Cannon Lover's Thread

[snoseek]

I got 3 really good days at cannon to close out my season there. Yesterday was nice to be comfy and the groomers were skiing superb.

 

[Smellytele]

Heading back up tomorrow!

 

[Smellytele]

You were right behind me.

You used to have a Toyota Land Rover right?

 

[Puck it]

You used to have a Toyota Land Rover right?

FJ. Colorado now.

 

[Smellytele]

Cannon was great today. Drive up sucked to Plymouth. No snow from Plymouth to Lincoln.
Cannon had a few inches. Vista way was a lot of fun. Ducked into lost boys and go green glades that were in mid season condition.
Snowed all day. Late afternoon lower 300 feet turned to light r@!n.

 

[Zap71]

What kind of grade would Jace get for his first year as GM ? Considering it was generally a good year decent snowmaking temps limited january like thaws etc. I give him a B+ since paulies,turnpikes,blueball and L hardscrable had no snow made. Anyone know if it was a +$ season or -$ season? Feb 28th advisory comittie meeting status minutes ?

 

[snoseek]

What kind of grade would Jace get for his first year as GM ? Considering it was generally a good year decent snowmaking temps limited january like thaws etc. I give him a B+ since paulies,turnpikes,blueball and L hardscrable had no snow made. Anyone know if it was a +$ season or -$ season? Feb 28th advisory comittie meeting status minutes ?

I'll go with b+. It was weird that whole side didn't see snowmaking..lower and turnpike especially as they take the load off the middle mtn although having bypass was great. Also great to have select midweek days with the tram running, would love to see more of that.

I might spread out more next year and just use my indy days and buy a couple vet discount day tickets. Not really sure yet.

 

[deadheadskier]

Surprises me they never got to that skiers left side on the lower half of the mountain. My one complaint about Cannon is I don't particularly care for the Peabody terrain. Just too much of a choke point that really results in poor snow conditions quickly. Anything they can do to spread the traffic out in the middle and down low helps.

 

[snoseek]

I'm curious if it was a system failure or just too much for the snowmaking budget.

 

[Abubob]

Also great to have select midweek days with the tram running, would love to see more of that.

The only times I’ve seen the tram run midweek is turning Massachusetts vacation weeks. Has that changed?

 

[snoseek]

They ran it a few times randomly, mostly nh resident Wednesdays.

People hate on the tram but for me personally I love taking morning/afternoon laps on it. The chair setup at cannon is kind of a drag for t2b runs imo..
And cold

 

[thebigo]

skied 70 something days at cannon this year, think I rode the tram a total of three times, two of those three were when peabody was down, I hate that thing.

they did make snow on turnpike but never finished. I could never get a decent answer on lower hard but agree it should be a priority next year. Paulies was mechanical failure but I am fine leaving one of the front 5 natural, especially if it means more snow making midmountain.

As for Jace, most had only good things to say. Mittersill open a month earlier was big, there was no quit in the snowmaking, other nearby mountains took their foot off the gas in january, Cannon kept blowing. Jace could also be seen wiping tables in peabody midweek, checking in with bar staff regularly, greeting guests at mittersill double when T bar went down, etc.

 

[BodeMiller1]

Surprises me they never got to that skiers left side on the lower half of the mountain. My one complaint about Cannon is I don't particularly care for the Peabody terrain. Just too much of a choke point that really results in poor snow conditions quickly. Anything they can do to spread the traffic out in the middle and down low helps.

It's good when no one's on them. Weekends nope. One thing about Cannon they will blow snow and open half a trail. I don't think they do it to inflate the trail count, butt because some of the trails are 50 - 75 Yds wide; coupled with the steep lines it takes a ton of snow.

Cannon's never going to be perfect and that's okay.

 

[ceo]

If I was in charge of Cannon I'd make it a high priority to get Lower Hardscrabble and Turnpike/Redball open early and keep them that way, likewise Bypass. I've said this before, but one of Cannon's more intractable weaknesses is its topography that results in this mid-mountain chokepoint; when only Middle Cannon, Middle Ravine and Spookie are open below Cannonball it gets a little boring.

 

[Abubob]

They ran it a few times randomly, mostly nh resident Wednesdays.

People hate on the tram but for me personally I love taking morning/afternoon laps on it. The chair setup at cannon is kind of a drag for t2b runs imo..
And cold

Maybe while the Peabody was down? I missed all that. I used to love to race the tram (never beat it though). That’s a run I could do all the time. You could practically ski all of Cannon only riding the tram. Probably takes less time than riding the Peabody and Cannonball. I usually end up lapping on either the Zoomer or Cannonball chairs. P

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

The whole aspect on the left side of Mittetsill, basically between Wicked Hard and Saddle/Baron's Run should be trails and/or glades.

 

[thebigo]

Maybe while the Peabody was down? I missed all that. I used to love to race the tram (never beat it though). That’s a run I could do all the time. You could practically ski all of Cannon only riding the tram. Probably takes less time than riding the Peabody and Cannonball. I usually end up lapping on either the Zoomer or Cannonball chairs. P

tram definitely ran a bunch of NH wednesdays, peabody was only down for a few days, it was not multiple weeks

also raced the tram decades ago when I had a pass as a UNH student, remember it being fun. should probably give it another chance next year. a half empty tram with no wait is not bad, a packed tram with a wait is a lousy experience.

 

[thebigo]

The whole aspect on the left side of Mittetsill, basically between Wicked Hard and Saddle/Baron's Run should be trails and/or glades.

does not hold snow and too steep for most skiers. I would love to see a cut through from mid mountain to the top of tuckerbrook, just for getting back and forth between the upper mountain and mittersill when the saddle is boney but the topography is not cooperative.

 

[Abubob]

tram definitely ran a bunch of NH wednesdays, peabody was only down for a few days, it was not multiple weeks

also raced the tram decades ago when I had a pass as a UNH student, remember it being fun. should probably give it another chance next year. a half empty tram with no wait is not bad, a packed tram with a wait is a lousy experience.

I only skied a couple Wednesdays and missed out both times.

 

[BodeMiller1]

Maybe we'll hear from steamboat1...

He's dead. I told him not to drink cheap beer