Today was Cannon’s demo day: sample all the skis you want for only an Andrew Jackson. It was an incredible deal that I could not pass up. The big winner of the day was the Dynastar Legend 8000 178cm which I have since purchased.

Originally, I planned to ski Cannon on Friday and stay overnight at the ‘Dice in Gorham. When leaving Cannon, I did not believe the hype regarding potential snow fall overnight. So I decided to head home and research the skis online after wrapping the day up at Cannon.

Middle/Lower Ravine with Big/Short Link provided the only route just like the previous weekend. Snow conditions were much better overall this weekend. The conditions were similar: pushed around loose powder on the trail edges and hard pack in the middle. Most of the route yielded mini-bumps and loose snow. I established a standard route down the trails to keep my testing conditions essentially the same for every ski. While the conditions were boring, they allowed for excellent comparisons for the demo.

Regarding other non-opened trails, the groomers and ski patrol were busy on Middle/Lower Cannon today and that is a lot to open for this coming weekend. All other trails had less snow and coverage than last week, especially the Front Five which would need a solid one foot dump to open without snow making at this point, and that is not happening any time soon.

The weather was fair with patchy fog and cloudiness. I wish I had gotten some pictures of the fog in the valleys making an under cast near the lower surrounding hills, but I was too busy pushing the skis to pull out my camera. The mountain saw a small amount of sleet or freezing rain around noon time and just a touch of light snow when I left at three–hardly a prelude to an incoming dump. By the time I got to Plymouth, the sky opened up and started raining. Cannon will definitely benefit from the system moving in this weekend but don’t expect any additional terrain to open other than Middle/Lower Cannon.