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Mt. Washington - Sunrise Drive & Hiking 7-24-11

On 7-24-11, my wife, mother, and I drove up Mt. Wasington in the dark for one of the Mt. Washington Auto Road's sunrise drives. To start the summit was in the clouds so we watched the sunrise from below that. As the morning came around, the clouds started burning off. As it turned into a great day, we went hiking on the trails to the Lakes of the Clouds Hut and Mt. Monroe. It ended up being Sunny with a temperature around 50 degrees and a 5 mph breeze providing 90 miles of visibility.
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Getting close

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  • Heading back up the Crawford Path to the summit of Mt. Washington
  • View Southwest from the trail
  • Franconia Ridge off in the distance behind North and South Twin
  • When they nicknamed Mt. Washington "The Rockpile," they certainly got it right
  • Looking West from the trail nearing the summit
  • Getting close
  • View South from the trail
  • View East over the mountain with Melissa getting close
  • View of the Northern Presidentials back at the summit
  • View North from the summit
  • Mt. Adams & Mt. Madison
  • The cog coming up the tracks
  • Cog railway diesel locomotive
  • Almost at the top
  • Wajo Nanatassis, the first of the diesel locomotives
  • The cog parked with the line of people waiting to get back on
  • The cog ready to head back down
  • The tip top house and the summit to the right.  Notice the line of people waiting to get their pictures taken at the summit post
  • Looking over Tuckerman Ravine from the parking lot
  • Looking across the valley to the Wildcats
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