Can you see it? New Hampshire’s Old Man of the Mountain makes return in ice form

New Hampshire’s Old Man of the Mountain is back -- in the form of ice.

A volunteer at the Mount Washington Observatory was looking through the mountain’s weather cams when he spotted the unmistakable profile in a rime of ice atop the highest peak in New England.

Can you see it?

The Old Man of the Mountain made an appearance out of rime ice! Thanks to our summer summit volunteer Ken for checking...

Posted by Mount Washington Observatory on Friday, January 27, 2023

Two surveyors from Franconia discovered the Old Man of the Mountain high above Profile Lake in 1805, according to the New England Historical Society.

The landmark served as popular tourist attraction and a symbol of pride for the Granite State for 198 years before it crumbled in 2003.

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