Cannon Mountain

Date of Hike: 6/23/12

Kinsman Ridge Trail: 4.0 miles, 2,100 elevation gain

Trail Conditions: Kinsman Ridge Trail is dry, with some lose gravel down low and rocky eroded steep footing the rest of the way.  No Water sources on trail.

Eroded Kinsman Ridge Trail 

 Heading up the Kinsman Ridge Trail

 The ski glades of the Kinsman Ridge Trail

 Cannon Mountain Tramway

 Cannon Mountain Tram

 Hiker carefully descending the Kinsman Ridge Trail

 The steep and rocky Kinsman Ridge Trail

 Picturesque Kinsman Ridge Trail

 Trail info, stay off the ski trails or else!

 Entering a sub-alpine zone on the Kinsman Ridge Trail

Mount Lafayette and Lincoln from the outlook ledges 

 Franconia Notch

 Mount Lafayette

 Cairn on the Kinsman Ridge Trail

 Franconia Ridge from the Kinsman Ridge Trail

 Kinsman Ridge / Tram Path Junction

 Kinsman Ridge

 North and South Kinsman

 Mount Liberty

 Mount Lafayette and Lincoln

 Mount Lincoln

 Mount Lafayette

 Eagle Cliff

 Franconia Notch

Top of Cannon Mountain ski slope and Mittersill Peak from the observation tower

 Mittersill

 Cannon Balls and the Kinsmans

 Top of the ski slope

 Cannon Moutnain ski area

 Eagle Cliff

 Presidential Range off in the distance

 Observation Tower

 Rim Trail Junction

 Echo Lake

 Echo Lake

 Kinsman Ridge northern terminus

 Kinsman Ridge Trailhead

Look who is in the driver's seat...woof!