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30-614: EMS sells outdoor equipment and clothing from both name brands and its own EMS line. The company also has a set of EMS Schools that offer classes in rock and ice climbing, kayaking, stand-up paddle boarding, trekking, and skiing. The EMS Schools headquarters is located in the White Mountains in North Conway, New Hampshire , and has other locations near the Adirondacks in New York, etc. EMS

60-518: A mountain range covering about a quarter of the state of New Hampshire and a small portion of western Maine in the United States . They are a subrange of the northern Appalachian Mountains and the most rugged mountains in New England . Several of the higher peaks contain an Alpine tundra . The range is heavily visited due to its proximity to Boston , New York City , and Montreal . Most of

90-528: A "school", since they did not all paint in the same style as, for example, those artists of the Hudson River School . Nathaniel Hawthorne chose the White Mountains as the setting for his short story " The Great Carbuncle ". Other White Mountain tales by Hawthorne include " The Ambitious Guest ", "Sketches from Memory" and "The Great Stone Face". The White Mountain region also figures prominently in

120-467: A natural feature dubbed "The Basin", consisting of a granite bowl, 20 feet (6 m) in diameter, fed by a waterfall, worn smooth by the Pemigewasset River . The areas around The Basin are popular spots for swimming in the cold water. The range is crossed north–south by U.S. Route 3 and Interstate 93 through Franconia Notch and New Hampshire Route 16 through Pinkham Notch , and east–west by

150-647: A result of the bankruptcy, the Meriden warehouse will close and all future online ordering purchases will be directed to stores. However, in July 2024, SDI Stores announced that it would permanently close all of its remaining Bob's Stores and a select number of Eastern Mountain Sports locations, with liquidation sales beginning immediately after the announcement. Additional layoffs are also expected to occur by July 5. However, up to 24 Eastern Mountain Sports locations will remain open during

180-428: A retail price of one dollar. Other early maps of the region were drawn by H. Conant and by Harvard astronomer George Phillips Bond , who published the first topographical map of the region in 1853. The White Mountains drew hundreds of painters during the 19th century. This group of artists is sometimes referred to as belonging to the "White Mountain school" of art. Others dispute the notion that these painters were

210-499: A shift from stores in shopping malls to freestanding community-based stores followed. American Retail Group sold Eastern Mountain Sports to investors led by J.H. Whitney & Company in 2004. Bob Mayerson was announced as the new president in March 2010, as Will Manzer continued leading the company. In 2012, Versa Capital Management bought EMS from J.H. Whitney and Mark Walsh became CEO. As of 2013, EMS operated over 70 stores throughout

240-782: Is not a comprehensive list of every peak and summit of the Appalachians, individual mountains, when included, are generally individual politically but not geographically, and each inclusion must meet the set of criteria used to define a subrange. (365 m) 7,239 km (533 m) (11,508 km ) (410+ m) (18,677 km ) (1,276 m) (25,952 km ) (906 m) (23,962 km ) (916 m) (21,962 km ) (554 m) (7,868 km ) (518 m) (1,100 m) (1,018 m) (929 m) (728 m) (1,450 m) (1,482 m) * Colloquially, all mountains in Vermont are referred to as

270-492: The Appalachian Mountain Club . The Appalachian Trail crosses the area from southwest to northeast. It is not clear where the name "White Mountains" came from. There is no record of what Native Americans called the range, although pre-Colonial names for many individual peaks are known. The name and similar ones such as "White Hills" or "Wine Hills" are found in literature from Colonial times. According to tradition,

300-627: The Franconia Range , Sandwich Range , Carter-Moriah Range and Kinsman Range in New Hampshire, and the Mahoosuc Range straddling the border between it and Maine. In all, there are 48 peaks within New Hampshire as well as one ( Old Speck Mountain ) in Maine over 4,000 feet (1,200 m), known as the four-thousand footers . The Whites are known for a system of alpine huts for hikers operated by

