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Old news, but I suppose still worth repeating: The $25 is worth it only if the 1,100' vert of groomed intermediate man- made (and presumably coal-soot-contaminated) snow is sufficiently compensated for by the neat-o factor of getting to ski on (the below- treeline lower flanks of) Mt Washington in winter. I suppose lots of people will do this once for its novel nature, but I can’t imagine anyone doing it more than once. Rumor has it that the cog management will prevent any out-of-bounds adventurers, but there’s really nothing to prevent: getting 1,100' higher along the cog tracks doesn’t get you much closer to anything. Skiers who currently use the ART/MonroeBk route to Oakes or Jewell/Burt route to GG will have no reason to switch routes, although they will benefit from better (and official) winter access to the cog area base. Extreme-types who head straight up the cog tracks to access GG (including the proprietor of a certain snowcat op) probably won’t want to pay $25 for the combo of an 1,100' vert gain and a delayed start (since the cog probably won’t run until 9:00am), although they will benefit from being able to skin up the trails before anyone is looking. Overall, I'd categorize the whole thing as harmless, except that the thing is still running on coal, which makes it mostly harmless. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html