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Cannon Mountain (formerly Profile Mountain) is a 4,100 foot (1,250 m) peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Known for both its technical rock & ice climbing (particularly on Cannon Cliff, pictured) and its skiing (it is a state owned ski area), the mountain was home to the Old Man of the Mountain until the formation collapsed on May 3, 2003. It is the parent mountain of three mountains, with heights of 3,693, 3,700, and 3,769 feet (1,125, 1,127 and 1,148 m), collectively known as "The Cannon Balls." The mountain is a type of geological formation known as an exfoliating granite dome which is layered like an onion. Cannon Mountain is located within Franconia Notch State Park. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1741 KB) Author: Mike Spenard Source: http://sven. ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... Official language(s) English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Area Ranked 46th - Total 9,350 sq mi (24,217 kmÂ²) - Width 68 miles (110 km) - Length 190 miles (305 km) - % water 4. ... For exotic financial options, see Mountain range (options). ... Looking south on the Franconia Ridge Trail. ... In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height or shoulder drop (in America) or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains, also known as peaks. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... // Topographic maps are a variety of maps characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour lines in modern mapping, but historically using a variety of methods. ... InsertSLUTTY WHORESâ‰¤ non-formatted text here{| class=toccolours border=1 cellpadding=4 style=float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 20em; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; clear: right; |+ United States Geological Survey |- |style= align=center colspan=2| [[Image:USGS logo. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... There are many notable lists of mountains around the world. ... In mountaineering, the four-thousand footers (or 4ks) refers to a group of mountains of interest in the sport of peak-bagging. Each peak is at least four thousand feet above sea level, and also meets a more technical criterion of topographic prominence. ... Looking south on the Franconia Ridge Trail. ... Official language(s) English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Area Ranked 46th - Total 9,350 sq mi (24,217 kmÂ²) - Width 68 miles (110 km) - Length 190 miles (305 km) - % water 4. ... Nationalization is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ... A ski area is a place where one goes to participate in the sports of skiing and snowboarding. ... For other uses, see Old Man of the Mountain (disambiguation). ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cannon Balls is a mountain ridge located in Grafton County, New Hampshire, and is part of the Kinsman Range of the White Mountains. ... Geological exfoliation of granite at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Texas, USA Exfoliation in geology is a weathering process, mainly caused by freeze-thaw cycles. ... A granite dome is a dome of granite, formed by exfoliation. ... Franconia Notch State Park is located in the White Mountains in northern New Hampshire and straddles 8 miles of Interstate 93 as it passes between the Kinsman Range and Franconia Range. ...

History

In 1972, the US Board on Geographic Names officially changed the name from "Profile Mountain," which it had been called officially since 1917, to "Cannon Mountain." The two names both are derived from natural rock formations featured on the mountain; the former being the famous "Old Man of the Mountain" and the latter being a series of boulders which, when viewed from the foot of the mountain, resemble an antique artillery cannon. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x900, 125 KB) Other versions Copied from English Wikipedia [1] File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cannon Mountain (New Hampshire) User:Wesman83 Metadata This file contains additional... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x900, 125 KB) Other versions Copied from English Wikipedia [1] File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cannon Mountain (New Hampshire) User:Wesman83 Metadata This file contains additional... For other uses, see Cannon (disambiguation). ...

Cannon's ski area is one of the oldest in North America. Trails had been cut on the mountain prior to 1933, but the mountain gained widespread recognition that year, when the Taft Slalom was cut as the first racing trail in North America. The mountain gained lift service with the construction of the first aerial tramway in North America, in 1938. A new tram was erected in 1980 with a vertical ascent of 2,022 feet (616.3 m) and a capacity of 140 people (two seventy-person cabins), roughly three times larger than the original lift. See also: 1932 in sports, 1934 in sports and the list of years in sports. Baseball New York Giants defeat Washington Senators in the World Series, 4-1. ... An Aerial tramway in Italy. ... See also: 1937 in sports, other events of 1938, 1939 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Baseball World Series: New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4-0. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...

The old tram base- and summit-stations remain intact, and one of the old cabins serves as the entranceway to the New England Ski Museum, opened in 1982 at the mountain's base area. The museum houses what it calls "the most extensive collection of historical ski equipment, clothing, film, photographs, literature, and artwork in the East" and is one of four museums in the U.S. to be recognized by the United States Ski Association as a Regional Museum. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

Mountain Use

Cannon Mountain and the surrounding base area are used year-round for a variety of recreational purposes, including sports such as hiking, climbing and skiing, as well as being a popular tourist destination. Two hikers in the Mount Hood National Forest Eagle Creek hiking Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ... Rock climbers on Valkyrie at The Roaches in Staffordshire, England. ... Cross-country skiing (skating style) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. ...

