SARGENT’S PURCHASE — Mount Washington is home to numerous events throughout the year, but perhaps none so meaningful as the one happening this weekend.
“Seek the Peak,” the Mount Washington Observatory’s annual “hike-a-thon,” got its start in 2001.
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