I live less than an hour from My Washington and frequently hike and ski in the white mountains and the presidential range. It's an amazing place. The mountains

I live less than an hour from My Washington and frequently hike and ski in the white mountains and the presidential range. It's an amazing place. The mountains are nothing compared simply to the Rockies, Sierra Nevadas or Chugach ranges. But they have some unique geology and weather pattern combination that makes them more interesting and deadlier than their height would indicate. I had one overnight trip on a sub range where I was trying to cross an exposed ridge that has a 600 foot drop on one side. The wind was so strong that I couldn't move forward without going an equal distance sideways. This was on a balmy 70 degree day in the Summer. Love that my little local tiny range still has the "worst weather on earth"