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 …
Apr 02 2024
Escudilla Mountain Escudilla Mountain is one of the great high-country landmarks of eastern Arizona, rising above the forests and meadows of Apache County near the New Mexico border. Its broad, distinctive profile reaches about 10,921 feet (3,329 meters), making it one of Arizona’s highest major mountains and the highest point in the Escudilla Wilderness. Unlike …
Feb 15 2024
Mount Baldy Mount Baldy is an 11,405-foot mountain in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona and one of the state’s great high-elevation landmarks. Rising southwest of Greer in Apache County, it is the highest summit in the White Mountains, the highest point in Apache County, and the fifth-highest major summit in Arizona. The mountain combines …
Jan 12 2024
The Southern Presidential Traverse is one of the finest high-elevation hikes in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, linking a succession of exposed summits along the southern half of the Presidential Range. Unlike the much longer full Presidential Traverse, which typically begins around Mount Madison and crosses the entire Presidential ridge, the Southern Presidential Traverse focuses primarily …
Feb 28 2022
They say you are who you hang out with. For this reason, it is difficult to get a true sense of a mountain until you spend some time with its neighbors. Sometimes the character of one peak may be better appreciated after having explored others in the same range. You know what you’re looking at …
