The Old Man of the Mountain, also called the Great Stone Face and the Profile, was a series of five granite cliff ledges on Cannon Mountain in Franconia, New Hampshire, United States, that appeared to be the jagged profile of a human face when viewed from the north. The rock formation, 1,200 feet (370 m) above Profile Lake, was 40 feet (12 m) tall and 25 feet (7.6 m) wide.
Old Man of the Mountain on April 26, 2003, seven days before the collapse
Old Man of the Mountain Summer, 1972 – Historical Marker: "OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN – 'The Great Stone Face" – 48' forehead to chin; 1200' above Profile Lake; 3200' above sea level; first seen by white men in 1805."
A composite photograph of the Old Man of the Mountain, made of photos taken before and after the collapse
View recreated via one of the "steel profilers" located in Profiler Plaza, in 2019
Cannon Mountain (New Hampshire)
Cannon Mountain is a 4,080-foot (1,240 m) peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It is known for both its technical rock and ice climbing on its cliff face and skiing at Cannon Mountain Ski Area. It was also home to the Old Man of the Mountain, until that formation collapsed on May 3, 2003.
Cannon Cliff, the southeast face of Cannon Mountain
Cannon Mountain Ski Area and Echo Lake seen from Artist's Bluff, December 2018
Whitney-Gilman Ridge
Cannon's most prominent ice climb, the Black Dike