330-651: The Green Mountains , although not all are a part of the geological range. The Northeast Kingdom is not in the range, but is considered as containing Green Mountains ** The Canadian government considers the Megantic Hills and Notre Dame Mountains as two physiographic provinces within the Appalachian Uplands region. Conversely, the government of Quebec considers the Notre Dame and Mégantic Mountains to be

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360-488: The Kancamagus Highway (part of New Hampshire Route 112 ) through Kancamagus Pass and U.S. Route 302 through Crawford Notch . Many of these highways are designated as scenic routes . Several amusement parks lie in or near the White Mountains, including Story Land , Santa's Village , Whale's Tale Water Park and Clark's Trading Post . The White Mountains region is also home to numerous hiking attractions through

390-655: The 1041 Commonwealth Avenue store – at 10,000 sq. ft. McDonough and Furst sold the company in 1979 to The Franklin Mint , which was acquired by Warner Communications in 1981. Four years later Warner sold the Mint but retained EMS, subsequently selling it to the American Retail Group, owned by the Brenninkmeijer family . In July 2003 Will Manzer became President and CEO and shifted the company focus back towards specialty outdoors gear. A new logo , store reorganization, and

420-454: The Appalachians until the level of mountain. As such, the distinction is often arbitrary and based on person preference by the geographer or geologist publishing material. This has led to the distinction being largely unrelated to area, geological features, or topography. This list is more comprehensive to account for that variation and includes the parent range of each subrange noted. This list includes physiographic regions , for information of

450-972: The Northeast US, from Maine to Virginia. In April 2016, Vestis Retail Group, the Versa Capital-owned unit which owned the Sport Chalet and Bob's Stores sporting goods chains as well as Eastern Mountain, announced it had filed for bankruptcy protection and reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code . Vestis said it would reorganize and focus on the operations of Eastern Mountain and Bob's, while all Sport Chalet stores would close. On 19 April 2017, Sports Direct International plc ( Sports Direct ) received permission to acquire Bob's Stores and Eastern Mountain Sports following Eastern Outfitters LLC's Chapter 11 filing. In May 2022, Bob's Stores and Eastern Mountain Sports

480-545: The White Mountains today were created 124 to 100 million years ago as the North American Plate moved westward over the New England hotspot . Widespread evidence of glaciation may be seen in the U-shaped form of various notches, or mountain passes . Glacial cirques form the heads of Tuckerman Ravine on Mt. Washington and King Ravine on Mt. Adams . Glacial striations are visible at numerous locations, including on

510-712: The area is public land, including the White Mountain National Forest and a number of state parks . Its most famous mountain is 6,288-foot (1,917 m) Mount Washington , which is the highest peak in the Northeastern U.S. and for 76 years held the record for fastest surface wind gust in the world (231 miles per hour (372 km/h) in 1934). Mount Washington is part of a line of summits, the Presidential Range , that are named after U.S. presidents and other prominent Americans. The White Mountains also include

540-453: The bankruptcy proceedings for now, with 15 Eastern Mountain Sports locations being listed as clearance stores. On September 3, 2024, the chain was acquired by British Outdoor retailer Mountain Warehouse for $ 10 million. Mountain Warehouse plans to expand the company and open as many as 100 new stores over the next few years. White Mountains (New Hampshire) The White Mountains are

570-705: The exposed rocks at the summit of Pine Mountain in Gorham . The Red Hill Syenite , a rock unit of the White Mountains, found in central New Hampshire, is of interest to researchers due to the fact that it contains feldspathoids as well as quartz-bearing rocks. The White Mountain National Forest , formed in 1911 after passage of the Weeks Act , includes most of the mountain range and now covers 800,000 acres (3,200 km ) in New Hampshire and western Maine. The Mount Washington Auto Road and Mount Washington Cog Railway ascend

600-478: The first two tourist maps of the mountains was that produced by Franklin Leavitt, a self-taught artist born near Lancaster, New Hampshire in 1824. Leavitt's hand-drawn map, today in the collection of Harvard University , is largely folk art , but does convey some of the region's features. Leavitt drew several versions of his map, beginning in 1852. The fourth version, printed in 1871, was printed at Boston and carried

