The summit sees hurricane-force wind gusts more than 110 days of the year on average. The most powerful wind gust ever recorded by the Mount Washington Observatory was measured at 231 mph on April 21, ...

The Mount Washington Observatory's website says that there have been 17 deaths from avalanche incidents on the mountain in recorded history. Matt Schooley is a digital producer at CBS Boston.

Mount Washington ... For Jon and me, Washington was always the Everest of the East Coast, its ferocious potential irresistible. My three brothers and I grew up south of Boston, and we learned ...