Like any highly politicized project, there are two sides to the coin. Close to a billion dollars for a project in Maine with 100s of millions in long term profits to the owners. There are multiple...
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Like any highly politicized project, there are two sides to the coin. Close to a billion dollars for a project in Maine with 100s of millions in long term profits to the owners. There are multiple...
On hold again
https://scnow.com/business/court-puts-halt-on-construction-of-1b-maine-power-corridor/article_7baee110-3030-5294-b371-a016b5daea4c.html
No doubt the last minute presidential...
Swiss Bobs were popular. I got schooled on them by a couple of old timers that hiked up to the headwall whenever the weather was good and would slide down the Sherburne in the afternoon. They showed...
And what behaviors do you feel will be incentivized?.
IMO the Cog and Autoroad will build the fee into their cost structure so I am not that worried about tourons making use of a convenient...
I have heard references that sewerage flow went down through Alpine Garden and then down Raymond Cataract which is one of the reasons there is no trail there. There are some springtime streams that...
I guess its up to someone else to debate if the state deserves to make a profit from the users of the summit. If the state continues with the approach that MWSP has to break even then they need to...
Pretty amazing given how much rock and ice is showing. Microspikes on one, no mention of what the other was wearing. I think those folks should have stopped to buy their lottery tickets on the way...
Out of curiosity should the same policy apply to Cannon Mountain's summit facilities?. In that case there are not private entities making the profits, its just the state running the tram (for a fee)....
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/01/12/in-the-maine-woods-preparations-signal-imminent-start-of-cmp-power-line-project/
I picked a totally arbitrary split, feel free to choose your own. 2/3rd 1/3rs east to west? Both the Pinkham Lot and the Ammo lot oveflow early in the AM most weekends. Pinkham has the overflow lots...
I agree that the numbers for hikers are just a stab in the dark. My guess is if in doubt overestimate hiker numbers. The Cog owner has been vocal in the past that the hikers are major user of...
You are right, I will redo the math I picked the wrong denominator when I was doing the percentages. Note the hourly calculations are used for determining peak use. Therefore you cant equate peak...
The Mt Washington Commission Website https://www.nhstateparks.org/about-us/commissions-committees/mount-washington-commission has a few PDFs on the rational and details on the proposed fee. Jeb...
There is a small but rabid fan club for B&M Brown Bread on Whiteblaze. For those growing up in Maine or New England in general, B&M beans, red hot dogs and B&M brown bread was a standard meal for...
I think the confusing part was that author of the letter to the editor stated the the road is posted no parking on one side of the road and is not posted on the north side of the road. The town of...
Kearsage North is very popular in the region, not just locals. I find folks from all over hiking it. I will drive down on occasion from Gorham, the weather south of the notches can be far different...
I think the problem with expanding the parking lot is that the area adjacent to the parking lot is most likely a wetland. It would be a major permitting effort to expand it.
My guess is the locals...
IMHO, the entry fee issue is tip toeing around the elephant in room which is the Cog has substantially increased the number of people on the summit and plans continuing to do so in the future. The...
There is an article in the Berlin Paper today (paywall) that Les Otten's team now owns the project outright. He bought out the share of the local contractor who was one of the partners that bought...
I had to have a root canal pre-covid and walked out with scrip for a short run of Percocet (Oxycodon Acetaminophen). About six months later when Opioid addictions got a lot higher visibility, I had...
Over the years I occasionally did a news update from the North Country and other members seemed to appreciate the updates,
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There was a mention the other day in the Conway paper that the town of Bartlett was writing parking tickets on the north side of the road at the trailhead for cars parking on the pavement. The south...
Keep in mind some folks dont actively keep track of the summits they climb. There is individual in Sandwich that hikes almost constantly, I dont think he keeps track in a public manner. I have met a...
I think we have covered the pros and cons of gaseous and liquid fuels for cold weather in the past and suggest that we drift on back to the book ;) (tempting as it is to drift away on a favorite...
Ed was a long term AMC trip leader for many years. Probably the most prolific they ever had. He explained to me that at some point he and AMC parted company when they decided that he was "not...