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Cannon Mountain and its base area host a variety of year-round sports, including hiking, climbing, skiing and fishing. Visiting tourists can take in the area's scenery, an aerial tramway, summit restaurant, and a museum on the history of skiing. [5] Cannon Mountain Ski Area and Echo Lake seen from Artist's Bluff, December 2018
Cannon Mountain was the site of the first passenger aerial tramway in North America. [1] From its construction in 1938 to its 1980 retirement, the first tram carried 6,581,338 passengers up the 2.1-mile (3.4 km) route to near the summit of Cannon Mountain. On May 24, 1980, the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway II was dedicated.
Cannon is also famous for being one of the most challenging hills in New England. It boasts an aerial tram, which runs year-round, ferrying sightseers to the summit in the summer time and skiers in the winter. [8] At the base of the tramway is the New England Ski Museum, with exhibits on the history of alpine skiing in New England and America. [9]
Don't miss: Take an 8-minute ride on an aerial tramway to the 4,080-foot summit of Cannon Mountain for panoramic views. On a clear day, see as far as Maine, New York, and Canada from the ...
Franconia is home to the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, which rises to the 4,100-foot (1,200 m) summit of Cannon Mountain. Built in 1938, it was the first passenger aerial tramway in North America. From the time of its construction in 1938 to its retirement in 1980, the original tramway carried 6,581,338 passengers to the summit of Cannon ...
A scree field can be seen at the bottom of the Cannon cliffs. Franconia Notch (elev. 1,950 feet/590 m) is a major mountain pass through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Dominated by Cannon Mountain to the west and Mount Lafayette to the east, it lies principally within Franconia Notch State Park and is traversed by the Franconia Notch ...
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).
Some notable aerial tramways include: The Awashima Kaijō Ropeway, Numazu, Shizuoka, is the first line in the country to go over the sea. The Biwako Valley Ropeway, Ōtsu, Shiga, is the fastest line (12 m/s) in Japan. The Komagatake Ropeway, Nagano, has the station with the highest altitude in Japan, 2,611 m (8,568 ft).