Recent content by Cannonball

Been a reeeeealllly long time since I posted here (and sorry about that). But I was just thinking about ski streaks and happened to notice this ongoing thread. I've never been much of a goal setter. But this past season I had some unplanned synergy: - Oct 2013 offered an unexpectedly early...

Tuckered pup. Post Double Head, NH tour... BC near Franconia, NH. New Years 2010... Hot tub time machine? Nope, just low quality cell phone cam....

Yet, your general M.O. is to critique and contradict our real world observations with your questionable statistical interpretations. Your vision of east coast skiing reminds of the story of the man who drowned in river with an average depth of 3".

Tony, There are at least 2 problems with correlating expert terrain closure (and resort closures) to possibility of tree skiing. These issues may be what is confounding your stats. 1) As has already been mentioned in this thread, spring lift closures are frequently due to inadequate snow at the...

I couldn't find anyone here saying "until the end of April". But I will confirm what the other (VT skiers) are saying...there is usually April tree skiing to be had. Fortunately for us we are actually skiing in the real woods on real snow and not on your conditions chart. To paraphrase...

Register another vote for mittens. I've had the same pair of Burton mittens for 12 years. They are worn, torn, and filthy. But I've NEVER had cold hands in them. That includes some insanely cold days at Cannon and elsewhere. If I were to buy another pair I would insist on the 2 features...

Thanks. Yeah, you know, jobs change. Sometimes you sit at a desk...sometimes you don't. Right now I'm just jones'n to get out and slide, so trolling for info and inspiration.

It may be worth mentioning my experience since we have similar backgrounds. Not trying to suggest that you do one thing or another, just telling a relevant story. I skied alpine (a lot) from early childhood until I was ~25. Then I started snowboarding. Although I crossed back and forth for a...

Yeah, we call it the "Subaru ski and stay". We've mostly done Jay. Front lot, back lot, no problems. Best to show up as late as possible. Be considerate of plows.

Lftgly, I'm not suprised that you were riled by Doug's snow comments. And I completely agree with your take on the privitization issue (although I think the Govenor has soundly ended that discussion). But regarding your "my state park" and "you aren't a NH taxpayer" comments, I think you need...

I rarely contribute to this forum, but will admit to lurking quite a bit. The reports here are always right on target, and the posters obviously share my preferces for mountains and conditions. So since nobody else has followed up on this one I thought I'd throw my two cents in. As requested...

well I'm coning to this discussion a little late. I'm glad though, because it probably saved me a whole bunch of typing. Rivercoil has saved me that effort, since I am 100% in agreement with him. Like RC I admit I will never log the Cannon days or the bump days that Dan D. does. However, I...

Hello kettle? This is the pot...you're black.

Definitely intersted to know how it's looking now. Here's how it was yesterday: The Sunday/Monday rain took its toll. Lot's of cover was lost, and what remained became a solid block when the temps dropped. BUT!!!!! Then they picked up ~6-8 of fresh from Monday evening through early Tuesday...

Well I knew it was only a matter of time before someone said that. Yes, yes, I know Magic has excellent challenging terrain...that's what I love about it! I wasn't trying to make the place sound whimpy. But the beginner and intermediate terrain at Magic is fantastic too! Very much like the...