Eighty rooms and suites at Hale's Location, the only resort on the lower flanks of Cathedral Ledge, with a year-round heated outdoor pool, the Ledges Restaurant, the Hale's Location nine-hole golf course out the front door, and ski packages to Cranmore, Attitash, and Wildcat fifteen minutes north.
"The Hale's Location hotel under the cliffs of Cathedral Ledge, a year-round pool, a ledge-rated golf course out the door, and the most family-credible address in the Mount Washington Valley."
The White Mountain Hotel & Resort sits on the 117-acre Hale's Location private development beneath the western face of Cathedral Ledge in North Conway, the Mount Washington Valley resort town of just over two thousand year-round residents that swells five-fold in the foliage and ski seasons. The hotel opened on the property in 1991 and is the only commercial accommodation inside Hale's Location; the rest of the development is single-family homes set into the woods around the nine-hole golf course.
The hotel's defining feature is the view. Cathedral Ledge rises seven hundred vertical feet directly behind the building (the cliff is the most-climbed granite face in New Hampshire, with three hundred multi-pitch trad routes catalogued); the property's golf-course-facing rooms look due west across Hale's Location to the Moats, the limestone ridge that defines the western edge of the Mount Washington Valley. Eighty rooms and suites occupy the four-storey main block; every room runs the Cathedral Ledge or the Moats aspect.
The property's amenity programme is calibrated for the four-season Mount Washington Valley family booking. The year-round heated outdoor pool runs through the New Hampshire winter (the most-photographed amenity on the property); the hot tub, the indoor whirlpool, the fitness centre, the seasonal tennis programme, and the Hale's Location nine-hole executive golf course are all on the property. Cranmore Mountain Resort (alpine), Attitash (alpine), and Wildcat (alpine) ski areas are within fifteen minutes by car; the hotel runs a ski-package programme that bundles room, breakfast at the Ledges Restaurant, and a lift ticket to any of the three. The Mount Washington Cog Railway and the Mount Washington Auto Road are within forty minutes.
The Ledges Restaurant runs three meals daily; the breakfast included in the room rate is a substantial New England buffet (eggs, bacon, fruit, oatmeal, breads), the dinner programme runs the Mount Washington Valley template (rack of lamb, scallops, the slow-braised short rib). Aveda bath products, Serta Perfect Sleeper mattresses, and Keurig coffee makers run in every room. The hotel's North Conway location, a short drive to Settlers Green outlet shopping, the Conway Scenic Railroad, and the Saco River canoeing, makes it the family-base property in the valley.
The White Mountain is the family-trip base in the Mount Washington Valley. The Two Queen Premium room category sleeps a parent and two children comfortably; connecting King-and-Two-Queen room configurations are available for the larger family. The year-round heated outdoor pool is the children's-favourite amenity on the property, the indoor whirlpool runs in the winter when the outdoor pool gets too cold for the under-six set, the Hale's Location nine-hole course is a teachable golf course for the older children. The Ledges Restaurant runs a children's menu, and the property's North Conway location puts Settlers Green outlets, the Conway Scenic Railroad, and Story Land within fifteen minutes.
For the New Hampshire anniversary on a non-Mount Washington-Hotel budget, the White Mountain's Junior Suite category, sitting area, gas fireplace, Cathedral Ledge view aspect, is the smartest pick in North Conway. The Ledges Restaurant runs a respected dinner programme, the year-round outdoor pool with the Cathedral Ledge backdrop is the photograph the couple takes home, and the package programmes (Foliage Anniversary, Ski Romance) frequently undercut the room-only rate.
87 Fairway Drive
North Conway, NH 03860
United States
Hale's Location · North Conway; Mount Washington Valley; Portland International Jetport 125 minutes; Manchester-Boston Regional 110 minutes; Boston Logan 175 minutes
80 rooms and suites in the four-storey main block
Two Queen Room from $187/night
King Room from $209/night
Premium King Room (Cathedral Ledge view) from $259/night
Junior Suite (gas fireplace, sitting area) from $349/night
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Opened 1991 on the 117-acre Hale's Location development; the only commercial accommodation inside Hale's Location; pet-friendly select rooms
Year-round heated outdoor pool and hot tub
Indoor whirlpool and fitness centre
Hale's Location nine-hole executive golf course
Ledges Restaurant (three meals daily; breakfast included)
Seasonal tennis programme
Aveda bath products and Serta mattresses
Ski-package programme to Cranmore, Attitash, and Wildcat
Free Wi-Fi
From $187 / night, full breakfast at the Ledges Restaurant included. The Cathedral Ledge view rooms and the Junior Suites book three months ahead for the foliage window (late September through mid-October) and the December 26-through-New-Year window. The ski-package programme (room, breakfast, and a lift ticket to Cranmore, Attitash, or Wildcat) is consistently the best-value booking in mid-week winter.
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