Biking

There's some challenging road biking near Sugar Hill northeast of the White Mountains; you'll be rewarded with great vistas and charming villages.

The White Mountains have plenty of opportunities for mountain bikers; trails are open to bikers unless otherwise noted. (Bikes are not allowed in wilderness areas.) The upland roads outside of Jackson offer some superb country biking, as does the steep terrain around Franconia and Sugar Hill. Great Glen Trails (tel. 603/466-2333), near Mount Washington, and Waterville Valley Base Camp (tel. 800/468-2553 or 603/236-4666), at the southwest edge of the park, both offer bike rentals and maintained mountain-bike trails for a fee. Waterville Valley also has lift-serviced mountain biking.