WMUR · November 26, 2025
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Pieces that have been published about the camps, and the links worth having — the founding clubs, weather for a wave day, videos and background reading.
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Press
Pieces that have been published about the camps, gathered here for reference.
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1-26 Association Newsletter · Winter 2024–25
Diamond climbs in a 1-26 at the 1966 Mount Washington Wave Camp
The Berlin Reporter · October 17, 2007
Wave camp feature
The original file has not been recovered.
Windswept · Spring 2005
Glimpse of “A Timeless Sky”
Windswept · Spring 2002
Riding the Wave
Soaring Magazine · October 2001
Diamonds Before Breakfast
Soaring Magazine · March 1987
Soaring Magazine, March 1987
Locate “Or What's a Heaven For” on page 15 — and check page 44 for the Soaring Safety Foundation article on oxygen systems and high-altitude physiology.
Soaring Magazine · March 1971
A Letter from the Mt. Washington Wave
Soaring Magazine · March 1969
The 1968 Mount Washington Wave Camp
Soaring Magazine · February 1968
A Timeless Sky
Soaring Magazine · February 1967
Waves, East and West
Elsewhere
Links
Planning your wave day in the Mount Washington area? Start with the weather links — then the clubs, videos and background reading that go with the wave.
Founding clubs
The wave camp is carried by four New England soaring clubs. Their members provide the tow planes, gliders, equipment and people that make the encampment happen.
Franconia Soaring AssociationNew Hampshire's only soaring club, based at Franconia Airport in the White Mountains. Scenic rides, introduction flights, glider rentals, instruction and towing.Greater Boston Soaring ClubA non-profit club with over 120 members, three tow planes and eight gliders — from robust trainers to speedy cross-country ships.New England Soaring AssociationFounded in 1951, reported to be the oldest continuously operating soaring club in the United States. Flies from Hartness State Airport (KVSF), Springfield, Vermont.Post Mills Soaring ClubFormed in 1987 to bring affordable soaring to the Upper Connecticut River Valley, with a fleet that includes a Schweizer 2-33, Blanik L-23, 1-26 and an HpH 304C.
Member videos
Educational links
U.S. Naval Flight Surgeons ManualSee Chapter 1 for information on oxygen. Archived copy.Mountain Waves and Downslope WindsAn interactive online study guide for forecasters from UCAR. Registration required.Why does the wave wave?Lecture by G. Dale.Why pilots crash — G. Dale interviewG. Dale describes getting caught on top in wave, and the decisions that lead there. A Soaring Show interview.Glider IMC — a sobering case studyA glider descends through cloud into the lee of a ridge in New Zealand. Circulated at wave camp as an example of how quickly an escape route can close — watch it and think about your own way out.High-altitude physiology (FAA)FAA brochure on the physiology of the high-altitude environment — hypoxia, decompression, vision and more.Aerospace physiology training and PROTEFAA training on the physiology of flight, including hypoxia familiarization in the Portable Reduced Oxygen Training Enclosure. A medical certificate or BasicMed is required to enter the enclosure — worth planning for before wave camp.
Weather links
Planning your wave day in the Mount Washington area? Start here.
Current summit conditionsMount Washington summit — current weather conditions.Regional weatherMount Washington Observatory — regional weather and forecasts.Weather productsMount Washington Observatory — various weather products.Other weather resourcesAll the ways the Observatory helps you discover the weather.