When you venture north through one of the spectacular notches of the White Mountains, you truly enter an awe-inspiring and special place. A destination away from the hubbub, where one is surrounded by the grandeur of it all. The area is full of vibrant, independent, down to earth and creative people.
Franconia Notch
Route 93 N will bring you the fantastic vistas of Franconia Notch as your near the Ridge Line Lodge from Massachusetts and Southern NH and points further south. Home to Cannon Mountain ski Area, the Flume Gorge, the trailheads to Lafayette, Greenleaf Hut and Artist’s Bluff. You’ll also find the New England Ski Museum, Echo Lake and the Cannon Cliffs.
Men hang out their respective signs indicative of their respective trades: Shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe, jewelers a monster watch, and a dentist hangs out a gold tooth, but up in the mountains of New Hampshire, Gold Almightly has hung out a sign to show there that he makes men.
Daniel Webster, referring to the Great Stone Face known as the Old Man of the Mountains in Franconia Notch
Crawford Notch
Driving North from North Conway takes you along the headwaters of the Saco River and through Crawford Notch, by the AMC Highland Center, the Zealand Recreational Area, Bretton Woods and the Cog Railway.
Pinkham Notch
On the east side of the Presidential Range, coming from Jackson NH, the trip through Pickham Notch, the Mt Washington Auto Road, Wildcat Ski area, and the Sno-Cat.
