

Chair lift in the Belknap Range of New Hampshire's White Mountains. 



At the summit, where in winter the skiers concentrate on their 

 schusses and slaloms, the summer tourist finds many things to 

 interest him in his more leisurely program. There are picnic 

 sites and camp sites complete with cooking facilities. 



Even in transit, while the chairs silently and safely haul him 

 to the summit, the visitor can spot wildlife and birdlife in their 

 natural habitat. This is particularly true in New England, which 

 is today served by many lifts, the skimobile, and the aerial tram- 

 way. Out in the West, which took to the ingenious "uphill only" 

 and now "downhill, too" after New England had set the fashion, 

 deer and elk, unmindful of the figures dangling like watch fobs 

 in the air, amble along below. 



These trips up the mountain are simple, leisurely, and breath- 

 taking. There are no hazards attached to riding a chair lift. It 

 is possible that the novice might experience a slight touch of 

 vertigo as at first he looks downward, but this soon passes. In the 



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Nearing the top at Mt. Mansfield, Vermont 



