MOUNT WASHINGTON — You know spring has arrived when the industrious, hard-working road crew of the Mt. Washington Auto Road reaches the summit of 6,288-foot summit of the Rockpile, aka to Native Americans, Agiocochook — and to we colonists since 1784 as Mount Washington.
General manager Toby Reichert announced on Thursday that they had cleared to the summit and that the 7.6-mile, 1861-built Road to the Sky is now open through Sunday, April 27, and that drive-yourself traffic is welcome, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., conditions permitting.
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