Hiking

There are a number of trails that criss-cross Cannon Mountain and the surrounding region (a map can be found here), but only one trail, the Kinsman Ridge Trail, can be taken un-interrupted from the trailhead to the summit. This trail begins in the Aerial Tramway parking lot and ascends the north face of the mountain, which is shared by the ski area. Two other features of the mountain which attract hikers are the Appalachian Trail and the Appalachian Mountain Club-maintained Lonesome Lake Hut. The base of the cliff face can be approached via an ambiguous path up the right side of the talus field (see fresh talus field rock in picture). The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. ... Looking south on the Franconia Ridge Trail AMC Headquarters, 5 Joy Street, Boston, Massachusetts. ... The High Huts of the White Mountains are a series of eight alpine huts in the White Mountains, owned and maintained by the Appalachian Mountain Club and modeled after similar huts in the Alps. ...

Climbing

Cannon Cliff (pictured above) is the largest vertical rock face in the Northeast at roughly 1,000 feet (300 m) in height and more than a mile (1.6 km) long. As written in a description of climbing possibilities on Cannon, "Some of the aid lines are long and difficult enough to require a bivy, making Cannon the only Big Wall in the northeast." Cannon is popular both in the summer months with free- and aid-climbers alike, and in the winter it attracts both ice climbers and mixed climbers (climbers who ascend routes with some pitches of ice and some pitches of rock). There is a log book climbers are asked to sign into and out of. If an unusual amount of time passes before a climber signs out, a search party is formed. Several guide books exist for Cannon and Franconia Notch, most notably 'Secrets of the Notch' by Jon Sykes which covers both rock and ice routes. Notable rock climbing routes: Image File history File linksMetadata CannonMountain-WhitenyGilman. ... Image File history File linksMetadata CannonMountain-WhitenyGilman. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (577x887, 58 KB)Source: http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (577x887, 58 KB)Source: http://www. ... Aid climbing is a style of climbing in which fixed or placed protection is used to make upward progress. ... Climbers bivouac outside a hermitage in Europe In mountaineering, a bivouac, bivy, bivy sack, bivi bag or sometimes, in the UK, Emergency Sack, is an extremely lightweight alternative to traditional tent systems. ... In free soloing and bouldering, the climber carries nothing but a chalk bag. ... Ice climbing is the recreational activity of climbing ice formations such as icefalls, and frozen waterfalls. ... Franconia Notch State Park is located in the White Mountains in northern New Hampshire and straddles 8 miles of Interstate 93 as it passes between the Kinsman Range and Franconia Range. ...

Notable ice climbing routes: Rock climbers on Valkyrie at The Roaches in Staffordshire, England. ... The Garden Wall, an arÃªte in Glacier National Park (U.S.) An arÃªte is a thin, almost knife-like, ridge of rock which is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (600x780, 323 KB)Omega looking moderatly fat. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (600x780, 323 KB)Omega looking moderatly fat. ...

Solo climbing or soloing is a style of climbing in which the climber climbs alone, without somebody belaying him. ...

Skiing

The Cannon Mountain Ski Area is state-owned and offers nine lifts and servicing 165 acres (0.7 km²) of skiing (158 with snowmaking). Until 1984, the north-northwestern face of Cannon was operated under the name Mittersill Ski Area (the current area occupies the north-north eastern face). The trails are often skied by those that know the area as a result of their ease of accessibility (only a short hike is required from Taft Slalom to find them). However, in the late 1990s/early 2000s, the State of New Hampshire unveiled plans to purchase the north-northwestern face and use the already-cut trails as an expansion to the current ski area.^[1] US Olympic skier Bode Miller grew up skiing at Cannon.^[2] Alpine skier carving a turn on piste Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ... Samuel Bode Miller (born October 12, 1977), best known as Bode Miller (pronounced Bo-dee, in IPA ), is an American alpine skier. ...

Tourism

Cannon has a number of non-sport related features which make it a popular tourist attraction. The aerial tramway operates year round, and in the summer is the only way up the mountain other than hiking. Though the lift terminates at the summit of the ski area, which is not the peak of the mountain itself, two hiking trails (The Cannon Mountain Short Trail and the Rim Trail) provide a way to the summit. The tramway opens for the summer season on May 27 and closes October 16, which is open daily from 9am to 5pm. There, an observation tower provides a panoramic view of the White Mountains Region. A restaurant and gift shop are available at the summit tramway station. Another attraction until the spring of 2003 was the Old Man of the Mountain; However, the "Old Man of the Mountain Historic Site" remains an attraction. Also notable is Profile Lake, a lake popular with both fly fisherman and anglers. Lastly, the New England Ski Museum attracts skiers to the area in the off-season, as well. Image File history File links Cannontram. ... Image File history File links Cannontram. ... The White Mountains Region is located in northern New Hampshire. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Profile Lake is a 13-acre water body located in Franconia Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, at the foot of Cannon Mountain. ... Fly rod and reel with a wild brown trout from a chalk stream. ... Angling is a method of fishing, specifically the practice of catching fish by means of an angle (hook). ...

See also

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