We saw our first bear this morning. It was on the ski slop of Cannon Mountain Ski Area in Franconia State Park. I walk toward it to get a better picture until it raised its head and looked my way. It kept looking so I move no closer. It was half way up the slope and I still hadn’t reached the bottom. She sure has good hearing. You can see these pictures on our Picasa site.
We rode the Cannon Mountain Tram to the top of the mountain so we could hike down from the top. That was a bad decision. As the hiking trail slope get steeper, it becomes easier to hike up than down. This trail drops almost 2200-feet over the 2-miles trail.
We rode the Cannon Mountain Tram to the top of the mountain so we could hike down from the top. That was a bad decision. As the hiking trail slope get steeper, it becomes easier to hike up than down. This trail drops almost 2200-feet over the 2-miles trail.
Cannon Mountain is a pile of granite without soil covering. It’s just a rock garden of large boulders that you have to scramble over. This is the most difficult hiking we have ever done and hope we never match its difficulty again.
About half way down the trail we caught up with a mom, dad, and young son on their way down. It was interesting to watch the mom and dad help the young boy through the tough spots and almost every place was tough. We saw three very happy people at the bottom of the trail. Make that five happy people, counting Mary and myself.
