I did this ride just two weeks ago, at least I got to go once, I imagine ATVs will be banned soon, never know though, worse has happened to cars and they are still allowed 
ATV rider plunges off of Mount Washington Auto Road
GORHAM— Robert Ordway, 39, Hooksett, suffered extensive injuries when his all-terrain vehicle plunged off of the Mount Washington Auto Road and tumbled into tree branches along a sheer roadside dropoff Saturday, Aug. 28.
Ordway was experiencing some problems with his ATV and looked down at the machine, taking his eyes off of the road, according to Wayne Saunders, conservation officer New Hampshire Fish and Game. "He picked his head up and rode it off the road," Saunders said. "He ended up in some trees about 10 feet over the roadside, pretty much vertical," he said.
The accident occurred about three miles from the start of the eight-mile-long auto road, Saunders said. Spruce and fir trees halted his fall.
The machine was literally vertical, kind of caught in the trees," Saunders said. "Had he gone off four miles up, there's nothing to catch him."
A Connecticut visitor on the road called for help, and Gorham Ambulance, New Hampshire State Police and the Forest Service responded. The road is privately owned, but adjacent land is Forest Service land.
Gorham ambulance reported that crews were dispatched to the auto road at 6:03 p.m., and at around 7:30 p.m., following a lengthy extrication, Ordway was transported to Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. No medical information was available from the hospital.
The auto road allows ATV riders at a fee of $10. The road opened for the season this spring and extended to its longest daytime hours, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., for the period between June 12 and Sept. 6. On Sept. 7, hours scale back to 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. through Sept. 12; 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 3; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Oct. 17; and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Oct. 18 to the closing date, which is determined by weather
ATV rider plunges off of Mount Washington Auto Road
GORHAM— Robert Ordway, 39, Hooksett, suffered extensive injuries when his all-terrain vehicle plunged off of the Mount Washington Auto Road and tumbled into tree branches along a sheer roadside dropoff Saturday, Aug. 28.
Ordway was experiencing some problems with his ATV and looked down at the machine, taking his eyes off of the road, according to Wayne Saunders, conservation officer New Hampshire Fish and Game. "He picked his head up and rode it off the road," Saunders said. "He ended up in some trees about 10 feet over the roadside, pretty much vertical," he said.
The accident occurred about three miles from the start of the eight-mile-long auto road, Saunders said. Spruce and fir trees halted his fall.
The machine was literally vertical, kind of caught in the trees," Saunders said. "Had he gone off four miles up, there's nothing to catch him."
A Connecticut visitor on the road called for help, and Gorham Ambulance, New Hampshire State Police and the Forest Service responded. The road is privately owned, but adjacent land is Forest Service land.
Gorham ambulance reported that crews were dispatched to the auto road at 6:03 p.m., and at around 7:30 p.m., following a lengthy extrication, Ordway was transported to Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. No medical information was available from the hospital.
The auto road allows ATV riders at a fee of $10. The road opened for the season this spring and extended to its longest daytime hours, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., for the period between June 12 and Sept. 6. On Sept. 7, hours scale back to 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. through Sept. 12; 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 3; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Oct. 17; and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Oct. 18 to the closing date, which is determined by weather
