The Flume Gorge Franconia
— — a crack in the mountain you can walk through.
Not only on a wall.
“An 800-foot slot cut into the granite shoulder of Mount Liberty, found by a 93-year-old woman fishing in 1808. A boardwalk threads the bottom of the gorge, walls rising 70 to 90 feet on either side, close enough in places to touch both at once. At the head the brook drops over Avalanche Falls into a green pool. The whole loop is two miles, cool in the deepest summer. from the studio
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The Flume Gorge is a natural slot at the base of Mount Liberty in Franconia Notch State Park, in the White Mountains of north-central New Hampshire. The chasm runs about 800 feet long, with vertical walls of Conway granite rising between 70 and 90 feet and standing 12 to 20 feet apart at the floor. It was discovered in 1808 by 93-year-old Jess Guernsey while she was fishing. The state has run a marked trail and boardwalk through the gorge since the late 19th century, drawing the largest visitation of any New Hampshire state park.
The Flume Brook carries snowmelt and rain through the gorge year-round, dropping over Avalanche Falls at the head of the slot, a 45-foot cascade named for an 1883 storm that tore out the original boulder dam at the top. Below the gorge the brook joins the Pemigewasset, the headwater river of the Merrimack drainage. The temperature inside the slot runs noticeably colder than the trail above, a microclimate created by the shaded walls and the continuous spray off the falls.
The Flume operates a posted season, typically early May through late October, with timed admission tickets sold at the visitor center on Route 3. The standard loop runs about 2 miles and climbs roughly 500 feet, with a covered bridge at the start, the boardwalk through the gorge, and a forest path returning past the Sentinel Pine Bridge and the Pool. Allow ninety minutes at an unhurried pace. The boardwalk closes in winter; the surrounding trails remain open without services.