The area where the rail cars would sit has had its share of activities over the years. Other people worry plans for brightly-colored rail cars - something Presby said could change to more neutral colors - would be out of place on the mountain. – AP Photo/Jim Cole, Fileīut he worries hotel guests could damage are alpine plants including Bigelow’s sedge on the mountain and stress out the rare American pipit that nests in the area. The owner of a railway that runs up Mount Washington is proposing accommodations and a restaurant near the summit of New Hampshire’s highest peak. 13, 2013, as seen from Bartlett, New Hampshire. Snow covers Mount Washington, Wednesday, Nov. Currently, the cog goes right to the summit, resulting in hundreds of people getting on and off trains at one time.
Govatski believes the project could ease congestion from the throngs of summer tourists on the mountain, since it includes a shuttle from sleeper cars up to the summit, the highest peak in the Northeast at 6,288 feet (1.91 kilometers). But he remains undecided this time around. Forest Service forester who can see the site from his home in Jefferson, opposed the larger hotel. It is unclear whether this proposal will garner the same opposition as the larger hotel project, when thousands of people signed a petition against it.Ĭhris Thayer, who serves as the Appalachian Mountain Club’s representative on the commission, called the proposal “creative in its approach to summit operation and visitor experience challenges” but he said it “deserves more careful consideration to impacts on highly sensitive natural resources and viewshed aesthetics.”ĭavid Govatski, a retired U.S. In exchange, the Cog would agree not to pursue further expansion on the summit.Ī spokesperson for the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Presby said the latest proposal, which includes plans to pipe sewage down the mountain and fiber-optic upgrades, has the support of the state. That project came under widespread criticism from environmentalists and hikers, who argued the 25,000-square-foot (2,300-square-meter) hotel would damage the fragile alpine ecology and destroy the scenic views. The project, presented earlier this month to the Mount Washington Commission, comes several years after Presby scrapped a plan to build a 35-room hotel on the mountain.
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