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01 · Open & operating · Franconia, NH
Gale River House
Warmth & mountain charm.
- Type
- Boutique inn + private cottage
- Location
- Franconia, NH — minutes from Franconia Notch & Cannon
- Highlights
- Mountain-view rooms, outdoor pool, pet friendly
- Status
- Open, booking direct
Once a simple roadside motel, reimagined as a cozy hideaway for modern explorers.
Nestled along the quiet bends of the Gale River, the house invites travelers to pause, breathe, and rediscover the wonder of wandering.
Each room whispers a story — a pressed flower in a drawer, a journal sketch by the window, a map tracing forgotten trails. It's a gentle invitation to slow down, explore deeply, and feel part of the landscape itself.
02 · Upcoming · In development
Wilder Outpost
A basecamp for people who came here to do something.
Your bedroom is where you sleep. The Outpost is where you live.
Hike Franconia Ridge. Ski Cannon. Climb, ride, run, skin, explore. Wilder Outpost exists to make that day easier — and to give you somewhere worth coming back to when it's done.
We borrowed the social life of a very good hostel — communal tables, spontaneous conversation, people working alongside each other — and kept private rooms, real beds, real showers and a door you park in front of. The commons is the product: kitchen and bar, a self-serve market, a fireplace, trail maps and a weather board by the door.
- Type
- Basecamp hotel
- Program
- Communal main house, restaurant & ~30 drive-up rooms
- Guest
- Independent active travelers — solo, pairs, small crews
- Amenities
- Gear room, boot dryers, bike stand, coworking
03 · Experience · Now booking 2027
The Wilder Overland
Home is where you park it.
One night at a Wilder home. Three nights under the stars.
A four-day loop through New Hampshire's high country. Arrive at Gale River House and sleep in a real bed, then take the wheel of a fully outfitted Jeep Gladiator — rooftop tent, slide-out kitchen, everything checked and packed before you roll out.
Three camps, three towns, one triangle through the mountains. Each leg is an hour or two of road, so the days belong to trails, swimming holes and a fire under dark skies. On the final morning you drive back to where you started and hand back the keys — we handle the cleanup.
- Type
- Guided overland experience
- Format
- 1 night at a Wilder home + 3 nights rooftop-tent camping
- Rig
- Four-door Jeep Gladiator, fully kitted
- Season
- Now booking · 2027
The loop
01
Basecamp
Arrive at Gale River House. Meet the rig, walk through the gear, sleep in a real bed.
02
Camp One — The Notch
Roll out after breakfast. Hike the gorge, then pop the roof tent at a private site.
03
Camp Two — The Valley
Cross the Kancamagus. Swim holes, a mountain town dinner, dark skies.
04
Camp Three — The Ridge
Summit views and a last evening at camp, the quiet only the mountains give.
05
Return
Drive back to where you started and hand back the keys. We handle the cleanup.