New Hampshire State Parks Guide 2008/2009 - (Page 19) >> WHITE MOUNTAINS REGION 11 CANNON MOUNTAIN Route 93 • Franconia/Lincoln, NH 03580 603-823-8800 RIDE CANNON MOUNTAIN’S aerial tramway from May to October to the 4,180-foot summit and enjoy views of New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Canada and New York. From mid-November to early April, Cannon Mountain has 60 trails, nine lifts, and terrain for beginners to experts. Cannon has the longest vertical drop with the highest lift-served terrain in New Hampshire. With New Hampshire’s only aerial tramway, Cannon is located directly off I-93 in Franconia Notch State Park. Enjoy the vistas. BILL O’CONNOR STILL doesn’t like to talk about the loss of the Old Man of the Mountain. The great stone face crumbled in 2003, but the Franconia Notch park manager has never recovered. “We don’t like to talk about that, O’Connor jokes. “It ” is like losing your grandfather. ” The park’s other attractions more than make up for the loss. The Flume Gorge, a natural granite gorge, extends 800 feet from the Park Manager base of Mount Liberty. +25yrs Bill O’Connor Swim at Echo Lake, take Franconia Notch State Park an aerial tramway ride at Cannon Mountain, or take a short hike MUST-DO ACTIVITY: up Artist’s Bluff and enjoy a 360-degree Bike Franconia Notch’s view and an amazing sunset, said the nine-mile recreational path. 25-year veteran of the park. “I like short “A lot of our visitors expect hikes with rewards – I’m like a little kid. ” flatlands like Cape Cod,” O’Connor says. “But we’ve got huge glacial boulders and woodlands – plus, it gets you off the Interstate.” State Parks 19
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