak, Mount Washington Observatory’s largest annual fundraiser, is just around corner! On July 19th, hundreds of members from the community will gather at the Great Glen Trails to celebrate the 2025 hike-a-thon. Event participants can register individually or as a team, and raise money in the days leading up to the event. We are incredibly grateful for event participants and supporters this year, and from years past, for helping to continue MWOBS’ nearly 100-year long legacy. This year, it is Seek the Peak’s 25th Anniversary, and we are

Ridgelines and Ravines: A Winter Exploring on Mount Washington By Marin MacDonald It’s been a cold and windy winter up here on the summit! Since my last blog post, I’ve learned how to forecast both winter weather and avalanche hazards, collected snow observations, conducted new research, and joined the Subarctic Surf Club. Never too cold for a summit surf! Over the past few months on the summit, we’ve had stunning sunrises and sunsets, days on end in the fog, and everything in between. A few weeks ago, we even had two days of sustained 100 mph winds

Loving The High Life: My Internship on Mount Washington By Mees Franssen Hello again everyone! It’s Mees, one of the summit interns this winter, with an update on how my internship has been going these past couple of months. My first blog post talked about my first week, now I am approaching the end of my internship. I can’t believe how quickly time has flown by, and how much I have learned. Sunrises up here are unlike anywhere else; I'll definitely miss these! I’ve been up and down for a shift 7 times so far, and I