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In 1963, New Hampshire's second gondola lift was installed at Mt. Whittier. The gondola was unusual in that it had three terminals—a bottom terminal on the east side of Route 16, a second lower terminal at the base of the ski area, and a top terminal near the summit of Nickerson Mountain. The remains of the gondola, including the towers and ...
Wildcat is home to one of the oldest ski-racing trails in the United States. [3] The original trail was built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. [4]Wildcat's 1,950-foot (590 m) base elevation and proximity to Mount Washington produces an annual natural snowfall of over 200 inches (5,100 mm).
[1] This article is a List of gondola lifts around the world. A gondola lift has cabins suspended from a continuously circulating cable whereas aerial trams simply shuttle back and forth on cables.
An aerial tramway consists of one or two fixed cables (called track cables), one loop of cable (called a haulage rope), and one or two passenger or cargo cabins.The fixed cables provide support for the cabins while the haulage rope, by means of a grip, is solidly connected to the truck (the wheel set that rolls on the track cables).
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The Plymouth & Lincoln Railroad is a class III shortline railroad operating on the Concord-Lincoln rail line in central New Hampshire, United States.The railroad consists of two distinct passenger operations, the Granite State Scenic Railway, which offers passenger excursion trains in the White Mountains, and the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad, which operates passenger excursion trains along ...
Open-air gondolas can also come in a style similar to that of pulse gondolas, like the Village Gondola at Panorama Ski Resort, British Columbia. The first gondola built in the United States for a ski resort was at the Wildcat Mountain Ski Area. It was a two-person gondola built in 1957 and serviced skiers until 1999.
New Hampshire Route 49 (abbreviated NH 49) is a 11.297-mile-long (18.181 km) east–west state highway in Grafton County, within the White Mountains in central New Hampshire. It runs from Campton to Waterville Valley , and serves mainly to allow traffic to access the Waterville Valley Resort ski area.