Cannon 04/08/2015

[dlague]

I felt this deserved its own trip report

So ...... Not sure why I didn't do this before, however, I took a extended lunch today and headed to Cannon. Skied from 11:50 to 1 and I had a blast. The conditions were PERFECT! Although, from lift conversations, I heard things were frozen solid earlier in the day. I guess timing is everything, because evidently things softened up considerably to mid winter conditions at the summit and off Peabody and very soft off the front by the time I was there. Ended up skiing Profile->Middle Ravine->No Name Trail (across Gremlin and Rock garden)->Zoomer, then Back up and skied Upper Cannon->By Pass->Extension->Avalanche, then Middle Cannon->Rock Garden->Rocket and finished off with two runs off Zoomer Chair on Paulie's Folly and Garys (to complete the front). I was able to complete all of these runs in one hour flat. Nice thing about skiing alone - non stop ski on ski off. Conditions were playful and super fun. The bumps on skier's right on Zoomer were a little thick where untracked. Like I said - wish I would have done that earlier in the season.

Profile
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On Peabody Chair
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Avalanche Down
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Avalanche Up
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Zoomer
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Zoomer Bumps

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Spontaneity!

 

[granite]

I too was there today from 1 pm to 3:30 pm. What more can you say, dlague's photos and report tell it all. Just another fantastic and typical winter day at Cannon.................I mean spring day at Cannon.

 

[dlague]

I did ski two other runs - Lower Cannon and Gremlin but only to get to the Peabody Lift.