W1/HA-113 Cannon Mountain

 While visiting my parents, we decided to take the day and go up to Franconia Notch to see the sights. After a pleasant walk around the Flume, we drove to the tram and took it up.

Franconia Ridge.

The plan was to hike down to the ledges for lunch, then back up for the activation before heading down. We decided not to eat at the ledges since it was a bit warm in the sun, but found a shady clearing right off the trail for lunch.

Lunch in the Boreal Forest.

As we were eating, some A-10's flew over us heading south. Military jets are loud, I think most of the fuel goes into creating noise. After lunch we hiked back up to the summit, and climbed up to the observation tower. While we were up there, one of the A-10's flew through the notch below us. Pretty cool.

Operating on the summit.

After enjoying the view, we walked down to a clearing where I set up and made some contacts. Despite spotting myself, I didn't get many contacts. I didn't mind since it was such a nice day and I was having fun. Maybe I should've spotted for WWFF, but I didn't think of it at the time.

Old Man in the Mountain historic site.

Back at the tram building, we took it down. We stopped at the Old Man historic site on the way back home. 

Trailhead: Tramway building at the top.
Website: SOTA Site.
Maps: AA6XA SOTA Hikes map.
Route: Follow one of the trail up to the summit. Also plenty of trails up from the base.
Red Tape: None.