Skiing/Boarding Mount Washington After Big Snowfall 02-28-10

Some video of the summit crew getting outside on the first nice day after two big storms that dumped a ton of snow on strong east winds. This filled in some unusual places on the mountain. The beginning of the video shows the Great Gulf Headwall, very nicely filled in from the storm. Unfortunately an elevated avalanche danger and lack of avy gear prevented a run down the headwall. So some lower angle terrain was lapped instead, on the northwest side of the summit cone just below the Observatory building.

Mount Washington Observatory is a nonprofit, membership-supported research and educational institution with a mission to advance understanding of the natural systems that create Earth's weather and climate. Since 1932, the Observatory has been observing Mount Washington's incredible extremes, conducting scientific research, educating the public about the science of weather and climate and amassing one of North America's longest and most unique climate records. For weather reports, webcams, photos and more, visit MountWashington.org.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• mount
• mt.
• mt
• washington
• observatory
• mwobs
• mwo
• obs
• new
• hampshire
• nh
• skiing
• snowboarding
• powder
• summit
• great
• gulf
• winter

[tonypata]

This is nuts but ive skied steeper.

[MWOObserver]

@tonypata Yeah, the summit cone is not very steep. We stayed away from steep terrain on this day on purpose though, due to "high" avalanche danger.

[lacrosse230]

are yu on the back side?

[MWOObserver]

@lacrosse230 I suppose that depends on what you consider "the back side". This particular video was filmed on the north side of the summit cone.

[lacrosse230]

Ohh okay

[TheNightnightowl]

Brian -

Looked like you had a great time!!! Thanks for getting the autograph for me!!!

[jack7apple]

it's very rare to have a day like that on the mountain. I have climbed this mountain in Feb. 2001 in -54F wind chill. What a adventure!!!