I drove to the top of Mt. Washington years ago. It was in the high 80s that Summer day. Got up there and there was sleet. I forget the temp at the summit, but 16 degrees comes to mind. Harder for me take full breaths as well. My Siberian Huskie loved it.
So you know how long it took, and the road conditions.
Last summer, Travis Pastrana, set a new record of 5 minutes 28.67 seconds at the 2021 Mt. Washington Hillclimb in an 850 Horsepower Subaru built by Vermont Sports Car, in Milton, VT.
I was the mid point ham radio operator.
He came out of the turn below us airborne, drifted a little and poured it on in the short straight.
The Mt. Washington Hillclimb was one of those bucket list bicycle races back in the day. Eight miles, the last three on dirt. Did it in 1986. Took 2 hours. Sunny and 70 at the bottom and 40 with 10 foot visibility at the top. Some sections so steep if you weren’t balanced just right your front wheel would lift or your back would spin. They’d drive you back down, because trying to ride down would probably get you killed.
I took the Cog Railway up a few years ago.
Down below it was a beautiful mid 80’s day.
Up top it was like being on the planet Mars..