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Home of Great Spirit

March 31, 2014March 31, 2014 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 2 Comments

“I see the stanzas rise around me, verse upon verse, far and near, like the mountains from Agiocochook…” – Henry David Thoreau, 1841   1841 was one of many Mt. Washington trips for Thoreau, who knew of the mountain’s previous name of Agiocochook, a Native American word loosely translating to “Home of the Great Spirit.”  […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 06.21.13

June 21, 2013June 21, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park Leave a comment

06.21.13 “When Earth forgets that man was born, Monadnoc still shall hail the morn, His aged crags not yet outworn.” – J.E. Nesmith, Monadnoc, 1888.     For the most part, it appears as if Monadnock’s recent “Rainy Season” may be past, although the upcoming forecast is not exactly 100% clear of precipitation. Monadnock’s paths […]

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A Parallel Universe

December 20, 2012December 21, 2012 Mike Pelchat, Manager of Mt. Washington State Park 6 Comments

I had the pleasure of exchanging several e-mails this past week with Roger Ahlgren who currently resides in Nevada. Roger, who retired from the State of New Hampshire long ago, worked for NH State Police in the Radio Maintenance Division which takes care of all the state police mountain-top radio transmitters including those on Mt […]

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Mt Washington State Park: Tuesday May 22, 2012

May 22, 2012May 22, 2012 Mike Pelchat, Manager of Mt. Washington State Park Leave a comment

Mt Washington State Park is officially open for the season! Summit Sunday The Sherman Adams Summit Building is open from 8am to 6pm daily. We hope to get the Tip Top House Historic Site open for this weekend too. Tip Top House The Auto Road is open daily while the Cog is only running weekends […]

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Mt Washington State Park: April 30th, 2012

April 30, 2012April 30, 2012 Mike Pelchat, Manager of Mt. Washington State Park Leave a comment

The mountain has been going back and forth from record high temperatures in March to record cold temperatures in April. Rime Ice and Tip Top House Historic Site This past weekend weather observers noted a low temp of 4F which may have broken the record low April 28th temperature of 8F set back in the […]

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