Cannon Mountain - Rugged Beauty in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
One of the first Canadian clippers arrived last night. I awoke to a light snow coming down, the weatherman said to watch for accumulations above 1,500 feet elevation...which is everywhere near my home. The white Mountain peaks that are above 4,000 feet got a good dowsing of the white stuff - enough to see from a distance. Most of my winter seasonal rental start this weekend, and the few that did decide to come up for their first weekend were treated to some pretty snow fall. I can almost guarantee there will be snow on the hills by Halloween.
Woodstock New Hampshire Looking North to Franconia Notch State Park. Lafayette , Liberty & Haystack Mts.
The left hand range is the back side of Cannon Mountain ski area - Owned by the State of New Hampshire, and considered by many locals to be the last rugged real mountain skiing in the state...no valet parking or baked brie on the cafeteria menu. You are more likely to ski with a local logger than a Wing-tipped CEO here. But if you haven't ski Cannon in awhile it's time to try it out again...New Lifts, snow making and a huge base lodge expansion adds some comfort and convenience to your skiing enjoyment - plus the old Mittersill side long defunct and abandoned was purchased by the state (in a federal land swap) and offers some new (from old) Alpine Terrain. It may be time to try Cannon Mountain again...but no whiners please!!!.
This shot was taken about ten days ago just enough of a dusting to let us know the season is about to change.
Cannon Mountain and Echo Lake...from the top of Artist Bluff...In August. Much of the new development and expansion is off to the right side of this photo. There is much excitement planned for an open house Scheduled for November 6th 2010...a kick off to the season and additional time for public viewing of the new facilities.
HOME COMING WEEKEND EVENT: Click on the Cannon fan page event link- http://cannonmt.com/events.html
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