TR: Cannon February 17, 2017

Well, I'm back with another TR.   I was heading out to Mount Washington for the weekend, and looking at the reports, Cannon seemed like an obvious choice for the way out there.  They had received about five feet of snow that week, and the weather was looking like bluebird and low wind.  Sounds just like Cannon, huh?!

I had never been to Cannon, and I must say, it's right up my alley.  Great terrain, great low key vibe, great people.  Reminds me of Gore in a lot of ways, with a bit more of that NH grit.

I skied Kingsman Woods and other classic lines to start..all with lots of untracked lines...even found a little steep chute not on the map that hadn't been touched for what looked like all season...6 of the deepest east coast turns I've ever had..overhead, weightlessness.  One the chute ended..tough slog back out!

A definite highlight of the day was dropping the rope of DJ's Tramline.  As some of you know, this line under the tram was not originally cut for skiing, and it is super rocky, east coast techy.  They've opened in a few times in the past decade...not often.  So, we felt very fortunate to get to ski it in nice conditions.  It's a really classic trail, and we couldn't stop ourselves from lapping it over and over.

Here are some pics, hope you enjoy:

Heading up looking into Franconia Notch and Mt. Lafayette


My buddy Corey dropping into DJ's Tramline


Your's truly finding some untracked lines on DJ's tramline


Enjoying the deck and refueling


Heading to Mount Washington for the weekend


So, next time someone tells you that Cannon is always cold, icy, and windy, just tell them that it wasn't on February 17, 2017!

Nice, great pix!

Great photos thanks for sharing

Cannon is my kind of ski area

Oh dang! That looks like some Colorado fluff!

Great pics man.

NICE JOB!!  Thanks

Cannon is a solid Mountain. Tramline is a great trail. Nice pics. Get over to Mittersill at all?

You are correct that Cannon has a Gore/Whiteface vibe. Without question a great place to ski. While you were at Cannon, I was at Sunday River catching two back to back storms for a total of 4'. One of my best weeks skiing ever.

I did a couple runs over at Mittersill.  It was fun...Nice soft snow and old school classic trails. Kinda like Cannon's version of Ski Bowl.   I actually really liked the liftline run best on the Mitersill side.  I thought the terrain was pretty darn fun there..those tramside trails were good and just loaded with soft lines...you could just do big fast turns down them.  Kingsman Glade was great too..did that really early...it's a great new england tree run.

Nice Cannon stoke.

Your timing was impeccable!

OR tell them it was 2.24 where it set the record for hottest temp ever..

It looks like you were skiing out West from these photos!


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