2-3' at Cannon

[riverc0il]

In hind sight, I think I may have been a little excited in reporting 2-3' as the areas deeper than say two and a half feet had to have been drifts but there was definitely a minimum base of two feet and more than that in many areas.

Man, the wind is honking today. Can't wait to see what Tuckerman looks like after the avalanche cycle!! Should fill up the East Snowfields better than before as well, they were really hurting even a month ago.

 

[polski]

My post crossed with Steve's. I appreciate the further detail. Other thing I was going to say is I think I could be very happy lapping Avalanche/Pauly's/Zoomer if that's good and it really does suck higher up.

The Verizon Wireless question is probably the most pressing issue for me at this point. Anyone?

 

[riverc0il]

At least at lower elevations it rose above freezing yesterday per Steve's report; it dropped below freezing last night; today above freezing; tonight, below. I'm betting it wouldn't ski anywhere close to 2' deep and if I'm right about that, it could be a very nice outing. I may well be wrong but I think it's a close enough call that it'd be worth betting a 2 hr drive on, if other circumstances permit.

I would say go for it just for the sake of an adventure. Heck, even yesterday was a LOT of work for very tough skiing. It was fun because it was an adventure and a crazy late season storm, not because the turns were epic, because they were not.

But I do need to clarify what I meant by "lower elevations" rising above freezing. This perhaps suggested the lower part of the mountain but I am not so sure the top of the Zoomer trails got above freezing. Perhaps they did. But I would say the above freezing feeling started on the lower half of the front face area and was only definite on the run out back to my car where snow was melting off the windshield of my car. I doubt anything above Avalanche got above freezing and I am not even sure the top of the front face trails got above freezing. Just my guesses here and I would love to hear exact readings if any one else was up there and took measurements.

Keep an eye out over on T4T and hope someone else can report back on today. I doubt there was much consolidation though it will be interesting to see what the "ground up" heating effect will be and what it will do to the snow. However, the snow pack was so deep and bottomless, that that ultimately may not matter.

Essentially, go for the adventure but I wouldn't expect primo conditions and if you get them, then I picked the wrong day for sure.

 

[riverc0il]

The Verizon Wireless question is probably the most pressing issue for me at this point. Anyone?

I get one bar at the base with US Cellular and a good signal up top. I have seen lots of people using cell phones at Cannon without constantly asking for the other party to repeat themselves so there that is for what it is worth.

 

[awf170]

Ha ha ha, nice try! So where are YOU going tomorrow, the Blog Railroad? ;-)

OK, seriously, I hear what you're saying, and you have a lot more experience with this than I do. Here's my admittedly speculative thinking: The deep snow started out very dense, i.e. (well?) on its way to becoming consolidated. At least at lower elevations it rose above freezing yesterday per Steve's report; it dropped below freezing last night; today above freezing; tonight, below. I'm betting it wouldn't ski anywhere close to 2' deep and if I'm right about that, it could be a very nice outing. I may well be wrong but I think it's a close enough call that it'd be worth betting a 2 hr drive on, if other circumstances permit.

I'm also concerned that after tonight we won't get the "freeze" part of the cycle for the foreseeable future, plus it's going to get pretty warm and there may be some rain. So even if tomorrow isn't primo, I don't see it improving thereafter. Now or never?

Heck, it is just a two hour drive. Give it a try. My suggestion is to hope the mountain did not get above freezing today above like 3,000 feet, and head up stupidly early. Get to the top of the mountain by like 6-7am and hope for pow. If it isn't powder anymore head down to the zoomer area, chill for a bit, and wait for everything to corn up. Just for a heads up it is going to be wicked windy tomorrow.

BTW, no blog or washington tomorrow. Too windy, like gusts over a 100mph. Plus the avi danger was rated at 'extreme' today. Maybe Sunday though if everything is corned up by then. Stowe was epic enough yesterday to keep me content for a while.

http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/20-30/

Hopefully the pics of our whole journey will be up soon.

 

[polski]

Thanks -- ah well, this was a nice mental exercise/fantasy but I'm getting slammed with work and am not going to be able to give it a go tomorrow. I did see the wind in the forecast but it's supposed to be out of the NW and I thought perhaps the front face/down low might be OK in that situation. I'll be curious to see anyone else's reports.

 

[gpetrics]

BTW, no blog or washington tomorrow. Too windy, like gusts over a 100mph. Plus the avi danger was rated at 'extreme' today. Maybe Sunday though if everything is corned up by then. Stowe was epic enough yesterday to keep me content for a while.

http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/20-30/

Hopefully the pics of our whole journey will be up soon.

full pictoral TR is up now Austin

http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/trip-reports/09-10/stowe-april-28th-2010-20-to-30/1/

dude... what a great day man. absolutely had a blast skiing with you. glad you came up for a real treat on manny!!

 

[deadheadskier]

drove by Cannon on the way back from Quebec City today. Certainly looked like a ton of people made their way up there this weekend having fun. I was driving up Wednesday morning when that was going on. Actually drove over the Kanc as I was leaving from Rochester, NH and figured what the heck. Even with snows......white knuckle

 

[snowmonster]

I wish I saw this before the weekend. I'm still kicking myself for not skiing. Good job, Riv!