The Cog 26Dec10

[Edd]

Met Awf170 this morning for my first hike along the Cog rail up Mt Washington. It was just above 0 degrees at the train station so I was eager to get moving and warm. Luckily, there was zero wind while we were there. I was amazed. We hiked up to Jacobs Ladder and took in some killer views. I'm guessing we did it in 1.5 to 2 hrs.
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We met a guy there from the T4T forum and he was going to head back down so I skied with him. Austin chose to keep on going up. My legs were pretty fried at that point.

Started skiing down and wiped out right away. Felt like my bindings had clicked in weird. I reset and things improved. The snow was pretty packed in spots but completely edgeable. The farther down we went the more freshies were to be had. Estimating a good 2000 ft of vert. All in all a great day but I am wiped.

Here's a cool pic of the T4T guy hitting a kicker. http://www.flickr.com/photos/57455103@N03/5293921117/

 

[billski]

pretty neat. looks like you had no winds. How was the road up?

 

[Andrew Caffrey]

nice!
looks like lots of skin tracks

tryung to remember from your other posts, what do you have for gear?

 

[Edd]

pretty neat. looks like you had no winds. How was the road up?

The road had a snowy layer but was plowed. Very easy travel.

 

[Edd]

nice!
looks like lots of skin tracks

tryung to remember from your other posts, what do you have for gear?

I used K2 Hardsides with Marker Barons. Still using alpine boots, though.

 

[Edd]

More pics. One is of me in snow up to my waist. The other two are me skiing like a nerd.

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[deadheadskier]

damn nice

gotta get up there myself

 

[Andrew Caffrey]

nice
still using my alpine boots too, why i was interested in how the skin up felt
dont think i'd try this with my boots, snow shoes maybe
great pics. keep em coming

 

[Edd]

nice
still using my alpine boots too, why i was interested in how the skin up felt
dont think i'd try this with my boots, snow shoes maybe
great pics. keep em coming

I actually skinned up.

 

[snowmonster]

Thanks for the stoke. West side is looking good!

 

[thetrailboss]

Love the snowmaking pipe sticking up in your last picture!

 

[skidmarks]

Looking great! How was the skiing above the Ladder?

 

[Edd]

Looking great! How was the skiing above the Ladder?

If you mean the points above the Jacob's Ladder sign I didn't speak to anyone who's skied it. Awf170 might be able to tell you.

 

[soulseller]

Would love to do this at some point. One of these days i'm going to build me a splitboard, until then snowshoes will have to do.

 

[awf170]

Looking great! How was the skiing above the Ladder?

Absolutely horrible. I knew it was going to be still wanted a workout / wanted to summit. It was teeth chattering bad.