The instrument was developed by a team at the Mount Washington Observatory, and spent a year on Mount Everest before being ...

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, ...

A snowboarder raced ahead of an avalanche in Mount Washington’s Tuckerman’s Ravine on Tuesday, making it to the bottom of the gorge unharmed.

The Mount Washington Observatory said the peak wind gust was 138 mph. Video from the observatory showed how strong the winds were; it looked like people were on sleds. The researchers take readings ...

but the gusts into the 60s may have seemed like a gentle breeze compared with the howling winds at Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire. Mount Washington, known for its harsh and erratic ...

There were no injuries reported in the avalanche, the Mount Washington Observatory told the social news platform Storyful. Video from a Mount Washington Observatory webcam, which was obtained by ...

The four scientists were outside to check their equipment when the strong winds blew them along the ground, before they ...

Talk about an adrenaline rush. An avalanche occurred on Mount Washington on Tuesday, according to the Mount Washington Avalanche Center, and one snowboarder was caught on camera outracing it.