The site on Overlook Mountain includes more than 40 rock piles and six “giant cairns” dated to pre-modern times.

An ancient sea gave Red Lodge Mountain ski area its most striking formation. Skiers and snowboarders know the angular ridge of rocks along ... the Palisades lift was drawing an eager crowd.

By Jenna Russell Photographs by John Tully FRANCONIA NOTCH, N.H. — In the annals of natural rock formations resembling human faces, New Hampshire’s Old Man of the Mountain was an unrivaled ...