Cannon Mt, NH - 1/02/04

A

anon

New member
Friday, 1/02/04 update: <BR> <BR>Tram still closed, only the Cannonball Quad running to the summit. <BR> <BR>Profile closed, so now only <I>one</I> route down from the summit. <BR> <BR>All other trails the same as yesterday. <BR> <BR>Scattered mountain flurries added maybe an inch during the morning hours today, (as they did yesterday), but it was not enough to offset the skier traffic. Better than nothing, though. <BR> <BR>They were blowing snow on Upper Ravine and Tramway. Cannon S.O.P. is to let whales sit & drain for 24-48 hours, so if they're still blowing snow on Upper Ravine today, then it probably won't be groomed out & open until Sunday at the earliest. <BR> <BR>At least temps are cold enough for making snow. The wind was coming from the South, though, which is usually an ominous sign of warm, wet weather on the way. I'm praying Cannon will be on the North side of the rain/snow line tomorrow, but only time will tell. <BR> <BR>Quit at 11AM to try a short local ski tour, but found very thin cover on the trail at 1900' elev. Where we planned to ascend the mountain, a large puddle (<I>wetland</I> might be a better term) blocked the trail access. Although we could have skied around it, it was clear that there was only 0"-6" of snow in the trees at that elevation, and while we could have skinned up, skiing down would not have been practical, so we gave up on it. <BR> <BR>During the last 24 hours of 2003, the Mount Washington Observatory recorded enough snow to push December '03 just beyond an "average" December snowfall. The snowfall deficit for the seasonal total stands at about -11" (per the OBS monthly summary), or -13.4" (what I get when I add up their numbers), due to the November snow drought. <BR> <BR>Unfortunately, the large amounts of December precipitation in the form of r*** washed most of our snowfall away, leaving what I imagine is a well-below-normal snowpack on the ground for this time of year.
 
Thanks for the updates,Anon.I was considering skinning/skiing Tuckerbrook on 1/1.Glad I decided to do the Serburne again. I'm headed up again tomorrow with a bud.I'm skinning/skiing and he's swissbobbing. <BR>((* <BR>*))NHPH
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top