Region
Highlights
- Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern US and the most prominent peak in the Eastern US.
- Famous for its dangerously erratic weather - be prepared in any season for huge swings in weather.
- Long held the world record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth's surface, 231 mph.
- Many trails lead to the summit, including the Appalachian Trail, which crosses the summit.
- Lakes of the Clouds Hut, one of the Appalachian Mountain Club's eight mountain huts, is located on one of the mountain's shoulders.
- The mountain has two prominent glacial cirques. Craggy Huntington Ravine offers rock and ice climbing in an alpine setting. And by far the more famous Tuckerman Ravine is New England's classic late-spring pilgrimage for spring backcountry skiing as late as June.
- Unfortunately, an auto road and also a cog railway lead to the summit.
- Agiochook (also spelled Agiocochook) is the name used by some Native American tribes. It means "the top is so hidden" or "the summit of the highest mountain".
- Mt. Washington (Agiocochook) was the northern termination of a trip taken by Henry David Thoreau, as described in his book "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" (Page 258 of the Easton Press edition).
Routes
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96 summits • 12.4 mi • 4,997 ft gain • 8 hr 1 min • Class 2
25 summits • 6.2 mi • 3,021 ft gain • 6 hr 11 min • Class 1
19 summits • 8.3 mi • 4,339 ft gain • 5 hr 41 min • Class 2
18 summits • 18.1 mi • 6,435 ft gain • 11 hr 40 min • Class 1
14 summits • 10.7 mi • 4,362 ft gain • 9 hr 17 min • Class 1
2 summits • 9.3 mi • 4,214 ft gain • 10 hr 0 min
1 summit • 11.0 mi • 4,198 ft gain • 9 hr 14 min
1 summit • 11.5 mi • 4,079 ft gain • 6 hr 18 min
1 summit • 11.9 mi • 4,115 ft gain • 10 hr 2 min
1 summit • 12.8 mi • 5,177 ft gain • 7 hr 15 min
1 summit • 14.8 mi • 7,164 ft gain • 9 hr 11 min
1 summit • 1.4 mi • 381 ft gain • 1 hr 10 min
1 summit • 19.0 mi • 7,788 ft gain • 12 hr 51 min
1 summit • 23.3 mi • 8,222 ft gain • 22 hr 2 min
1 summit • 25.2 mi • 8,924 ft gain
1 summit • 8.7 mi • 3,785 ft gain • 6 hr 52 min
1 summit • 9.3 mi • 4,238 ft gain • 9 hr 18 min
Latest summits
"After first driving up the Auto Road for the first sunrise drive this year, and the wind died down from 50mph to about 25mph, I hiked over the loop to Mt. Clay, and ended up climbing back up the Crawford Path to the summit. I had my doubts about this possibility during the sunrise, but it turned out to be an awesome hiking day. Met some thru hikers and lots of day hikers along the way and got some long time peaks accomplished. Added a summit of the Great Gulf Wilderness High Point on the way, just off the Great Gulf Trail junction." — SteveM_StickMan • Jul 24, 2022
"After Mount Monroe on a beautiful sunny day with Maryellen, Nancy, Chris, and Tina. 1.5 miles from Lake of the Clouds Hut. Going from cairn to cairn. Lots of traffic along the way. Piles of people at the top from the cog railway. Waited in line to get summit picture. " — lfrancois • Jun 26, 2022
"Molly needed Washington and Jefferson for winter. We reached the Ammo trailhead and were informed by other hikers that the Jewell Tr was barely broken out. So we headed up Ammo to at least get Monroe and Washington in January. We used snowshoes to go up Ammo. We dropped our packs at the Hut and darted up to tag Monroe. We then switched into spikes back at the Hut and made our way up Washington. We were feeling pretty decent, so we decided to make a go for Jefferson. The wind picked up on the northern side of Washington. We slowly made our way up Jefferson and tagged the summit. We then came back and used a shortcut to get further down the Jewell Tr. The trail was broken out at this point. We made our way down and eventually reached the car. Molly now has 1 peak remaining for her NH48w." — newenglandwarrior • Jan 22, 2022
"Steady rain throughout the entire hike and very foggy, but it made Tuckerman's Ravine and the waterfall look so epic. Cold and windy on the summit, but hot soup and mac & cheese inside the visitor's center provided a nice refuel before hiking back down through the miserable weather. Place was packed with tourists that either drove or rode the train up. Regardless of weather, I always love hiking in this range." — jodola • Oct 2, 2021
"Several times I didn't think I could finish it. It was tough and I struggled through it. Fell off the Tuckermans trail on the descent which was scary. The scenery is unspeakably majestic. Glad I got it done. " — mikewilliamsjr • Jul 28, 2021
"Molly needed Monroe for her Grid and I needed Washington and Monroe for mine. She drove up the night before and we got an early start to the day. We headed up Lion's Head Tr to Washington. We then dropped down Nelson Crag to take the Alpine Garden Tr across to see the pretty flowers. We then took Tuckerman Crossover to reach Lake of the Clouds and went up Monroe. We then took Camel Tr and down Boot Spur. Tough day but a beautiful one above treeline. 13.1 miles" — newenglandwarrior • Jun 13, 2021
"A hike with Molly and Denise. I needed just Jefferson for my Grid but Denise and Molly needed all 3. It was a tough hike today but we managed to grab all of them. We went up Jefferson first and ended on Monroe. " — newenglandwarrior • Apr 10, 2021
"I took a day off to grab a 4000 footer for a Calendar Day Challenge. The weather worked out for a Presi day. I went up Ammo to Monroe first. Then up Washington. Then came down Jewell Tr. In the process, I received a blister from a hole in my sock on my pinky toe coming off the mountain." — newenglandwarrior • Mar 17, 2021
"For Molly's last t25 hike. We went up Huntington Ravine Tr and reached the summit of Washington. We came down Alpine Garden Tr and Tuckerman Ravine Tr. We also saw the flag raising on Washington for the Flags on the 48 event. " — newenglandwarrior • Sep 12, 2020
"A Presi day. And I learned that the Jewell Tr was broken out. I went up Jewell and did Jefferson first. Then I hiked up Washington. Then down to Monroe. Out via Ammonoosuc Ravine Tr. Beautiful day to be out. " — newenglandwarrior • Jan 24, 2020
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