Mt Washington: Climb to the Clouds

[Don]

After a 10 year hiatus, the Mt Washington Climb to the Clouds Automobile Hillclimb will return to New Hampshire's Auto Road June 22-26, 2011. I attended the event a number of years ago, nice drive to the White Mountains in NH and great event to start the summer.

From the web site:

" Carroll Shelby, driving a specially prepared Ferrari roadster in 1956, posted a record-setting run of 10:21.8 on his way to victory. "

" The Mt. Washington Auto Road is considered by many hillcimb racers to be extremely technical with a narrow road surface that averages just over 16 feet wide. In addition to being very narrow with precipitous drop-offs that vary from side to side, the road is also incredibly steep, with an average 12% grade and gaining slightly more than 4,600 feet in total elevation change from the start line to the finish line. The road surface is mostly tarmac with approximately one mile of gravel and contains more than 100 turns and switchbacks as it snakes its way to the 6,288 foot summit of the Northeast's tallest peak.

Utilizing the same 7.6 mile road as the original 1904 event the 2011 Climb to the Clouds Hillclimb will play a key role in the Mt. Washington Auto Road's year-long 150th anniversary celebration as the oldest manmade tourist attraction in the United States. "

http://www.climbtotheclouds.com/