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The Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race, also known as the Climb to the Clouds, is a timed hillclimb auto race up the Mount Washington Auto Road to the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire. [1] It is one of the oldest auto races in the country, first run on July 11 and 12, 1904, predating the Indianapolis 500 and the Pikes Peak Hill Climb.
In August of each year, up to six hundred riders take part in the race which centers around a 7.6 mile (12.2 km) climb to the top of New Hampshire's Mount Washington—the highest peak in New England. [1] The Mount Washington Auto Road has an average gradient of 12% and reaches gradients of up to 22%. [1]
The Climb to the Clouds hillclimb on the 7.4-mile (11.9 km) course up the Mount Washington Auto Road on Mount Washington, New Hampshire is one of the oldest motorsports events in North America, first run in 1904. However, this climb has been held only sporadically since 1961.
According to a Deschutes National Forest report, many others attempted the 7,795-foot Mount Washington climb including the famed alpinists of Portland’s Mazamas, who stopped 70 feet short of the ...
The Mount Washington Road Race is a 7.6-mile (12.2 km) road running event that follows the auto road going from the base of Mount Washington in New Hampshire nearly to the mountain's summit (located at 6,288 feet (1,917 m) above sea level). The race was first held in 1936, and has been run annually since 1966.
Washington [5] Ann M Ives Chichester: July 3, 1880: Unknown Michigan: Accident Mount Washington Carriage Road: Washington [6]: 293 Sewall Faunce: July 24, 1886: 15 Massachusetts: Falling snow arch Tuckerman Ravine: Washington [5] [6]: 293 Ewald Weiss: August 24, 1890: 24 Germany: Missing Unknown Washington [5] William Buckingham Curtis ...
Danielson holds the record for the fastest ascent of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, in the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb. [3] [4] The previous record holder was professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton. He also holds the record for the Mount Evans Hill Climb in Colorado, which traverses the highest paved road in North America.
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