Date(s) Skied: 4/9/05
Resort or Ski Area: Cannon, NH
Conditions: Spring corn
Trip Report: What an awesome day! I took my time getting there and was ready to ski by about 10am. On my way to get my lift ticket from the guest service desk I happened to walk right by where fellow AZer riverc0il was taking a short break after skiing since first chair. Luckily he flagged me down and we decided to make a few runs together.
We started off riding the Peabody Express Quad up and quickly found that upper mountain was still pretty firm. So I followed riverc0il down to the Zoomer Triple to ski the lower part of the mountain, which was already nice and soft. We took a few great runs and I took a couple of falls including a rather embarrassing fall near the bottom of the lift.
Luckily Greg was busy catching other people's falls at the Loaf so there's no pics of this one. After maybe 4 runs we decided to head to the upper mountain to see if it had loosened up a little. Our timing was perfect, it was very nice up there. We skied a few runs and my legs were shot, luckily it was lunch time and I was able to convince riverc0il to stop for lunch.
We had a nice leisurely lunch in the Peabody Lodge and got ready to head back to the hill. My legs were still pretty shot, I knew I wouldn't last long. Riverc0il grabbed his rock skis so I figured that he would go off and his thing on terrain that I wasn't ready to go anywhere near. I was happy that he skied 2 or 3 runs with me before deciding to head off on his own. I headed up to the top and climbed up the observation tower to attempt to take some pics with my camera before the battery died. :evil: I slowly made my way down the mountain, having to stop several times to give my jello legs a break. I made it down by about 1:50, just in time for the 2:00 pond skimming competition. The pond skimming was ok, but not real eventful.
I headed into lodge to change out of my boots to find both of my bags were gone! :angry: After frantically searching around the area where I left them for a few minutes I spotted them sitting on a chair across the lodge from where I left them. Luckily no one had taken anything! I have no idea why anyone would have moved them, but I was glad they were still there.
All in all a great day skiing with a great AZer! I was glad Steve (riverc0il) saw me and was able to show me around. I hope I didn't slow him up too much on his last chance for lift served skiing on Cannon for the season.
See my pics HERE (only a few due to the dying battery)
Resort or Ski Area: Cannon, NH
Conditions: Spring corn
Trip Report: What an awesome day! I took my time getting there and was ready to ski by about 10am. On my way to get my lift ticket from the guest service desk I happened to walk right by where fellow AZer riverc0il was taking a short break after skiing since first chair. Luckily he flagged me down and we decided to make a few runs together.
We started off riding the Peabody Express Quad up and quickly found that upper mountain was still pretty firm. So I followed riverc0il down to the Zoomer Triple to ski the lower part of the mountain, which was already nice and soft. We took a few great runs and I took a couple of falls including a rather embarrassing fall near the bottom of the lift.
Luckily Greg was busy catching other people's falls at the Loaf so there's no pics of this one. After maybe 4 runs we decided to head to the upper mountain to see if it had loosened up a little. Our timing was perfect, it was very nice up there. We skied a few runs and my legs were shot, luckily it was lunch time and I was able to convince riverc0il to stop for lunch.We had a nice leisurely lunch in the Peabody Lodge and got ready to head back to the hill. My legs were still pretty shot, I knew I wouldn't last long. Riverc0il grabbed his rock skis so I figured that he would go off and his thing on terrain that I wasn't ready to go anywhere near. I was happy that he skied 2 or 3 runs with me before deciding to head off on his own. I headed up to the top and climbed up the observation tower to attempt to take some pics with my camera before the battery died. :evil: I slowly made my way down the mountain, having to stop several times to give my jello legs a break. I made it down by about 1:50, just in time for the 2:00 pond skimming competition. The pond skimming was ok, but not real eventful.
I headed into lodge to change out of my boots to find both of my bags were gone! :angry: After frantically searching around the area where I left them for a few minutes I spotted them sitting on a chair across the lodge from where I left them. Luckily no one had taken anything! I have no idea why anyone would have moved them, but I was glad they were still there.
All in all a great day skiing with a great AZer! I was glad Steve (riverc0il) saw me and was able to show me around. I hope I didn't slow him up too much on his last chance for lift served skiing on Cannon for the season.
See my pics HERE (only a few due to the dying battery)