630-896: The larger Central Pangean Mountains along with the Scottish Highlands , the Ouachita Mountains , and the Anti-Atlas Mountains . The modern ranges were formed and/or deformed by the Acadian , Caledonian , Alleghenian , Mauritanide and Variscan orogenies with the Alleghenian orogeny being the most notable to the modern Appalachians. The Appalachians are also subdivided by a number of large plateaus and additional subplateus. These are commonly not considered subranges although they do contain some features referred to as mountains which are assigned to both their geographic "range" and

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660-521: The like. The Mount Washington Hotel located in Bretton Woods was the site of the Bretton Woods Conference following World War II , and today remains one of the few early twentieth century grand hotels still in use. An estimated six million visitors visit the region yearly. Some of the earliest maps of the White Mountains were produced as tourist maps and not topographical maps. One of

690-713: The more general Appalachian Mountains. These plateaus, such as the Allegheny Plateau , are considered provinces of the Appalachian Highlands and the mountains assigned to them are instead considered pieces of dissected plateaus . Additionally, subranges and ridges of subranges (Such as the Yew Mountains ) are inconsistently related to the Appalachian Mountain Range. No clear distinction exists as to what units qualify as directly related subranges of

720-515: The mountains were first sighted from shipboard off the coast near the Piscataqua estuary . The highest peaks would often be snow-capped, appearing white. An alternate theory is that the mica -laden granite of the summits looked white to observers. The White Mountains are a physiographic section of the larger New England province , which in turn is part of the larger Appalachian Highlands physiographic division. The magma intrusions forming

750-578: The physiographic regions, provinces, and sections: refer to the Appalachian Highlands page for American sections and the Appalachian Uplands page for Canadian sections. Due to the lack of solid distinctions in the requirements of an area to be a range, this list includes most physiographic divisions , many larger ridges , plateaus, mountain complexes, most stratigraphic ridges , certain lowlands and uplands , local highlands , and certain other types of geographic and geological features. This list

780-551: The range's highest peak, which hosts a visitor center and weather observatory . Heavily visited Arethusa Falls , the second tallest waterfall in New Hampshire, lies on a southwest flank of Crawford Notch. The Old Man of the Mountain , a rock formation on Cannon Mountain that resembled the craggy profile of a man's face, was a White Mountain landmark until it fell in May 2003. It remains the state symbol of New Hampshire. The range also includes

810-716: The various river gorges, ravines, and caves in the area. The Flume Gorge , Lost River Reservation and Polar Caves Park all provide moderate hikes that one can complete in a few hours. Skiing is a popular attraction in the area. Cannon Mountain Ski Area , Loon Mountain Ski Resort , Attitash Mountain Resort , Wildcat Mountain Ski Area , Bretton Woods Mountain Resort , and Waterville Valley Resort are all popular winter ski resorts, and many of them provide year-round outdoor activities such as bridle paths , hiking trails, alpine slides , and

840-584: The writings of Louisa May Alcott , including the novel Eight Cousins and its sequel, Rose in Bloom . List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains The following is a list of subranges within the Appalachian Mountains , a mountain range stretching ~2,050 miles from Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada to Alabama , US. The Appalachians, at their initial formation, were a part of

870-440: Was acquired by GoDigital Media Group as part of its strategy to generate synergy between content, community and commerce. In June 2024, SDI Stores filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, marking Eastern Mountain Sports' third time in bankruptcy protection. The filing came after the company announced that up to 10 stores would close from both brands. SDI Stores owed millions of dollars in unpaid debt to many of its creditors. As

900-613: Was founded in 1967 in Wellesley, Massachusetts by two camping enthusiasts, Alan McDonough, who was running the family hotel chain, and Roger Furst, a lawyer whose office was in the McDonough complex. They targeted the outdoor equipment market in Boston. The first store on Linden St. in Wellesley carried the Gerry outdoor equipment line as well as downhill skis. In 1968, the two enterprises merged and built

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