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Cannon Mountain (formerly Profile Mountain) is a 4,080-foot (1,240 m) peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It is known for both its technical rock and ice climbing on its cliff face and skiing at Cannon Mountain Ski Area. It was also home to the Old Man of the Mountain, until that formation collapsed on May 3, 2003.
Covered bridge near the Flume A hiking trail through Franconia Notch The Basin. Franconia Notch State Park is a public recreation area and nature preserve that straddles eight miles (13 km) of Interstate 93 as it passes through Franconia Notch, a mountain pass between the Kinsman Range and Franconia Range in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire, United States.
Lonesome Lake is a 12.2-acre (49,000 m 2) water body located in Franconia Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, south of Cannon Mountain. [1] The lake is reachable by hiking trails from the Franconia Notch Parkway, including the Lafayette Place Campground, and takes approximately 2–3 hours.
The Cannon Balls is a mountain ridge located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. It is part of the Kinsman Range of the White Mountains . The ridge has three peaks with elevations of, from west to east, 3,693, 3,660, and 3,769 feet (1,125, 1,115 and 1,148 meters).
Cannon Mountain Cannon Mountain Ski Area: Zeacliff: Grafton Lincoln: 3,640 feet (1,110 m) Mount Zealand [3] Stub Hill: Coös Pittsburg: 3,626 feet (1,105 m) Gore Mountain: Coös Stratford: 3,619 feet (1,103 m) North Baldface: Coös Bean's Purchase: 3,606 feet (1,099 m) Pliny Mountain: Coös Kilkenny: 3,606 feet (1,099 m) Scaur Peak: Grafton ...
The trail network is 50% novice, 21% intermediate, 12% advanced, and 17% expert. [2] Ski magazine said it has the best slalom skiing terrain in New Hampshire (FIS Race Trail, Expert). [ 2 ] The mountain contains two or three (depending on conditions) terrain parks and nine official glades.
Cannon has 23 miles (37 km) of trails and a north-northeast exposure and has the only aerial tram in New Hampshire. Cannon used to have the most vertical of any ski area in New Hampshire, 2,180 feet (660 m), [citation needed] and is the eighth largest in New England. US Olympic skier Bode Miller grew up skiing at Cannon.
The park's Cannon Mountain ski slopes rise directly to the southwest of the lake. Interstate 93 (the Franconia Notch Parkway) runs along the lake's eastern shore, and New Hampshire Route 18 passes the lake's northern shore, where a state park swimming beach is located. Artists Bluff, a hill with open ledges, rises north of the lake and provides ...