RollingRock
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Brief video of Good Morning America crew hiking to the summit of Mt. Washington recently. Nice plug for the summit with some camera spans of the view.
GMA Hikes To Summit of Mt. Washington
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Kevin Rooney
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Thank goodness for the pick axes...
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So, did they hike down so it counts as a summit or did they ride in the snow cat down? Just curious
peakbagger
In Rembrance , July 2024
THey took the snowcat down.
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It just aired this morning. Kind of cool. My wife and her friend are big fans of Ginger Zee, who was on the hike. Have to admit that her stock rose with me after doing that.
Did they do the Lions Head route? They said they did 5 miles and over 4,000 s.f. elevation. Never went that way in winter.
Marty
Did they do the Lions Head route? They said they did 5 miles and over 4,000 s.f. elevation. Never went that way in winter.
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Thank goodness for the pick axes...
Yes, it's a rare breed of trail maintainer who's out working in January ...
Jay H
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As mentioned already, they took the snowcat down. I happen to be at my fathers for the Lunar new year and saw this sunday morning..
Looked like a nice day for the hike!
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Heather&Kali
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"and for the really rich, you can charter their snowcat". Darn. The fun of winter is everyone up there hiked up. Looks like that too shall change. I dont look forward to the day when I hike to the top to wait in line for a phota in Winter.
Sorry for the negativity.
Sorry for the negativity.
Jay H
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peakbagger
In Rembrance , July 2024
I have been upon on the summit in late winter/early spring when an OBS showcat made a day trip to the summit for folks willing to pay. This was outside of a crew rotation or edutrip.
Even without a special trip that I have seen a line at the summit if its nice day in winter.
I havent heard it lately but some prior staff used to object to having to run the "Mt Washington B&B" particularly the one toilet and the water conservation approaches needed. Unfortunately the OBS has been in financial troubles for many years and any publicity they can get helps them scrape up enough money to survive another year. The new director is really pushing the spot as an extreme weather test site in hopes are getting more revenue. At least they arent hatching chickens on the deck of late. (Paradigm window ad from a few years back)
Even without a special trip that I have seen a line at the summit if its nice day in winter.
I havent heard it lately but some prior staff used to object to having to run the "Mt Washington B&B" particularly the one toilet and the water conservation approaches needed. Unfortunately the OBS has been in financial troubles for many years and any publicity they can get helps them scrape up enough money to survive another year. The new director is really pushing the spot as an extreme weather test site in hopes are getting more revenue. At least they arent hatching chickens on the deck of late. (Paradigm window ad from a few years back)
Could be worse. There was a proposal at one point for a Heli Ski operation. Which was squelched by the USFS.
Dehydrator
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When are they putting up the wind farm?
Once the fixed lines are secured on Lions Head but only after they finish the elevator from the Cave at The Mt. Washington Hotel.
RollingRock
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I think the new director should be pushing building a full time mountain hut on the summit with bunks, hot showers and meals similar to what they have in Europe. It can certainly be sold that it's part of its education program. In winter, they can have the snowcat take people up.
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