Anyone mention Tucks yet?
Never made it there but up til about 2-3 years ago I was interested in the climb.. They should open a cat skiing operation there for us older, out of shape geezers..
It would have to be a winch cat for Tuckerman’s, and it would ruin it.
There was actually skiing for a certain time this century along the Cog Railway. The snowmaking pipes are still there.
I've never been there, but I've also heard stories about it being too crowded already on nice spring days... lots of people willing to hike and climb up it...
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It’s always been crowded certain times going back decades. All those people had to hike in a couple hours. Maybe they could skin if there was enough snow. But it’s not easy.
Last time I did it was Friday of Memorial Day weekend in 2021. We got up there late. Did one run and called it because by then it was 4:30. There was no one else skiing when we were there. A few had just left. There wasn’t a lot of snow. Nothing above the rock band.
On the way out of the bowl, hiking down the rocks, we passed a mom and 3 or 4 kids heading up. They were summer dressed, with shorts and sneakers. That’s just nuts. They did make it out because they passed us.
The big danger, besides hypothermia, is slipping, falling, and sliding. You’re probably going to hit a rock. Worse is if you slide under the snowpack, prob can’t get you out alive. There’s space created under there by the running water.
On Sunday of that weekend, the Coast Guard heli rescued someone from the caretaker’s cabin. It was foggy and windy, I guess they were the most qualified at the time. He slipped and fell, slid, and hit his head. It took 9-12 people to carry him down there to the heli pick up.
Had that happened when we were there on Friday, no way could we have gotten him down. You’d have to wait for rescue.