Mount Washington - Cog Railway Ski Train

dmc · Feb 14, 2005, 3:25 PM

Date(s) Skied: 2/13/05

Resort or Ski Area: Mount Washington - Cog Railway Ski Train

Conditions: Groomed Packed Powder

Trip Report: Skied Wildcat until 1:30 - Left begrudgingly and rushed over to catch the last run on the Cog. My Fiance' saw the Cog ad and really wanted to ski on Mount Washington. After years of hearing my stories about Tuckermans she wanted in too!
We got there and bought a one ride pass for $25 but they told us we could take 2 if we wanted.

DMC next to the track... Railslides???

The train ground jerkingly up the track to about the 1/3 of the way up; Well below treeline. it was filled with about 6 skiers and 6 tourists not skiing. After about 20 minutes we got to our stop. We got out and took pictures - all the non-skiers were anxious for us to start downhill so they could take some pictures. We hiked up a little to get some untracked and continued down. The surface was groomed really nicely.. Total packed powder... With tiny grains of coal mixed in. The sides of he trail were all powder about a foot deep.. really nice.. I kept looking for soot on the trees but other then the tiny black particles - there really weren't any..

Stopped half way down and waited for the train to catch up... Just to check it out... then rode to the bottom..

Took one more run after that but we just did a top to bottom.. Took a couple minutes to ski the whole thing..

awf170 · Feb 14, 2005, 4:03 PM

How was wiildcat?

dmc · Feb 14, 2005, 4:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awf170

How was wiildcat?

Awesome!!!
Cant wait to go back...
The snow was sweet...

But it's going to sound like every other post about NE here...

Some Wildcat Glades... Sweeet!

awf170 · Feb 14, 2005, 6:14 PM

that glade looks pretty awsome, which one is it, is it the creek between black cat and middle catapult

**bvibert** · Feb 15, 2005, 6:52 AM

Nice TR and pics! Glad you had fun on the cog.

How about a TR on Wildcat

**Greg** · Feb 15, 2005, 8:15 AM

The first Cog TR! Awesome!

dmc · Feb 15, 2005, 8:50 AM

Some more PIX..

**thetrailboss** · Feb 15, 2005, 11:32 AM

Thanks for the report and the pics. At least they let you do two runs for that price...I might have been

or

if that was the price for one run...I've heard that the trail is not too exciting. I guess it's different, right?

dmc · Feb 15, 2005, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thetrailboss

Thanks for the report and the pics. At least they let you do two runs for that price...I might have been

or

if that was the price for one run...I've heard that the trail is not too exciting. I guess it's different, right?

Something to do... Wasnt that psyched but my girl was...

One sidenote... My girlfriend collects ski pins.. Doesnt wear them just collects them... She asked where the pins were at the Cog.. The woman pointed to them and Alexa reached to grab one.. But they put all these china plates under where the pins go... As she was reaching her sleve knocked over a plate and broke it..
The woman was pissed and made her pay for it... We paid just to shut the "B" up but we're going to write a letter... It was like they want people to break the stuff...

RossiSkier · Feb 15, 2005, 11:58 AM

Wow, you stopped halfway down the trail to say the Our Father.

Rockin place. Pictures look awesome. I'm gonna vist some day and break all the dishes in the gift shop.

Feb 14, 2005, 3:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
dmc Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hunter, NY Posts: 6,813	Mount Washington - Cog Railway Ski Train Date(s) Skied: 2/13/05 Resort or Ski Area: Mount Washington - Cog Railway Ski Train Conditions: Groomed Packed Powder Trip Report: Skied Wildcat until 1:30 - Left begrudgingly and rushed over to catch the last run on the Cog. My Fiance' saw the Cog ad and really wanted to ski on Mount Washington. After years of hearing my stories about Tuckermans she wanted in too! We got there and bought a one ride pass for $25 but they told us we could take 2 if we wanted. DMC next to the track... Railslides??? The train ground jerkingly up the track to about the 1/3 of the way up; Well below treeline. it was filled with about 6 skiers and 6 tourists not skiing. After about 20 minutes we got to our stop. We got out and took pictures - all the non-skiers were anxious for us to start downhill so they could take some pictures. We hiked up a little to get some untracked and continued down. The surface was groomed really nicely.. Total packed powder... With tiny grains of coal mixed in. The sides of he trail were all powder about a foot deep.. really nice.. I kept looking for soot on the trees but other then the tiny black particles - there really weren't any.. Stopped half way down and waited for the train to catch up... Just to check it out... then rode to the bottom.. Took one more run after that but we just did a top to bottom.. Took a couple minutes to ski the whole thing.. __________________ The sky did not fall.... Belleayre is open!!! And I'm glad... now crawl back into you troll holes...

Feb 15, 2005, 6:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
bvibert Surfing AZ while waiting for snow Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 12,447	Nice TR and pics! Glad you had fun on the cog. How about a TR on Wildcat __________________ Brian SAC Tracker - Tramdock Tracker - Chainlove Tracker - WhiskeyMilitia Tracker

Feb 15, 2005, 8:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 9/20 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 21,160	The first Cog TR! Awesome! __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Feb 15, 2005, 8:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
dmc Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hunter, NY Posts: 6,813	Some more PIX.. __________________ The sky did not fall.... Belleayre is open!!! And I'm glad... now crawl back into you troll holes...

Feb 15, 2005, 11:32 AM	#8 (permalink)
thetrailboss Paddling...... Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Now Playing at Sugarbush and Burke. Posts: 10,566	Thanks for the report and the pics. At least they let you do two runs for that price...I might have been or if that was the price for one run...I've heard that the trail is not too exciting. I guess it's different, right? __________________ Live, Ski, or Die! Trailboss' Ski Videos now on YouTube! Trailboss' Photo Albums. 66 days for the 2007-2008 ski season!!!! 40 of the 48 New Hampshire 4,000 Footers Completed and Counting!

Feb 15, 2005, 11:58 AM	#10 (permalink)
RossiSkier Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: N. Troy, NY Posts: 599	Wow, you stopped halfway down the trail to say the Our Father. Rockin place. Pictures look awesome. I'm gonna vist some day and break all the dishes in the gift shop.

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