Episode 139 - Welcome Patrick Hummel from Mt. Washington State Park

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English - February 09, 2024 12:03 - 2 hours - 140 MB - ★★★★★ - 147 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 138 - Welcome Andy from the Mount Washington Cog Railway

Next Episode: Episode 140 - Valentines Day, Planning for an AMC Hut Stay, Hiking the Southern Presidentials

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This week we are joined by Patrick Hummel. Patrick is the park manager of Mount Washington State Park. Patrick oversees and manages the operations of the 60 acres of summit on Mount Washington. Patrick has previously worked as the Supervisor of the NH State Parks volunteer program and he also worked as park manager at Monadnock state park. He has a lot of experience and knowledge of the operations, maintenance and logistics of maintaining the summit infrastructure as well as working to coordinate across the various stakeholders that work together to manage all the visits that happen on Mount Washington. In addition to Patrick, we break down the best gift shops in New Hampshire, Puxatawny Phil has spoken and he declares an early spring is on the way, and a recent hike on Mount Pierce.

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

Welcome back to our sponsor - Fieldstone Kombucha

About Our Guest

New Hampshire State Parks

Mt. Washington State Park

Patrick’s Instagram - @Topofthenortheast

NH Parks Store

Park History

Topics

Patrick’s take on the Hiker/Visitor dynamic around the Summit Sign on Mount Washington (6:45)

Maintenance of the Mount Washington Summit Sign

Lunar New Year & The story of why the Cat is not on the list