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This ain't PNW, but look at the wind and temps on Mt Washington in New Hampshire.

 

mountwashington.org

 

Nippy!

 

Mt. Washington in NH has got to be the most bad-ass little 6000' mountain in the world. Great ice climbs to boot smile.gif

 

The Mount Washington Observatory on the summit holds the world record for highest measured wind speed, as well as the N.H. state record for lowest measured temperature, -47 F. Weather observers (l) have been gathering data at this mountaintop station--which sports concrete walls two feet thick--since 1932. Their instruments often record extreme cold, dense fog, heavy snow and very strong winds all at once. The mountain claims the names of over 125 people who may have survived had they visited on a different day.

 

The world record wind speed measured using a conventional wind instrument stands at 231 mph atop Mt. Washington, N.H., on April 12, 1934.

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today started out as a very mild day, but around 10am or so, the winds really kicked up. an older gent, around 65 yo, got "blown" off the skyliner express chair. i'm not sure how far he fell, but apparently he landed on some rocks (which leads me to believe it was closer to the wind blown top of the lift)

 

nevertheless, airlife flew in and took him away, guess he had a huge gash on his face, scary stuff... who wever said lift serviced skiing wasn't extreme! wazzup.gif

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