riverc0il
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This was a last minute call, so I was not able to respond to Puck it in the Trips & Events forum. Sorry we couldn't meet up, hope you had a good day out there.
Cannon's new management continues to deliver. The base lodge renovations are absolutely outstanding! Walking into the Notchview Lodge, I immediately noticed the lift ticket counters had been cleared away to make room for more seating including chair and a couch by the fire, nice tough. Then I noticed the repair shop got moved out and that area now has more seating. I went downstairs to where the rental shop used to be a wowsers was that a nice ticket and sales area. That room was always WAY too small for the rental stuff. I walked through their with my SO when she tried to give skiing a shot and was dumb founded at how bad that setup was for a never ever trying to get geared up.
Later in the day, I went next door and saw the new equipment shot and repair area. Makes good sense having them side by side. A lot more space in the rental shop but still not what it could have been and should be. The old bar area is now all seating for the cafe... and now for the best part. Holy crap, Cannon's new bar is freaking SWEAT!!! Lots of stools at the bar with two cut ins and a healthy tap selection with what looked like table service at a quick glance or at least the tables at settings. Awesome, I'll be staying for a beer much more often than I ever did before now that I don't need to squeeze in or not even be able to find a seat.
Oh yea, the skiing. :lol: Well, I bailed on MA due to firing up the weather reports this morning and noticing that nothing was falling outside the 495 belt which meant Wa was gonna get nothing and they would have a chance to groom the non-refilling snow before opening. Couldn't bring myself to drive 4 hours round trip for one 300' vert trail at Blue that would be tracked out after 1-2 runs. So I putzed around home watching Matt Noyes live stream and all the fun Matt and Joe were having working hard on the storm coverage. And then off to Cannon.
One of the many reasons for not having a season pass this season was to ski Cannon more. Especially on days like today. No powder, no packed powder. Just good old fashion Cannon hard pack (though way better than five years ago Cannon hard pack due to better snow making and grooming). It was very cold outside and later in the day we got some flurries. Middle Cannon skied about as good as it ever skis (which is a huge compliment). Ravine had whales so I abstained from that treatment and made my way over to Zoomer and lapped Rocket the entire team. Props to Cannon for opening Paulie's Extension on thin coverage due to incomplete snow making progress.
Rocket skied well though was skied off in many places. I mostly stuck to skier's right where a bump line was getting pounded into the snow. Some decent lines, some not so decent. I spent a lot of time outside of the bumps just trying to get my technique back. After being a powder princess for four seasons, I know my technique is hurting and I had a return to what I used to do.... just bang out runs on Zoomer and work it. One more run turned into seven more runs until I decided I was getting sloppy and "no pain no gain" was reaching its limit.
Surprised to not hear the guns blowing. Maybe they were going on the upper mountain but I did not hear them at the top of the Peabody. Decent amount of trails and terrain open considering that two weeks ago it was bare grass in most places. Good recovery for the Christmas Holiday and if the storm delivers on Weds/Thurs, they will be looking really good for the weekend.
Now where did that camera go so I can upload a few crappy pics....
Cannon's new management continues to deliver. The base lodge renovations are absolutely outstanding! Walking into the Notchview Lodge, I immediately noticed the lift ticket counters had been cleared away to make room for more seating including chair and a couch by the fire, nice tough. Then I noticed the repair shop got moved out and that area now has more seating. I went downstairs to where the rental shop used to be a wowsers was that a nice ticket and sales area. That room was always WAY too small for the rental stuff. I walked through their with my SO when she tried to give skiing a shot and was dumb founded at how bad that setup was for a never ever trying to get geared up.
Later in the day, I went next door and saw the new equipment shot and repair area. Makes good sense having them side by side. A lot more space in the rental shop but still not what it could have been and should be. The old bar area is now all seating for the cafe... and now for the best part. Holy crap, Cannon's new bar is freaking SWEAT!!! Lots of stools at the bar with two cut ins and a healthy tap selection with what looked like table service at a quick glance or at least the tables at settings. Awesome, I'll be staying for a beer much more often than I ever did before now that I don't need to squeeze in or not even be able to find a seat.
Oh yea, the skiing. :lol: Well, I bailed on MA due to firing up the weather reports this morning and noticing that nothing was falling outside the 495 belt which meant Wa was gonna get nothing and they would have a chance to groom the non-refilling snow before opening. Couldn't bring myself to drive 4 hours round trip for one 300' vert trail at Blue that would be tracked out after 1-2 runs. So I putzed around home watching Matt Noyes live stream and all the fun Matt and Joe were having working hard on the storm coverage. And then off to Cannon.
One of the many reasons for not having a season pass this season was to ski Cannon more. Especially on days like today. No powder, no packed powder. Just good old fashion Cannon hard pack (though way better than five years ago Cannon hard pack due to better snow making and grooming). It was very cold outside and later in the day we got some flurries. Middle Cannon skied about as good as it ever skis (which is a huge compliment). Ravine had whales so I abstained from that treatment and made my way over to Zoomer and lapped Rocket the entire team. Props to Cannon for opening Paulie's Extension on thin coverage due to incomplete snow making progress.
Rocket skied well though was skied off in many places. I mostly stuck to skier's right where a bump line was getting pounded into the snow. Some decent lines, some not so decent. I spent a lot of time outside of the bumps just trying to get my technique back. After being a powder princess for four seasons, I know my technique is hurting and I had a return to what I used to do.... just bang out runs on Zoomer and work it. One more run turned into seven more runs until I decided I was getting sloppy and "no pain no gain" was reaching its limit.
Surprised to not hear the guns blowing. Maybe they were going on the upper mountain but I did not hear them at the top of the Peabody. Decent amount of trails and terrain open considering that two weeks ago it was bare grass in most places. Good recovery for the Christmas Holiday and if the storm delivers on Weds/Thurs, they will be looking really good for the weekend.
Now where did that camera go so I can upload a few crappy pics....
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Three actually. The older two are quite capable of skiing most anything. The third is Five years younger, and a much more cautious and tentative skier. It was the older two who spent time with me at Cannon. The youngest, well, we're still spending most of our time on greens, after 7 years on the trails.
