This file photo from 2017 shows the Cog Railway during an autumn run. The railway was used for a winter rescue this weekend. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP An injured hiker who made an “innumerous ...

A mobiie weather station near the Mount Washington Cog Railway, November 2024. Credit: Mt washington Observatory—Courtesy It might have the world’s worst weather but Mount Washington now has some of ...

AFFECTS THE WIDER AREA. WE RELY ON THE DATA WE GET FROM THE MOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE WEATHER HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WELL, NOW WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT ...

MEREDITH, N.H. — As temperatures plunged on Mount Washington and ferocious winds made it near impossible to see, hiker Cole Matthes began to drift away from the trail. Then he hit a patch of ...

PORTSMOUTH — A Portsmouth hiker was saved from the western slope of Mount Washington on Saturday in a 12-hour effort involving assistance from the Cog Railway, with rescuers battling winds sustained ...

Jan 12, 2025 Jan 12, 2025 Updated Apr 21, 2025 The Mount Washington Cog Railway, which began operating the world’s first mountain-climbing railroad on July 3, 1869, is developing the world’s first ...

Rescuers endured “potentially life-threatening” weather conditions to reach a hypothermic hiker, New Hampshire officials say. A husband called 911 at about 5 p.m. June 20 to say his hypothermic wife ...

RAILWAY, ONE OF THE OLDEST TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS, THE COG HAS LIFTED RIDERS TO THRILLING HEIGHTS INTO THE SKY AND ONTO NEW ENGLAND’S HIGHEST PEAK. BUT THE ...