The ghosts of Mount Washington include adventurers, day trippers

By: Daymond Steer

Outlets: Conway Daily Sun

Published: May 26, 2026

Words: 897

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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OSSIPEE — All Lizzie Bourne wanted to do was watch the sunrise over Mount Washington. Instead she died in the cold, and her spirit is said to haunt the summit.

Decades later, a Tamworth man died a hero on the mountain while trying to rescue two climbers.

These and other stories were presented in a talk, "Ghosts of Mount Washington," at Ossipee Public Library last Thursday afternoon …

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