Cannon - 01/18/07

[skibum9995]

Date Skied: 01/18/07

Ski Area: Cannon

Conditions: Manmade Packed Powder

Trip Report:
Nice sunny day, about 10 at the base in the morning. It was pretty windy early but the winds died throughout the day. When I walked into the lodge it was packed with some sort of group, most of them on rentals. I heard someone say this in reference to their lift ticket: Oh, it's a sticker. Can i just stick it anywhere? After hearing this and other comments I was expecting gapers all over the trails but they all went to Brookside and Tuckerbrook and I didn't see any of them all day. The conditions on the mountain were great. There was a hardpack base with packed manmade on top of it. Started the day with some runs on Garys and Rocket and then headed up to the summit. Tramway, Cannon, and Ravine were open from the top and all were great, especially Ravine. After a few runs off the Cannonball it was time for lunch. The afternoon was pretty much a repeat of the morning, some runs off Zoomer until Holderness showed up and set gates on Garys and Rocket, then back to the summit to finish the day.

 

[salida]

Ski Bum, I think you were parked right next to me... Silver car...?

Here is my report from the day:

Day 23, and damn was it fun at Cannon today.

Not many people there, but the ones who were, seemed to be very good skiers. It is always fun to be at a mountain where everyone is pretty capable, fun to watch from the lifts. Good snow on tram way, upper cannon, and ravine, all three are great trails. Lower mountain was pretty good too, ran some sweet runs down rocket. All in all the place is looking awesome, they were blowing glaciers on bypass and in the tuckerbrook area... hardly enough snow to go off piste, quite a few show stopping rocks lurking off the man made paths. Starting to classify the days by whether or not there are enough rocks under the snow to rattle the fritschis off... Damn for such a crappy snow season have we been have a real good time. Feeling a little antsy for snow and what we might consider doing if we finally get some fluff to deal with.

Here are some pictures of the shenanigans:

Videos:

G-man slaying some Conifers

Followed up by some jumping Antics

 

[reefer]

Thanks for the report. Nice pics. Even better vids. Too funny.

 

[skibum9995]

Nice pics. I've been wanting to get over there this year but the cover has been too thin for my taste. Good to see somebody enjoying it.

Ski Bum, I think you were parked right next to me... Silver car...?

Nope, black car. There was a silver car behind me.