The Loon Choo Choo

In late March I visited Loon Mountain, New Hampshire. I just received some photos from their marketing department to supplement the ones I took. I’ll be rolling out a few of them here in this space.

There are three different base areas at Loon. You can of course plan your time on the mountain so that you ski from one to the other. But if you’ve got kids who aren’t interested in snow-time-all-the-time, you might entertain them by taking a small train between the Octagon Lodge and the Governor Adams lodge. As a bonus, it’s got a steam-powered engine.

(Photo courtesy Loon Mountain)

During the summer of 2007, Loon was clearing some land for new trails on South Peak. What happened to the wood? Some of it ended up powering the train.

You can get an even better view of the engine at New England Trip Planner.