Editing Mount Washington (section)

=== Backcountry skiing ===
{{Main|Tuckerman Ravine}}
Tuckerman Ravine, a [[Cirque|glacial cirque]] on the mountain's southeast side, is a popular [[backcountry skiing]] destination, attracting tens of thousands of skiers to the mountain each year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Irwin |first=Brian |last2= |last3= |last4= |first4= |date=2019-03-27 |title=A primer to skiing Tuckerman Ravine |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2019/03/27/primer-skiing-tuckerman-ravine/5zxeJ2iBgIRLZcQDt5YSbN/story.html |access-date=March 2, 2023 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Skiers have skied down the headwall since 1931, first by two [[Dartmouth College|Dartmouth]] students, [[John Carleton (skier)|John Carleton]] and [[Charles Proctor]], who were quickly followed by a group from [[Harvard University|Harvard]] who skied the headwall from the summit of Mount Washington for the first time.<ref name="Recreational History">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ski.com/blog/tuckerman-ravine-a-recreational-history/|title=Tuckerman Ravine, a recreational history|date=April 22, 2015 |website=Ski Vacation Blog|language=en-US|access-date=August 5, 2019}}</ref> The ravine soon became an important site for [[extreme skiing]] in New England.<ref name="Iconic">{{Cite web |url=http://www.timetoclimb.com/mountaineering/history-tuckerman-ravine-white-mountains/ |title=The Iconic Ski History of Tuckerman Ravine in the White Mountains |last=Hern |first=Nicholas |date=January 2, 2018 |website=Time to Climb |language=en |access-date=July 9, 2019}}</ref>

The mountain hosted the first [[giant slalom]] race in the United States in 1937, the Franklin Edson Memorial Race.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leich |first=Jeff |date=May 5, 2020 |title=History on the Headwall: Mt. Washington's Tuckerman Ravine |url=https://backcountrymagazine.com/stories/history-on-the-headwall-mt-washingtons-tuckerman-ravine/ |access-date=March 2, 2023 |website=Backcountry Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
{{wide image|2016-09-03 16 36 57 360-degree stitched panoramic view from around the summit of Mount Washington in Sargent's Purchase Township, Coos County, New Hampshire.jpg|2032px|align-cap=center|Stitched 360-degree panorama from around the summit||none|alt=Mount Washington view}}
[[File:2016-09-03 16 38 27 Panorama north across the summit of Mount Washington in Sargent's Purchase Township, Coos County, New Hampshire.jpg|thumb|right|Panorama of the buildings on the summit|400px]]