Washington Auto Road Sunday during the 2026 Paul Giblin Memorial Climb to the Clouds. The race, also known as the Mount Washington Hillclimb, sends drivers up the 7.6-mile Mt. Washington Auto Road from Pinkham Notch to the summit. Spectators gather in dense fog Aug. 9 near the summit of Mount Washington as race vehicles from the 2026 Climb to the Clouds are barely visible through the clouds. The 2026 event was named in memory of longtime Climb to the Clouds organizer Paul Giblin, who died in 2022.