I went up to Cannon today, and had what was (with about 5 colorado & 1 Utah trip under my belt) quite literally THE BEST SKI DAY I HAVE EVER HAD!!!!!!!! <BR> <BR>Cannon had 24-ish inches when I got there about 8:45. Snowing HEAVILY. The Peabody quad was running, and some little lift. Trails: 6. Lifts: 2. <BR> <BR>Immediately we began ducking ropes, and heading over to the Zoomer side. Was the 8th track down Avalanche!!!!!!!!!! 8th track on a wide, steep trail in more than 2 feet of beautiful fresh. Simply amazing. Mere words can't convey that. <BR> <BR>The best part? Zoomer lift was closed, so there was a short hike back to the quad, and that kept most of the skiers there off the Front Five. I just did laps on the Front Five all day long, logging something like 15 total.... <BR> <BR>15 runs down Cannon's Front Five, all blanketed in 24-32+ (by the end of the day) of Fresh Powder. Light Powder. Beautiful Powder. Very few other people there. Fresh, untracked snow every run. <BR> <BR>This is the first time that I've actually had to time my breathing so that I breath out when I drop my knee in the turn. I learned that lesson pretty fast . Face Shots constantly. On the backside of a few steep knolls on the trail, I couldn't see anything except snow on my goggles for a second or two. <BR> <BR>Temps were great, hovering around 20 all day, snowing all day, no wind, and the Front Five weren't even windswept!!!
Cannon 12/7 - WOW!
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riverc0il
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NICE! great report ben! zoomer lift and the entire front face will be open tomorrow! woo! <BR> <BR>i was gonna hit up cannon today, but there was so much snow i couldn't move my car! beverly, ma is weighing in at 32"+, insane! work is called off for tomorrow, so i'll be at cannon on monday! <BR> <BR>if any of you other no-bull'ers are gonna be there, i'll have a blue parka and black pants black helmet on. and i'll be skiing volkls, but you probably won't be able to see them!!!!
powderfreak
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Awesome report dude. After ducking ropes yesterday at Stowe with 12-24 untracked from earlier in the season, I know what you are talking about...but I'm sure today was in the ridiculous range. <BR> <BR>No wind at Cannon? During a storm? I had friends come back from Jay saying everything was on wind hold except for some of the lower insignificant lifts. With the wind in Burlington, I can't imagine Stowe was able to run their gondi...but who knows. <BR> <BR>Go get it everyone...December 7th will go down as probably one of the best powder days in northeast history...Especially with widespread reports of 30-40+ inches. <BR> <BR>-Scott