Ski the Cog Redux!
- Leaders
- Kyle Pearson (B coC coS), Maia Bageant (coB coS ), Neil Titchener (B coC S)
- Program
- Winter School
- Type
- Backcountry skiing
- Terrain level
- B
- Trip date
- Saturday, January 28th, 2017
- Difficulty rating
- Medium Skiing
- Prerequisites
- Ability to ski black diamonds at a resort
Want to ski without paying for a lift ticket and waiting in lift lines? Think the best runs aren't groomed? Join us for a backcountry downhill ski trip trip to the cog railway on Mt. Washington!
We're going to make our way about 1.5 miles up the cog railway to just below treeline if the snow is good, and ski down. If we have extra time, we might do it twice. We'll free our heels and put skins on our Alpine Touring (AT) skis to make our way up, then lock our heels in to ski down the same you would on downhill skis.
To participate on this trip, you should be comfortable skiing most black trails in the US / European red runs. The trail is about the steepness of an easy black run at a resort, but isn't groomed so the conditions could be well, anything.
MITOC has a a limited number of pairs of AT skis and boots available to rent, along with some alpine day-trekkers that convert downhill skis so having your own equipment is not necessary.
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 7
- Signups opened at
- Jan. 25, 2017, noon
- Signups closed at
- Jan. 26, 2017, 11:59 p.m.
- Notes
1) What has been your favorite winter school trip so far this year? 2) Please summarise your skiing experience, i.e., number of years, type of terrain etc. 3) Do you own an AT ski or splitboard setup?