Cannon Mtn, NH: 2/27/12 (NSBS)

Ski Day 23: NSBS 2 started today in New Hampshire.  Our first ski day was at Cannon.


Arriving at Cannon



The lodge is nice and simple.


Peabody Lodge

Everywhere you look the Whites create drama. It's fun taking pictures.


Lafayette Mountain from Zoomer


Kinsman Glade

After skiing some stuff off the Peabody Express and Cannonball...



...we took the tram...



...then bombed down Taft Slalom...



...and hiked up Mittersill...



All natural snow, much less traffic, and thin cover...







After lunch we cooked up a plan to drop a car, that would let us ski even farther down.

While River and Pat dropped the car Matt and I skied Upper and Middle Hardscrabble. It was soft bumps, windblown snow and serious ice on the steepest parts.  You had to link areas of turnable snow, and at times that was nearly impossible. Still there was some great bump skiing. It was mission critical skiing and the cameras didn't come out much.

We reconnected with the group and headed back over to Mittersill...





It was more fun, technical skiing on thin natural snow. I really liked it. I think all of us did.  We drove back to the base lodge and headed up to find some trees.





We ended the day with ANOTHER lap on Upper and Middle Hardscrabble.  

(I've got more pictures - I'll try to post them soon.)

Here's a couple of pics that didn't make my report:




And this one that I took from the car . . . Damn power lines blew up my spot:

Keep the photos coming. What is the story with Mittersill? Open but no chair?

Cannon Report from TSW:

x10003q wrote

Keep the photos coming. What is the story with Mittersill? Open but no chair?

Yes. I think the Mittersill chair opened (for the first time this season?) on Saturday 3/3.

My 90mm skis look like toothpics in that photo. Time to go fatter.

Cannon NH : February 27, 2012 – Brutal Classic (NSBS 2.1)
http://madpatski.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/cannon-nh-february-27-2012-brutal-classic-nbsb-2-1/

Here is my take on this day.

More from Cannon/Mittersill 2/27. Wanted to save a few more pics from this day.


River, our guide


"Hey River what mountain is this?"


Tram Guy


James on ... ?


The Climb to Mittersill


View from Mittersill


MadPat on Mittersill


Mittersill

Someone posted a pic of me.

I think that's Middle Ravine.

Jamesdeluxe wrote

Someone posted a pic of me.

I think that's Middle Ravine.

Upper

Actually, that is probably upper hard.