Tuckerman Ravine - 03-10-05

Mar 28, 2005, 9:18 PM

Certainly this will disgust you, but it only costs $59 to ride the cog to the top. I am thinking about leaving one car at the Pinkam notch lodge, driving around to the Hotel and skiing the Ravine.

crombie · Mar 28, 2005, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by skinut

Certainly this will disgust you, but it only costs $59 to ride the cog to the top. I am thinking about leaving one car at the Pinkam notch lodge, driving around to the Hotel and skiing the Ravine.

Actually I think the Cog only makes it a third of the way up, on the other side of Washington.

**bvibert** · Mar 29, 2005, 9:15 AM

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Originally Posted by crombie

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Originally Posted by skinut

Certainly this will disgust you, but it only costs $59 to ride the cog to the top. I am thinking about leaving one car at the Pinkam notch lodge, driving around to the Hotel and skiing the Ravine.

Actually I think the Cog only makes it a third of the way up, on the other side of Washington.

Yes, that is correct during the winter...

Mar 29, 2005, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by crombie

Actually I think the Cog only makes it a third of the way up, on the other side of Washington.

Still, it would make the climb easier, wouldn't it?

**thetrailboss** · Mar 29, 2005, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by skinut

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Originally Posted by crombie

Actually I think the Cog only makes it a third of the way up, on the other side of Washington.

Still, it would make the climb easier, wouldn't it?

Probably not since the Cog is on the WRONG side of the mountain.

**bvibert** · Mar 29, 2005, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by skinut

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Originally Posted by crombie

Actually I think the Cog only makes it a third of the way up, on the other side of Washington.

Still, it would make the climb easier, wouldn't it?

It might, but its generally discouraged to hike up one side of the mountain a ski down the other. You want to be able to scope out the line you're going to ski down on your way up...

Mar 29, 2005, 10:17 AM

Actually, I wouldn't do it. When I was in my last days at Dartmouth a group of people I knew went up there. They came back without a gal I knew. A few days later she was released from Mary Hitchcock bandaged head-to-toe. I've climbed to the summit since then but have passed on skiing Tuckerman's.

crombie · Mar 29, 2005, 1:12 PM

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Originally Posted by skinut

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Originally Posted by crombie

Actually I think the Cog only makes it a third of the way up, on the other side of Washington.

Still, it would make the climb easier, wouldn't it?

Probably not since the Cog is on the WRONG side of the mountain.

I read last night about someone using the Cog to get up and over one of Washington's shoulders (can't remember the right term right now) by the Lakes of the Clouds Hut over the past weekend. I think it was on the amc-ski mailing list.

Pretty cool stuff. Sounded like a lot of fun. Wish I was a bit closer, and had some (experienced) friends to go with. I've hiked it solo multiple times, but definitely not in the winter with the cold, the skis, skins, etc.

loafer89 · Mar 29, 2005, 1:18 PM

There was a huge amount of people hiking up into Tuckerman Ravine, and you could see them climbing up the right side of the headwall from Wildcat on saturday morning. Both saturday and sunday were 100% cloudless and warm.

dmc · Mar 29, 2005, 2:54 PM

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Originally Posted by skinut

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Originally Posted by crombie

Actually I think the Cog only makes it a third of the way up, on the other side of Washington.

Still, it would make the climb easier, wouldn't it?

It might, but its generally discouraged to hike up one side of the mountain a ski down the other. You want to be able to scope out the line you're going to ski down on your way up...

Exactly.. If you come down from the summit and you don't know the terrain... And say - the weather is bad.... You could step right off a cliff..

It happened a year or two ago on Lions Head.. Resulted in a fatality...

Mar 28, 2005, 9:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
skinut Guest Posts: n/a	Tucks. Certainly this will disgust you, but it only costs $59 to ride the cog to the top. I am thinking about leaving one car at the Pinkam notch lodge, driving around to the Hotel and skiing the Ravine.

Mar 29, 2005, 10:17 AM	#17 (permalink)
skinut Guest Posts: n/a	o.k. Actually, I wouldn't do it. When I was in my last days at Dartmouth a group of people I knew went up there. They came back without a gal I knew. A few days later she was released from Mary Hitchcock bandaged head-to-toe. I've climbed to the summit since then but have passed on skiing Tuckerman's.

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Mar 29, 2005, 1:18 PM	#19 (permalink)
loafer89 Sugarloaf Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Coventry, C.T Posts: 3,604	There was a huge amount of people hiking up into Tuckerman Ravine, and you could see them climbing up the right side of the headwall from Wildcat on saturday morning. Both saturday and sunday were 100% cloudless and warm.