Finally Front 5 Open

[Puck it]

I was under the impression that the original incarnation of the Front Four at Stowe were first cut back in the 1950's sometime. I have never seen pictures of the original trails, but I know Goat isn't where it first was, and Starr is wider then it originally was (that's saying something...). Not sure what changes Liftline and National have undergone, or when the changes took place.

Does anybody know when Stowe started using the Front Four term? When were the Front Five at Cannon first cut?

Based on an old trail map. Pauly's Folly was there in 1941. Nothing else.

 

[Smellytele]

The rest of Cannon's front 5 were not cut until 1962. http://www.newenglandskihistory.com/skiareaexpansions/NewHampshire/cannon.php#zoomer

 

[snowmonster]

I was under the impression that the original incarnation of the Front Four at Stowe were first cut back in the 1950's sometime. I have never seen pictures of the original trails, but I know Goat isn't where it first was, and Starr is wider then it originally was (that's saying something...). Not sure what changes Liftline and National have undergone, or when the changes took place.

Does anybody know when Stowe started using the Front Four term? When were the Front Five at Cannon first cut?

I have a book on Stowe at home and will check back on this. There's an entire section there that talks about the Front Four. Liftline was where the original single chair went up and National was the site of a national downhill race. They were probably first cut in the late thirties or forties. Both have been widened considerably. Liftline is actually quite tame now.

 

[MadMadWorld]

Other people care!! Take that

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[SIKSKIER]

I gotta find my no Cannonista stickers we made the year that crap came out.We put them all over the place and JD was not impressed.But then,neither were we with that term.

 

[AdironRider]

Other people care!! Take that

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What are you talking about, cause some guy is going to look at when the trails were cut?

So were not really taking anything.

 

[MadMadWorld]

What are you talking about, cause some guy is going to look at when the trails were cut?

So were not really taking anything.

Your just so easy to antagonize

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[AdironRider]

Your just so easy to antagonize

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Says the guy who was so butthurt about a perceived marketing slight he had to bring it up in a Cannon conditions thread. Keep on keepin on.

 

[Cannonball]

Says the guy who was so butthurt about a perceived marketing slight he had to bring it up in a Cannon conditions thread. Keep on keepin on.

"Butthurtista". If I were Stowe i'd lay claim to that slogan before Cannon grabs it.

 

[witch hobble]

I always thought that Cannonista was taken from Fashionista, which was a new-ish term about four or five years ago. I thought it was an effort to attract a hip, young crowd. If the allusion was to Sandinista, then big props to the marketing team. "I'll take Obscure Revolutionary References for 400, Alex."

I think fashionista is referencing Sandinista too. Maybe Cannon marketers were diehard Clash fans?

Skied for 3 hours today. Only 4 of the Front x were open. The adolescent racers had their big boards on, and had Avalanche and Banshee to themselves. Condition wise, best Cannon day of the year for me. Rocket was groomed flat but a bit more firm (same as Paulies)than Gary's. I did a bunch of Skylight>Mid/lower Ravine laps. Upper Cannon was also good. Parked at the tram for the first time this year.

A lot of snow was made.