Cannon Lover's Thread

[Mariewatson777]

How is Cannon this year? We are going up the first week of February!

 

[VTKilarney]

For all of you complaining about the "race kids"

1. FSC literally helped build and create Cannon and cut many of the trails on the mountain.
2. Thank FSC for the improved snowmaking they bought and paid for the new compressor that has improved snowmaking for the whole mountain and is the sole reason they can now blow snow on the entire front five at once.
3. Barons/Mittersill improvement paid for by FSC
4. Echo lake dam rebuilt and paid for by FSC. Improves snowmaking over the whole mountain

wrong mountain to complain about. Cannon/fSC are practicably inseparable.

This pretty much sums up the FSC feeling of entitlement. Even if this was true it doesn't excuse a lot of behavior.

 

[JimG.]

I think race team behavior is a major complaint at many if not most ski areas; remember the kid's behavior is often the result of messages they get from adults (coaches and parents). Ski school etiquette is not much better.

Paying for lessons, coaching, snowmaking, lifts, condos, season passes or day tickets does not excuse crappy attitudes.

 

[iSki]

How long have you biatches been taking up space on these slopes? Like it or not the ski club will be there when your long gone. Yeah the kids can be a PIA but they sure as hell don't bitch line u old farts! Ski good or eat wood! Btw there are 170 + FSC athletes + their families. They pay just like everyone else. I doubt Cannon would be viable without their $.

 

[Tin]

How long have you biatches been taking up space on these slopes? Like it or not the ski club will be there when your long gone. Yeah the kids can be a PIA but they sure as hell don't bitch line u old farts! Ski good or eat wood! Btw there are 170 + FSC athletes + their families. They pay just like everyone else. I doubt Cannon would be viable without their $.

Go back to the club and do some jagerbombs chief.

 

[iSki]

Sounds good prefer bourbon but I like your style. Drinking is better than bitching but often go together

 

[deadheadskier]

FTR - I ran into several people at the bar today at Wildcat who said the skiing at Cannon yesterday was terrible. Maybe having Gary's available might have made it a better day for them and they wouldn't have taken their money to Wildcat. I do know closing trails for race training is common practice at many areas, but when terrain is limited, there needs to be balance. Race teams at Wildcat only took up a third of one trail and it was left open for the public to use as well.

 

[iSki]

Gary's was open to the public today. Race training was on the left side. It was slick with small bumps forming in the open area. Sooner and avelanche had fresh ungroomed under the guns skiing which was better. Cannon still needs at least 2 feet of natural to be fun so keep drinking

 

[Cannonball]

I think race team behavior is a major complaint at many if not most ski areas; remember the kid's behavior is often the result of messages they get from adults (coaches and parents). Ski school etiquette is not much better.

Paying for lessons, coaching, snowmaking, lifts, condos, season passes or day tickets does not excuse crappy attitudes.

Hey Jim, this guy below was nice enough to give you a real example to help emphasize your point....

How long have you biatches been taking up space on these slopes? Like it or not the ski club will be there when your long gone. Yeah the kids can be a PIA but they sure as hell don't bitch line u old farts! Ski good or eat wood! Btw there are 170 + FSC athletes + their families. They pay just like everyone else. I doubt Cannon would be viable without their $.

 

[JimG.]

Hey Jim, this guy below was nice enough to give you a real example to help emphasize your point....

lol

 

[Tin]

So are they roping things off that are "closed" on Mittersill?

 

[SIKSKIER]

You can ski anything you want at Mitty,but besides Barons there is very little cover.I wouldnt be venturing anywhere else just yet.Not an FSC fan per say but Mittersill would not be open if not for the snowmaking.FWIW

 

[Tin]

You can ski anything you want at Mitty,but besides Barons there is very little cover.I wouldnt be venturing anywhere else just yet.Not an FSC fan per say but Mittersill would not be open if not for the snowmaking.FWIW

Thanks for the intell.

 

[fcksummer]

Best day of the season today. Probably because there were hardly any racers.

 

[freeski]

Race kids never bother me. I like to watch them. They're good athletes. Maybe someday a Cannon skier will win Olympic Gold!

 

[JDMRoma]

Race kids never bother me. I like to watch them. They're good athletes. Maybe someday a Cannon skier will win Olympic Gold!

Yep race kids are great ! Especially when there are 100 of them lined up at Zoomer first thing in the morning making it a complete cluster F$@k !


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[Smellytele]

I like the thought of the FSC it has just attracted or created little monsters and their parents that think they are the reason the sun rises. Are they all that way? - No but with everything the ones who get noticed are the ones that misbehave. This is not just the FSC but a lot of ski race programs.

 

[JDMRoma]

I like the thought of the FSC it has just attracted or created little monsters and their parents that think they are the reason the sun rises. Are they all that way? - No but with everything the ones who get noticed are the ones that misbehave. This is not just the FSC but a lot of ski race programs.

Very true ! Most are fine, well behaved.
Just those few ....
More often than not its another ski club
That are the worst.
It's getting better now that we can spread out.


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[VTKilarney]

I'd say that it's much more than a few, but it's not all.

 

[dlague]

Some where on this thread someone mention that Gary's only gets roped of one or twice per season for racing (I will be counting this year). Well Saturday was one of those days and Time Zone was also used for race training.

I was there Sat, Sun, and Mon. Talk about three different days. Saturday was heavy snow but conditions were very good with exception of Middle Cannon and Spookie having there usual ice. Sunday, everything hardened up and skiing was very fast and it was sunny. Monday, it snowed all day and it put down a nice fluffy powder and Middle Cannon finally was covered up enough. Monday was windy and cold. This whole weekend was the best so far at Cannon. It is nice that skiers and snowboarders are getting more spread out.

That being said on Saturday I saw a racer take out a kid on Gremlin. The ski school had a snake going down the trail and he tried to fly through a gap and it did not work out as planned obviously. I was pissed when I saw it but worried about the little one (not mine). Worst of all he did not even apologize - got up and skied away. Gremlin is tough many different levels of skiers on a relatively narrow trail.