Board a private 1920s logging locomotive at dawn—the whistle echoes through the New River gorge as the narrow-gauge climbs 11 miles to Bald Knob, the highest point on the Cass & Pocahontas Railroad at 4,842 feet. The girls settle into restored coach cars with thermoses of coffee and fresh pastries from Cass Bakery, watching the forest canopy shift from hardwood to spruce-fir as the grade steepens. Nights in the meticulously preserved Cass Company Houses—historic 1920s lodges with original wood details, cast-iron fixtures, and quilts that smell of cedar—followed by four-course dinners at Allegheny Restaurant in nearby Marlinton, where Chef Marcus sources wild mushrooms and heritage pork from Pocahontas County farms. The final morning: a guided hike through the high-elevation meadows of Snowshoe Mountain, then a thermal circuit at Ten Thousand Waves spa—eucalyptus steam, mountain-fed soaking pools, and a massage that undoes the romance of the rails.
Five quick questions, then we build the full itinerary — lodging, daily schedule, dining, bars, the group-chat message — and drop you into a Trip Room you can share with the crew.