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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
English: Title: Cannon Mt. Aerial Passenger Tramway, Franconia Notch, White Mountains, N.H. Subjects: Mountains; Lakes & ponds Places: New Hampshire > White Mountains Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_002930
Cannon Mountain Tramway – Old Man Historic Site: 136.623: 219.873: 34C: NH 18 – Echo Lake Beach, Peabody Slopes, Cannon Mountain, South Franconia: Southern terminus of NH 18: 138.080: 222.218: 35: I-93 north: Northbound exit only; northern end of concurrency with I-93: 139.044: 223.770: NH 141 to I-93 north – Franconia: Eastern terminus ...
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 ...
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 Parkway ( Interstate 93 and U.S. Route 3 ).
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]
Mount Sunapee's history as a ski area dates back to as early as 1940, when in response to the success of a tram at Cannon Mountain a survey was made for a similar tram on Mount Sunapee. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The following year, the state of New Hampshire passed the Mt. Sunapee Tramway Bill, which proposed the construction of a tram intended for ...
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 ...