Cannon, NH: 2/20/06

[awf170]

Fun day. Soft moguls every, warm temps, and some very gnarly skiing on Tramline.

Dad hiking:

Still hiking:

Sweet chair on top of Mittersil:

Dad skiing:

Old lift station:

Dad skiing again:

Still skiing:

More skiing:

 

[awf170]

Me getting air:

Me almost falling. That's something new isn't it?

Me actually not out of control:

 

[awf170]

Now for a bunch of tramline pics:

 

[riverc0il]

barron's is looking mighty well filled in, not so with tramline though, wow.

 

[snowmonster]

Nice pics of Tramline. Those are huge rocks! How are the bases of your skis holding up?

 

[awf170]

barron's is looking mighty well filled in, not so with tramline though, wow.

Yeah, Tramline was very sketchy. Probably shouldn't have been open. It was defiantly skiable by my standards, but I skied a road covered with a dusting of snow the other day.

Nice pics of Tramline. Those are huge rocks! How are the bases of your skis holding up?

Pretty bad. But they were already in pretty sad shape. No more core shots which is basically the only thing I consider damage on those skis.

 

[Angus]

skied there today - windy but there was plenty of snow on the sides of the trails. looking down at tramline, you had to be nuts! hardscrabble upper and middle is real bumped up but snow is disappearing in the troughs. continuing with my MRG report - skied Gary's, Pauley's and Comet alot - still not getting it though. no lines at all. actually a fun trail was profile - they ran out of budget and never made snow according to an instructor I skied with - it was all wind blown crud with bumps and ice mixed in.

 

[awf170]

looking down at tramline, you had to be nuts!

You should have tried it. I find stuff like that fun, in a sick way. Tomorrow I am back for more tramline punishment. I'm thinking about going into Kinsman. Anyone got any beta on it?

 

[riverc0il]

the official report from cannon is that they are not even going to open kinsman due to severe blow down from storms this past fall. for them to close down an entire glade instead of roping off and boo'ing the trouble areas sounds pretty grim.

 

[awf170]

the official report from cannon is that they are not even going to open kinsman due to severe blow down from storms this past fall. for them to close down an entire glade instead of roping off and boo'ing the trouble areas sounds pretty grim.

Yes it does. Especially considering that they opened Tramline with the coverage it has. I can't understand why it would be so bad though. When was this horrible wind storm we got? I hiked Kinsman in October and I didn't see many down trees.

BTW: anyone want to tell me how to get to the gully next to Tramline. I'll pay you back in some sweet pictures of me gaping down it and probably wiping out. Maybe even face planting if you're lucky.

 

[riverc0il]

i definitely recall a storm during the fall when i thought "time to get back to work again!" unfortunately, kinsman glade was never brushed out very well to begin with so there is also that to contend with as well. likely it was the early snow storm perhaps when the trees all still had leaves. that can be problematic for trees. i don't know, i definitely wouldn't do it alone though. meh, i wouldn't even both at all actually, but that is me. too many great lines right now to be hacking out something questionable and potentially hazardous.