Two women, ages 51 and 54, both of Massachusetts, called 911 just after 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, to say they were lost off-trail in deep snow about 5,000 feet up the mountain, New Hampshire Fish & Game ...

A Facebook post from the New Hampshire State Parks ... With a peak of 6,288.2 feet, Mount Washington is the highest in the Northeastern U.S. See the photos of the winter wonderland below.

from Getty Images/iStockphoto Two hikers who “fought their way through chest-deep snow” back onto a trail on Mount Washington required an overnight rescue, New Hampshire officials reported.