Cannon Mt - good and plenty! 10/24/03

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I didn't make it today, but my friends the Captain and Ski Rat got some awesome first tracks at Cannon today. <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2842.jpg" ALT="bottom of Taft looking up"> <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2843.jpg" ALT=" some where on top"> <BR>Gotta love it !!!
 
Yes, the usual suspects. <BR> <BR>Damn, I had to work! At the Village House last night, I heard there were tracks all over Avalanche, Zoomer, Rocket, and Garys. Knowing these two, I'm sure the summit was all tracked up, too!
 
Damn, I had stupid school yesterday and a game today and it will be all gone by sunday, Although there could be a Nor'Easter for wed nigh tinto thursday. Well all hope <BR>Porter
 
I forgot to add that Richard was there too! He's in the photo with Al. <BR>-way2ski
 
Woohoooo ! <BR>Thanks for the nice pix of Cannon ! <BR>It's too bad that it's raining here now, cause I would be in the mountains right now, as I have the rest of the day off, after a 4h test this morning.
 
Sure enough, I did not see a trail on the mountain today that hadn't been skied Thursday or Friday. There were even tracks on Profile and Middle Hardscrabble. Here's a few shots from Saturday, 10/25. <BR> <BR>Taft <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2844.jpg" ALT="Taft"> <BR> <BR>Tracks at the bottom of Skylight & Upper Ravine - probably the work of those two culprits pictured above. <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2845.jpg" ALT="RavineSkylight"> <BR> <BR>Paulie's Extension <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2846.jpg" ALT="Extension"> <BR> <BR>Paulie's Folly <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2847.jpg" ALT="Paulies"> <BR> <BR>Working overtime to finish the Peabody Lodge renovations. <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2848.jpg" ALT="Steve"> <BR> <BR>The latest technology at Cannon, a diesel-powered fixed grip quad. <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2849.jpg" ALT="newQuad">
 
Wow, congrats for you first ski trip, Lftgly ! <BR> <BR>Very nice pics ! It's a huge pleasure to see them this year too !!! <BR> <BR>(but I still suffer a lot for not being to ski myself at the moment, cause of the bad weather <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=":("><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=":("><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=":("><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=":("><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=":("><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=":("><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=":(">)
 
One year ago today, after a half-foot of natural snow and 4-5 nights of cold temps for snowmaking, Killington opened, and I was skiing top to bottom. <BR> <BR>One year later, I'm skiing Cannon top to bottom, only hiking for it because there's not a lift running anywhere in New England. Mount Washington has received almost twice the average October snowfall (13.8" avg., 26.5" this month). <BR> <BR>I guess the several thousand skiers and riders who showed up October 25, 2002 and paid $35 for a day ticket were not enough to convince Killington to do it again this year. <BR> <BR>The weather conditions this week were nearly identical to 2002, with four nights below freezing, and snowfall on three of those. SOME ski area could have opened a lift. No offense to Tenney, I appreciate what they're trying to do, but I'm not gonna drive 45 minutes south to pay to hike and ski a park. <BR> <BR>Oh well, the temperatures were rising and the snow was getting sticky when I left Cannon at 1PM. The rain is headed this way from Frankontour. This snow cover may not last long, but it was a welcome blessing, since we obviously can't count on Kmart to make any before Veterans Day.
 
Talking of Killington, take a look to the pic of oct 24 on RSN : <BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.rsn.com/cams/killton/full_size_image.html?image_asset_id=4448478&party_id=1146&segment_type=mtn"> KIllington oct 24</A> <BR> <BR>It looks like there is no gondola cabins, on the K1 gondi. Are they agreeing with the proposal of Patrick ?? <BR> <BR>Sure thing, if they removed the gondis, for any reasons, it means that they're not going to open in the next days.
 
Yeah... Skidudeski told me that, too, on the TFT chat. It's weird, to remove all the cabins like that... and it probably cost them a lot of money to always do that... although the cabins have a longer life doing this, I imagine.
 
these pics look nice. enough snow to take some turns. hey guys, good for you! i got some turns a couple of weeks ago in about 10"-20" of fresh. if feels good to get your fix, huh? <BR> <BR>i got a question for ya. i'm coming back east for xmas and want to check out cannon. i rode wv and loon a lot but never cannon. what's mittersill all about? i understand it's off the taft trail and to stay right, but that's it. i'm coming from big sky and would like to find some of the goods at cannon. now, i know i'll have to find them myself, but do ya have any 'pointers'? there's gonna be shait loads of snow around xmas. is it worth it for me to bring my split back you think(if there's enough snow)? or are the 'spots' accessible by lifts with a long traverse and maybe a little hike? similar to the trek to get to the goods off of N. Peak at loon. you know what i'm talking about i think. thanks for any info you are willing to tip me on.
 
Honestly, what you wrote above is about as much as you're going to get out of me on the internet! All the terrain on Cannon is lift accessible. Let's pray for lots of snow by Christmas!
 
fair enough. i figured that would be the case. i'll just ask around to some people on the hill who look like they know the mtn. or i'll scope it out myself. thanks though. and i think i'll skip bringing my split back w/ me. i don't like to ride that unless theres a very big base(2'-3'), and because you say i can access everything at cannon by lifts. i'll take your word. you think cannon will have a park up by xmas? do they even have a park? L8
 
Hamdog, effectively, I'm not sure that many people would answer you here, but I can give you a little hint, though... look into the threads of 2002-03 about Cannon. There is a lot of infos that could be interesting for you, I think ! <BR> <BR>You can also take a look to the Riverc0il website, where there is plenty off stuff and even recent summer pics of the off-trails at Mittersill. <BR> <BR>Park : I know there is a pipe, at least... see the 2nd pic of this report (5 days after closure of 2002-03). I never went to the mountain me neither, so I couldn't tell you more <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=":("> <BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/2508/2154.html?1051733975" TARGET="_top">http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/2508/2154.html?1051733975</A>
 
there might be pics but there are not directions to finding where the pics were taken! ;) <BR> <BR>yes, cannon has a park with various jumps and hits and such. i think they've been trying to develop and grow it a bit over the past two years. most likely part of their image identity crisis in trying to be all things to all people and attract more skiers.
 
Hahaha, of course not, River ! <BR> <BR>But as we know that there is a lot of lines in the mountain...it's easier to find them. May be not the best ones, but we just have to leave one trail and we have good chances to find an interesting spot ;)
 
"we just have to leave one trail and we have good chances to find an interesting spot ;)" <BR> <BR>gotchya. that's a big 10-4! <BR> <BR>during xmas time if you happen to see a snowboarder ripping it up in a very aggressive manner that looks like he's gonna kill someone if he doesn't slow down, just stay out of the way. thank you. ;)
 
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