Cannon 2-5-12

[tomcat]

Decided to make the trudge down from mid Maine for the 2 for 1. It was busy but never any wait longer than 5 mins max on the lifts with the exception of the tram which was a little backed up mid morning and Zoomer which seemed to be crowded but still not much more than 5 mins wait. By 130 or 200 it began to thin out, by 300 the lifts were ski directly on.
The groomers did a nice job but a lot of the trails started to get skied off by mid afternoon but there was still plenty of good runs through 3PM. Lots of snow blowing on front 5 kept that area soft throughout the day.
Early morning my top runs were Taft-Upper Ravine-Short Fuse-Lower Hardscrabble-down to Peabody Chair. Avalanche was fun but got icy very quickly. Zoomer run was always enjoyable with continuous snow blowing on it. Late day my pick was Tramway-Middle Cannon- any route back to Peabody as the snow was consistent late afternoon on those trails as well as Cannonball on upper mountain which stayed fairly consistent throughout the day.

 

[xwhaler]

Nice report. That's a long, long way from Dover Foxcroft for just a day trip.
I wonder did you consider Saddleback with their $29 Maine Day yesterday? I had my best day of the season on Sat up there, everything was skiing great...woods are game on up in NW Maine!

 

[tomcat]

I've been wanting to try Cannon for a while now and I thought it was a good chance with the 2-1. I ski Saddleback quite a bit with various discounts but try to avoid the Maine days as they can be busy on a nice day which can be a hassle on that super slow Rangely double lift. Everything is a long way from Dover Foxcroft.

 

[Cannonball]

Sounds pretty decent. I opted to pass on Cannon for fear of 2-fer crowds. Hiked Liberty instead. This was the view of Cannon. What a day. Virtually unlimited viz....

 

[riverc0il]

I skied Jay on Saturday and while driving the notch, I was really impressed with how caked the treeless regions of Cannon are. Nice shot from Liberty, Cannonball!

 

[Cannonball]

Thanks. Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The slides on the Pressi's had that same "caked" look...

 

[thetrailboss]

Nice TR. How long of a drive did you have?

 

[tomcat]

It was close to 4 hrs but not much traffic early Sunday or Sunday evening during the Super Bowl.

 

[thetrailboss]

Nice. Way to get at it and go to a place you don't normally go to. Too bad that there was not a faster way across New England to get there...