SkiDork
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where is that? I don't recognize it
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The say only something positive about your "home mountain" thread...
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Cannon
Puck it
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You beat me to it.
yeah tram is a dead giveaway. looks great!
Puck it
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Kinda of my third home this year after Killington. For the convenience.
If there was enough snow, the woods to skiers right of Goose Bumps look like they have some decent pitch.
Anyone every explore in there?
Anyone every explore in there?
Puck it
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Puck it
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Your note about Sunapee reminded me. There would also be some very steep runs dropping off the upper part of Mittersill and going into Red Ball or Turnpike. Wish they could do it.
St. Bear
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When I was there last year, I made the same observation. It you look at the trees, it actually appears to be two or three glades already, which must be streams running down the mountain. I was told by another skier that Cannon has stated there will be no trails on that side of Mittersill, mainly because it wouldn't hold any snow.
There must be other reasons though, because it seems to me that a gladed trail would be the answer as it would hold snow much better.
Puck it
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It is rocky and very steep and would be steeper then Avalanche. The reason is that the agreement states only preexisting trails. But hopoefully some locals will now perform what the locals did at Stowe.
St. Bear
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That would be great if Cannon had a boundary-to-boundary ski policy. I'm afraid you'd get your ticket pulled if they caught you coming out of those woods. Especially considering all the fight that was put up over nature conservation at Mittersill (ie. no cutting of new trails).
Puck it
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That is why I said the locals. This is how the new glades came into being at Cannon last year. Selective trimming. The locals have done it for years on Mittersill. Now with that being open, they will need to find more terrain that is less travelled.
bousquet19
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near the Shenandoah Valley
No home area in my back yard, but several "homes" within 2-1/4 hours of home...
Whitetail, PA: HSQ, great snowmaking and grooming, continuous drop from top to bottom
Wisp, MD: first opened, last closed, most runs by Christmas
Timberline, WV: great natural snow, best variety of runs, closest feeling to the NEast
Wintergreen, VA: two (yes, two) six-packs, nice separation of runs by ability, protected natural area surrounds the skiing
Liberty, PA: midweek Silver Streak program (aka Group Lessons for Geezers), display cases of ski area's history
Woody
No home area in my back yard, but several "homes" within 2-1/4 hours of home...
Whitetail, PA: HSQ, great snowmaking and grooming, continuous drop from top to bottom
Wisp, MD: first opened, last closed, most runs by Christmas
Timberline, WV: great natural snow, best variety of runs, closest feeling to the NEast
Wintergreen, VA: two (yes, two) six-packs, nice separation of runs by ability, protected natural area surrounds the skiing
Liberty, PA: midweek Silver Streak program (aka Group Lessons for Geezers), display cases of ski area's history
Woody
thebigo
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That areas also faces due south. Think of how infrequenty kinsman is open and then compound that with a due south exposure.
4aprice
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Camelback is the highest skiing elevation with in 1 hour of my house. It was built with snowmaking in mind and they've got a good system. Mountain gets 100% open every season. Good apres ski on weekends.
Seeing some of these pics and feeling as I do that the Northeast is in for a good winter this year has me thinking about some weekends up north.
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Seeing some of these pics and feeling as I do that the Northeast is in for a good winter this year has me thinking about some weekends up north.
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
midd
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Attitash has good snowmaking, decent lifts, a few steeps and great access to North Conway for apres.
Puck it
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You may want to check your compass. That ridge line off the top of Mittersill runs due north. The slopes that we are talking about face. Kinsman runs due north and it holds the snow well because it is sheltered by the trees and the Cannon Cliffs and runs due north also.
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dbking
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My home ski area still has snow on it from last season.
And Obama is staying here this weekend for his first vacation in office. While I was working on the roof of a condo next to the ski area's parking lot, four big helicopters with " US Marines " written on them landed 200 yards away from me. Then, Marine 1 landed along with a couple other bad ass looking smaller copters. Then they all took off again. Pretty exciting stuff for a ski area out here.
Maybe my black lab can play with Bo The Water Dog.
And Obama is staying here this weekend for his first vacation in office. While I was working on the roof of a condo next to the ski area's parking lot, four big helicopters with " US Marines " written on them landed 200 yards away from me. Then, Marine 1 landed along with a couple other bad ass looking smaller copters. Then they all took off again. Pretty exciting stuff for a ski area out here.
Maybe my black lab can play with Bo The Water Dog.
I thought he was going to the Vinyard?
WJenness
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