riverc0il
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demo day at cannon, all the skis you want to try for only $20 is an incredible deal that i could not pass up. original plan was to head up today and stay overnight at the 'Dice in gorham where i would decide where to attack saturday. well, i bring you this report from the comfort of my salem, MA home cause i just wasn't believing the hype when i was leaving cannon. i will post my thoughts on today's demos seperately in the equipment forum.
middle/lower ravine with big/short link up top provided the one way down with the side option just like last week. snow conditions were MUCH better overall with the same general situation of decent pushed around loose powder on skier's left on big link, skiers right on short link, skiers right on middle ravine, and skiers left of lower ravine. essentially you could link turns on non-groomed feeling snow 75% of the route with mini-bumps and loose snow. i established a "route" down the trails to keep my testing conditions essentially the same for every ski, so while boring allowed for excellent comparison.
regarding other non-opened trails, the groomers and ski patrol were busy on middle/lower cannon today and that's a lot to open this weekend. all other trails had less snow and coverage than last week, especially the front five which would need a solid 1 foot dump to open without snow making at this point, and that isn't happening tonight.
the weather was fair with patchy fog and cloudiness. wish i got some pictures of the fog in the valleys making an under cast near the lower surrounding hills. had a small amount of sleet or freezing rain around noon time and just a touch of light snow when i left at 3pm. hardly a prelude to a dumping. by the time i got to plymouth the sky opened up with rain. cannon will definitely benefit from the system moving in this weekend, but don't expect any additional terrain to open other than mid/low cannon, it just isn't going to be enough.
middle/lower ravine with big/short link up top provided the one way down with the side option just like last week. snow conditions were MUCH better overall with the same general situation of decent pushed around loose powder on skier's left on big link, skiers right on short link, skiers right on middle ravine, and skiers left of lower ravine. essentially you could link turns on non-groomed feeling snow 75% of the route with mini-bumps and loose snow. i established a "route" down the trails to keep my testing conditions essentially the same for every ski, so while boring allowed for excellent comparison.
regarding other non-opened trails, the groomers and ski patrol were busy on middle/lower cannon today and that's a lot to open this weekend. all other trails had less snow and coverage than last week, especially the front five which would need a solid 1 foot dump to open without snow making at this point, and that isn't happening tonight.
the weather was fair with patchy fog and cloudiness. wish i got some pictures of the fog in the valleys making an under cast near the lower surrounding hills. had a small amount of sleet or freezing rain around noon time and just a touch of light snow when i left at 3pm. hardly a prelude to a dumping. by the time i got to plymouth the sky opened up with rain. cannon will definitely benefit from the system moving in this weekend, but don't expect any additional terrain to open other than mid/low cannon, it just isn't going to be enough.