Mount Lafayette
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Mount Lafayette is a 5,249-foot mountain at the northern end of the Franconia Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States. It lies in the town of Franconia in Grafton County, and appe
Mount Lafayette as viewed from Franconia Ridge. Hikers are visible hiking through the krummholz in the col.
Mount Lafayette from Mount Lincoln
Mount Lafayette in Winter, by Thomas Hill, 1870
Left to right: Eagle Lake, Mount Lafayette and the Franconia Ridge as viewed from the Greenleaf Hut
Franconia Notch
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Franconia Notch is a major mountain pass through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Dominated by Cannon Mountain to the west and Mount Lafayette to the east, it lies principally within Franconia No
Mount Lafayette
…dwarf vegetation exists due to the harsh climate. Mount Lafayette is the highest point in the Franconia Range, a line of peaks along the east side of Franconia Notch. It is the sixth highest peak in New Hampshire and the highest outside of the Presidential Range. It is the second most prominent peak in the state…
View of Franconia Notch, dominated by Cannon Mountain. A scree field can be seen at the bottom of the Cannon cliffs.
"Walker's Cascades, (First) Franconia Notch" stereoscopic image by the Bierstadt Brothers
Franconia Notch, looking south from Profile Lake