A Colorado runner raced through cold drizzle to the summit of New England’s tallest peak, finding a finish line nearly obscured by fog, to win the Mount Washington Road Race on Saturday.

Conditions were treacherous on the 4,060-foot (1,235-meter) mountain, one of the Adirondack High Peaks, ... Even with her headlamp, it was too dark and foggy to see. She phoned for help.

A foggy path in Palomar Mountain State Park. (Ernie Cowan / For The San Diego Union-Tribune) It was also a chance to meet up with a man who calls this place both work and home.

Paul Briganti, director of movie Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, on production in Charlotte NC and locations in North Carolina.