Well, in fairness, we should note that hotels once "graced" the summits of Moosilauke and Roan Mtn. (Cloudland), and possibly others as well.
Well, in fairness, we should note that hotels once "graced" the summits of Moosilauke and Roan Mtn. (Cloudland), and possibly others as well.
There's already been a lot of buildings up there. What the heck... Same thing with Pikes Peak, but so what.
The proposed hotel is not at the summit complex its about 1 mile west in an area that previously didn't have any structures
I'm not arguing for building structures on top of mountains; I'm just noting that there is a precedent, back in the Gilded Age when millionaires had to go somewhere to relax. Any similarity between the robber baron era and the present-day is, of course, coincidental.
After taking a day to stew this over, I still reach the same conclusion: this would be a sin, it should be stopped. The septic system issue alone is an ecological nightmare.
I could support a small facility at the summit, it has already been defiled. Or why not build a hotel at the Cog Railway Base Station and include a trip to the summit as part of the package. This plan is just wrong.
The local politics of this proposal should get real interesting. I imagine it will be difficult (and a bit hypocritical) to deny a local family run operation permits to build on their own land when you look at what the AMC has been allowed to do on public lands
The mighty dollar demolishes everything in its path. Let's hope that if people really care they'll do more than air complaints to those who also oppose it. Unfortunately, apathy reigns. I myself have lost all hope in such matters, but I take solace in knowing that the Earth will one day wipe itself clean of we humans and start all over again...hopefully with a wiser set of species.
Best to enjoy what's left, while it's left.
I hope that the proposed hotel gets stopped, yes mount Washington is a zoo currently but this will just make it worse for wear.
"In every walk with nature one receives more than he seeks." -John Muir
"Because in the end you won't remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing your lawn. Climb that ******* Mountain!" - Jack Kerouac
I don;t think it is a big deal. I say go for it. It is private land. Of course, It will piss off all the rich hikers in Boston (except those that have Cog Ownership), but it offers Jobs to the locals. How much more can it damage all the crap that is there already, including the movable circus.
.....Someday, like many others who joined WB in the early years, I may dry up and dissapear....
I hope ATC is planning to fight this forcefully. I'll be disappointed if they don't.
yes but this isn't a hog farm now is it...?
.....Someday, like many others who joined WB in the early years, I may dry up and dissapear....
much ado over nothin'
BTW, I work out of MBO, so I know you're not one of those Rich Cogs
.....Someday, like many others who joined WB in the early years, I may dry up and dissapear....