Cannon - 4/20/03

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Free skiing on Easter Sunday at Cannon, sunny, highs in the mid-70s to 80s. KMart would charge full price for conditions like these! <BR> <BR>I skied up Lower Cannon, which has one big bare spot that you could still ski around, to Paulies Extension, which was great. Then up Middle Cannon, where there is still a narrow strip of snow on skiers right that gets you to the top of the Peabody Quad. Tramway still had solid cover up to the top tower; from the tower to the deck, it gets a little thin and icy on the last stretch, but is still passable. <BR> <BR>I skied down Profile, to Lower Hardscrabble, to Turnpike. <BR> <BR>Here's a couple skiers at top of Garys <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2220.jpg" ALT="042003Cannon01TopOfGarys"> <BR> <BR>A skier hiking up Paulies Extension, still great cover on the whole trail. <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2221.jpg" ALT="042003Cannon02Extension"> <BR> <BR>Profile is in good shape on skier's left side, where the snowmakers piled it up with their new pipes added last summer. <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2222.jpg" ALT="042003Cannon03Profile"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2223.jpg" ALT="042003Cannon04Profile"> <BR>Notice the big bare spot halfway down Middle Ravine down below Profile. <BR> <BR>Lower Hardscrabble has good cover, except for a narrow spot near the end. <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2224.jpg" ALT="042003Cannon05LowerHardscrabble"> <BR> <BR>Parkway and Gremlin have a few bare spots, but are still in pretty good shape <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2225.jpg" ALT="042003Cannon06halfpipe"> <BR> <BR>Here's the Front Five. It ain't pretty, but you can still ski the whole trail on Garys, Rocket, and Zoomer; not sure about Paulies Follies; Avalanche, I'm told, has a big bare spot that you have to go around near the top, where the cutover from Zoomer enters. <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2226.jpg" ALT="042003Cannon07FrontFive">