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re: Over 20 'ill-prepared' hikers, some with hypothermia, rescued from snowy Mount Washington
Posted on 10/28/25 at 11:53 am to PJinAtl
Posted on 10/28/25 at 11:53 am to PJinAtl
There is a weather observatory at the top. It’s manned year round. I believe it’s manned 24/7/365. You can sign up to spend the night up there.
The train is run by a private company and does not go to the observatory during the winter. It does run daily for the idiots that want to practice freezing to death but it doesn’t go to the observatory.
I had the best potato soup imaginable at the lodge a couple miles short of the top. It would be very easy to get in over your head on this hike. The presidential mountain range is known for drastically changing weather.
The train is run by a private company and does not go to the observatory during the winter. It does run daily for the idiots that want to practice freezing to death but it doesn’t go to the observatory.
I had the best potato soup imaginable at the lodge a couple miles short of the top. It would be very easy to get in over your head on this hike. The presidential mountain range is known for drastically changing weather.
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Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:16 pm to Woolfpack
I’ve made that hike in August . 80 degrees at the trailhead . 40 degrees with a 30 mile wind on top. Fog dropped down on us too right as we hit the last mile which is a massive rock scramble. Wild stuff
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:33 pm to Lexis Dad
Man!!!!
I pack accordingly even I'm going hike Mt. Driskell bruh. If I'm in the legit mountains this time a year. I packing like a new ice age is potentially coming.
I pack accordingly even I'm going hike Mt. Driskell bruh. If I'm in the legit mountains this time a year. I packing like a new ice age is potentially coming.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:37 pm to Lexis Dad
FWIW, Mt. Washington is on the Appalachian Trail. If someone is hiking sections of the trail, they may not know the weather is expected to be dangerous. Northbound AT thru-hikers (Georgia to Maine) should long since have finished. They start around March, about 6 months on trail.
My guess is most, if not all of the rescued hikers were day or weekend hiking and were simply ignorant.
Fun Fact: The highest recorded wind speed on land was on Mt. Washington.
My guess is most, if not all of the rescued hikers were day or weekend hiking and were simply ignorant.
Fun Fact: The highest recorded wind speed on land was on Mt. Washington.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:39 pm to Lexis Dad
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Some of the hikers even admitted it was "their first hike ever," Vilaine said.
Classic.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:44 pm to Lexis Dad
Its his nature.
Like telling a dog not to sniff another dogs arse.
But he also has a solid point here
Like telling a dog not to sniff another dogs arse.
But he also has a solid point here
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:49 pm to Lexis Dad
I imagine that mountain is quite benign in the summer months, minus the typical high winds.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:49 pm to eatpie
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FWIW, Mt. Washington is on the Appalachian Trail. If someone is hiking sections of the trail, they may not know the weather is expected to be dangerous. Northbound AT thru-hikers (Georgia to Maine) should long since have finished. They start around March, about 6 months on trail.
My wife followed this girl on Instagram that is from Maine and recorded every day of her hike on the AT from Georgia back home. She summited Mt. Washington in mid-September. She knew. But she is also an experienced hiker, these people weren't.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:51 pm to Lexis Dad
There is a picture of me standing in front of this sign on our honeymoon in 2004. That was the 2nd week of October and it was 35 degrees on top. Imagine 2 weeks later
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:51 pm to Lexis Dad
A mylar space bag costs about 3 bucks and weighs less than a sock.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 1:06 pm to eatpie
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Mt. Washington is on the Appalachian Trail.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 1:06 pm to Lexis Dad
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She summited Mt. Washington in mid-September.
Mid September is still within reasonable range. If she spent that much time on the AT she was ready for it.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 1:07 pm to Lexis Dad
These are the same yutes that can’t hold a conversation or communicate wo their devices. Yet had no idea of real-time conditions.Selective harvesting would’ve been the way to go…..
Posted on 10/28/25 at 1:27 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Some of the hikers even admitted it was "their first hike ever," Vilaine said.
probably Asian.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 1:42 pm to Lexis Dad
I hope they made them buy a ticket for the train, otherwise scammers will learn how to ride for free
Posted on 10/28/25 at 1:57 pm to Lexis Dad
Hope they send those idiots the bill to cover the costs of their rescue. 
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:43 pm to Shexter
I've seen that map. Forgot it crosses Mt Jackson before Mt. Washington. Both are tough climbs.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:54 pm to OldmanBeasley
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It’s get windy up there.
That's an understatement. Some of the highest wind gusts on the planet are regularly measured there.
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