NHpowderhound
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Got to Cannon thursday afternoon about 4:50 and promptly headed to the Lift pub to do some "research" for friday.
After "research" ended about 6'ish and I headed over to my friends place at the Mittersill Resort where he is an owner. Wow! Nice place! Huge rooms w/a hot tub and picture windows. There are still two weeks availible for a meere $1700.
After settling in I decided a pizza and some more "research" was in order at the Above the Notch Cafe' in Franconia.
During the overnight I was roused by the sound of increasing winds slamming into my bedroom window. When I got up about 7:45 it was starting to r@!n and blow pretty good.
I got to the Peabody Express about 9:05 and got pounded with the whole enchilada of weather. R@!n, sleet, snow and ice pellets battered my face as I rode the chair. It wasn't too bad except when the ice pellets got you of the tip of the nose, ouch!
The snow quality was really really good with super edgeable wetpack that never got sloppy. The only sticky parts were Jaspers Hideaway where the snow was real manky like paste. Other than that one trail it was super!
My first ride up the tram this season was today about 10 and I was the only person on it besides the operator! And what a ride! I've NEVER seen the tram twisting in the wind like toy as it was today. When the tram car would hit tower 1 the wind would become extremely gusty and unpredictable but it would calm down once you got past the last tower. The summit was actually quite pleasent. It was only when you got to mid-mountain that the wind driven r@!n became an issue. A couple of rides up I saw the look of alarm and concern in the tram operators eyes as we came within the thickness of a telephone book of striking the towers at speed. You know your having a white knuckle ride when the operator screams "Hold On!"
I rode the tram exclusively till about 12:30 when some heavy r@!n moved in and I called it a day as my gear was starting to get a bit wet.
My new Blizzard X-Cross 11's rocked! I love em and they made today more fun than it would have been without them! Next time out I'm going to drag my elbow in a turn .
Sorry no pics this time. Too wet to bring it. The snowpack looked to be holding up with the r@!n. It wont take much get really good so dont be discouraged by the liquid precip from today. Just pray we get some snow to cover the wetpack or it will become a hockey rink.
Today was a blast!
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*))NHPH
After "research" ended about 6'ish and I headed over to my friends place at the Mittersill Resort where he is an owner. Wow! Nice place! Huge rooms w/a hot tub and picture windows. There are still two weeks availible for a meere $1700.
After settling in I decided a pizza and some more "research" was in order at the Above the Notch Cafe' in Franconia.
During the overnight I was roused by the sound of increasing winds slamming into my bedroom window. When I got up about 7:45 it was starting to r@!n and blow pretty good.
I got to the Peabody Express about 9:05 and got pounded with the whole enchilada of weather. R@!n, sleet, snow and ice pellets battered my face as I rode the chair. It wasn't too bad except when the ice pellets got you of the tip of the nose, ouch!
The snow quality was really really good with super edgeable wetpack that never got sloppy. The only sticky parts were Jaspers Hideaway where the snow was real manky like paste. Other than that one trail it was super!
My first ride up the tram this season was today about 10 and I was the only person on it besides the operator! And what a ride! I've NEVER seen the tram twisting in the wind like toy as it was today. When the tram car would hit tower 1 the wind would become extremely gusty and unpredictable but it would calm down once you got past the last tower. The summit was actually quite pleasent. It was only when you got to mid-mountain that the wind driven r@!n became an issue. A couple of rides up I saw the look of alarm and concern in the tram operators eyes as we came within the thickness of a telephone book of striking the towers at speed. You know your having a white knuckle ride when the operator screams "Hold On!"
I rode the tram exclusively till about 12:30 when some heavy r@!n moved in and I called it a day as my gear was starting to get a bit wet.
My new Blizzard X-Cross 11's rocked! I love em and they made today more fun than it would have been without them! Next time out I'm going to drag my elbow in a turn .
Sorry no pics this time. Too wet to bring it. The snowpack looked to be holding up with the r@!n. It wont take much get really good so dont be discouraged by the liquid precip from today. Just pray we get some snow to cover the wetpack or it will become a hockey rink.
Today was a blast!
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*))NHPH
