according to the Mount Washington Observatory. Not only do these winds hit Mount Washington at full speed but they are also siphoned toward the peak by the surrounding landscape. The mountains to the ...

The Mt. Washington Observatory’s (MWOBS) annual Seek the Peak event will reach the quarter-century mark this summer as hundreds of hikers hit the trail to raise funds, earn gear, and ...

We take great pride in New Hampshire to be the home of Mount Washington, which is known as having some of the most extreme ...

Now that was an adrenaline rush. Heart-pounding video captured a snowboarder frantically racing for his life as he barely outruns a massive avalanche on a New Hampshire mountain this week. The footage ...

MWOBS will provide NHPR listeners with daily weather updates every morning and afternoon, combining MWOBS’s pioneering ...

Mount Washington Observatory’s annual Seek the Peak event will reach the quarter-century mark this summer as hundreds of ...

According to Mount Washington Observatory, warm fog and rain over the weekend ate away at the snowpack. The summit typically ...

A snowboarder avoided a scary situation by outrunning an avalanche on Mount Washington’s Tuckerman’s Ravine in New Hampshire earlier this week. There were no injuries reported in the avalanche, the ...

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 video, shared by the Mount Washington Observatory on Wednesday, shows the moment the snowboarder starts to drop-in from the top of the bowl-shaped ravine. The Wildcat cam then zooms in to ...

CONWAY — New Hampshire Public Radio is joining forces with Mount Washington Observatory to deliver state-of-the-art weather forecasts across New Hampshire. Beginning Monday, March 31, MWOBS will provi ...