Cannon Lover's Thread

[Zap71]

That was me who asked. Sure that isn't just a section that had a split that they cut out? That trail has fixed gear it would be odd to go into the season broken apart like that.

I have noticed the last few years they skip making snow on some trails: lower middle hardscrable,bypass moose alley at t brook ? and others? or just a minimal cover on some, broken pipe snowmaking $$ or just the cannon way

 

[AdironRider]

Haven’t the hardscrabbles traditionally been natural bump runs?

 

[deadheadskier]

"lower" Hardscrabble has for sure seen snowmaking most years that I've skied there. Upper and middle always natural. I put lower in quotations as I've always felt it strange because it's a different trail all together than Upper and Middle hardscrabble

 

[thebigo]

most of the legacy trails make sense: cannon, ravine, taft.

parallel middle and lower hardscrabble never made any sense, you look at maps from 60 years ago and the names have not changed. would love to know the history.

they are blowing taft slalom but nothing on upper ravine as far as I could see. think the resurfacing needs down low may have been greater than anticipated. trail of the day probably tramway, avalanche was brutal - suitable for sharp GS skis only.

 

[Puck it]

Lower Hard has seen snowmaking. Bypass has been skipped the last two years. Paulies had a blow out about 2/3's of the way down that prevented snowmaking last year and caused a nice hole to form from the blow out that was filled over the summer. I had heard that the pipe may not have been repaired. Paulies pipes are relatively new. They were added in the first few years of JD. Before that lines were pulled thru the woods from Avy.

A booster pump has been repaired and a heat excahgner for a compressor has been replace. They are pounding the mountain right now. Upper Ravine and Taft going. Big Link, Missing Link witha few. Middle Ravine, Lower Ravine, Chute. Lower Gremlin from eagle cliff unload down to the ususal thin/bare spot(12 guns). 2 guns on middle cannon where the bare spot was earlier this week. I would say close to 100 guns running.

 

[snoseek]

They'll resurface over the weekend and flip into expansion mode real quick. I guess Vermont didn't send over much of that snow

 

[Zap71]

They'll resurface over the weekend and flip into expansion mode real quick. I guess Vermont didn't send over much of that snow

We got robed Vermont got the snow again, but evan their it was spotty.

 

[doublediamond]

Any reason why Bypass keeps getting skipped? I’ve only been to Cannon a couple of times and it was closed both. Seems like a vital linke from upper mountain to lower mountain as well as a vital additional route off the Peabody HSQ.

 

[snoseek]

We got robed Vermont got the snow again, but evan their it was spotty.

Its a tale old as time.

 

[AdironRider]

"lower" Hardscrabble has for sure seen snowmaking most years that I've skied there. Upper and middle always natural. I put lower in quotations as I've always felt it strange because it's a different trail all together than Upper and Middle hardscrabble

I think you're right, I always forget lower hardscrabble is actually called that and just associate it as something else, but I do associate upper and middle as natural bumps.

 

[bigbob]

We got robed Vermont got the snow again, but evan their it was spotty.

Vt is just getting even for all their residents that cross the river to avoid the sales tax.

 

[ceo]

Any reason why Bypass keeps getting skipped? I’ve only been to Cannon a couple of times and it was closed both. Seems like a vital linke from upper mountain to lower mountain as well as a vital additional route off the Peabody HSQ.

The steep part of Bypass is hard to keep snow on; the wind blows right up that little knob and strips it to bare ice. It's a fun trail with nice views otherwise.

 

[thebigo]

Any reason why Bypass keeps getting skipped? I’ve only been to Cannon a couple of times and it was closed both. Seems like a vital linke from upper mountain to lower mountain as well as a vital additional route off the Peabody HSQ.

hoses were being deployed to bypass this afternoon

 

[snoseek]

hoses were being deployed to bypass this afternoon

It's been a few years. That trail is a windblown hellscape most of the time but somehow fun and visually stunning. I'll report back on this tomorrow.

Any additional routes down the middle help.