Mount Washington open’s it’s auto road for sunrises 3 times a year.  I learned that last week, and this Sunday just happened to be one of the days… So David Howland and I hopped in the MINI late Saturday night and headed up to see what sort of fun we could have.  We got there around 2:30am and were the second car in line.  We tried to take a quick nap but had no such luck as cars kept arriving about 5 minutes appart.  By 3:45am they’d collected their “toll” from us and we were on our way up the mountain.  It’s an 8 mile drive that takes you up 4k vertical feet with a 12% grade average.  We were in the clouds for a little over a mile which made driving especially interesting at night.  David said at one point: “DO NOT look out this window!”…  The clouds didn’t really give us a great sunrise but we had a blast and got to hike down around the alpine gardens with a lot less effort than normal.  On the way home we hit Sabbaday falls to see what it looks like when it’s not burried by snow.  A stop well worth the time.

Enjoy!