Oct 01 2025
High above Franconia Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway earned a place in American recreation history. When the original tram opened in 1938, it became the first passenger aerial tramway in North America, transforming access to Cannon Mountain and helping establish New Hampshire as a major destination for …
May 14 2025
🏔️ Overview The White Mountains are a spectacular high-desert mountain range rising along the eastern side of California’s Owens Valley and extending northward toward the Nevada border. Although they stand less than 20 miles east of parts of the Sierra Nevada, the White Mountains have a dramatically different character. Instead of deeply glaciated granite valleys …
May 10 2025
The Great Smoky Mountains, often called the Smokies, form one of the highest and most biologically diverse mountain ranges in the eastern United States. Rising along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina, they are part of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the much larger Appalachian Mountain system. Dense forests cover nearly every ridge and …
May 10 2025
🏔️ Overview The Cumberland Mountains are a rugged mountain region of the southern and central Appalachian Mountains, extending primarily across southeastern Kentucky, southwestern Virginia, northeastern Tennessee, and a small portion of southern West Virginia. Characterized by long forested ridges, steep escarpments, narrow valleys, sandstone cliffs, deep gorges, and historic mountain passes, the Cumberlands form one …
May 10 2025
🏔️ Overview The Green Mountains form the mountainous backbone of Vermont, running north–south through much of the state and creating one of the defining landscapes of New England. Forested summits, narrow mountain passes, clear streams, ski areas, and long-distance hiking trails make the range central to Vermont’s geography and outdoor culture. The Green Mountains are …
Apr 26 2025
🏔️ Overview The Allegheny Mountains, often called the Alleghenies, form a major mountainous region of the central Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. Their long forested ridges extend through portions of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and western Virginia, creating some of the highest and most rugged terrain in the central Appalachians. The range is …
Jan 12 2024
The Presidential Range is the highest and most famous mountain group in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, stretching across a rugged landscape of exposed ridges, glacial ravines, dense spruce-fir forests, fragile alpine tundra, and some of the most severe weather in the eastern United States. At its center rises Mount Washington, the 6,288-foot (1,917-meter) high point …
Jan 12 2024
Mount Monroe Mount Monroe rises to about 5,371 feet (1,637 meters) in New Hampshire’s Presidential Range, immediately southwest of the much taller Mount Washington. Although Monroe is only a short distance from its famous neighbor, it is a substantial mountain in its own right: the fourth-highest summit in New Hampshire, a member of the state’s …
Jan 12 2024
Mount Clay Rising along the exposed crest of New Hampshire’s Presidential Range, Mount Clay is a rugged 5,531-foot summit situated between Mount Jefferson and Mount Washington. Although overshadowed by its taller neighbors, Mount Clay offers some of the finest above-treeline scenery in the White Mountains. The mountain occupies an especially dramatic position above the Great …
Jan 12 2024
Mount Jefferson Rising high above the forests and glacial valleys of northern New Hampshire, Mount Jefferson is one of the great summits of the Presidential Range. At approximately 5,714 feet, it is the third-highest major mountain in New Hampshire, surpassed only by Mount Washington and Mount Adams. Mount Jefferson is a mountain of exposed boulder …
