It's makes it hard to enjoy the views when you have to worry about driving off a cliff. I haven't been on it but I hear from others that have that it's terrifying. This road has no guardrails and if you mess up, there is nothing to stop you and your vehicle from tumbling to the bottom. You can also take your own car to the top by driving on the Mount Washington Auto Road, but a word of caution. It's about a 4 hour hike to the top and then another 3-4 back down, so unless you are REAL adventurous and have perfect weather, that is probably out of the question. You have three ways to get to the top of Mount Washington, you can walk, you can drive, or you can take the cog railway, and that is the method we took. As you approach the top of the mountain the Appalachian Trail crosses the tracks, and the hike across Mount Washington and the Presidential Range is considered to be the most difficult hike on the entire Appalachian Trail. Since you can hardly see in front of you in the fog, the markers are placed VERY close together to help keep you on the path and not fall off the mountain. Those are used as trail guide markers for the hikers. During the trip up and down the mountain on the cog railway you'll notice all of the stacks of stones known as cairnes (can be seen and talked about in the videos below). Even in the summertime, the top of Mt Washington is covered in fog 90% of the time. One thing they tell you right before you get off the train at the top is "don't miss the train going back down", You don't want to have to hike down this mountain. Because of the poor weather conditions, the Presidential Range is often used for mountaineering training for those who go on to climb some of the world's highest mountains, including K2 and Everest." " The Presidential Range is notorious for having some of the worst weather on Earth, mainly because of the unpredictability of high wind speeds and whiteout conditions on the higher summits. Reaching 6288 feet into the New Hampshire sky, Mount Washington is the king of the White Mountains and is one of many peaks in the Presidential Range. If you look it up on Wikipedia, you'd see this. On a good day you will get to witness one of the most spectacular views anywhere in the country. If you ever get up to the New England states and you travel to New Hampshire, a visit to Mount Washington is something you do not want to miss.
One can’t help experience a sense of adventure and history as the train begins the spectacular climb up a 3-mile-long track to the 6,288-foot summit of Mount Washington. The Cog has maintained its historic roots by allowing passengers to take the three-hour round trip riding in a historic coach powered by a vintage coal-fired steam locomotive. Here visitors can learn the story of the “Railway to the Moon” and its great pioneering inventor, Sylvester Marsh.
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The Cog Railway Museum is open to the public and free for all. Visitors watch train operations from the decks above while enjoying their lunch. The newly renovated Marshfield Base Station buzzes with activity, and is as picturesque as the mountain itself.
It was registered as a National Historic Engineering Landmark in 1976. In operation since 1869, The Cog has a long history of innovation. Just three hours north of Boston, it is close to the main travel routes, but far enough to get away from it all. Located in the Presidential Mountain Range of New Hampshire, it is just six miles from the historic Mount Washington Resort and Bretton Woods village. “The Cog” as many fondly call it is the first mountain–climbing cog railway in the world.
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