Monday, October 3, 2011

Cannon

Headed out to Cannon Mountain on the 29th. Went to the New England Ski Museum. Saw some really neat stuff such as the old Skis, learned a lot about the White Mountains and how skiing was developed there. The first snow making ever was installed at Mohawk Mountain which I never knew, but its awesome because its thirty minutes from where I grew up. Riding the tram up to the top of Cannon was cool, I wish we had better weather/ it wasn't cloudy. There were still nice views and it was neat to see how the inside of the tram terminals. Looking forward to this coming week.

Stoweee Trip

Went to Stowe on the 22 of September. Checked out their new high speed quad, which was awesome. I've always wanted to go into the bottom terminal and see what goes on up there, I was surprised to see how many belts their were up there. I also liked how they were taking the chairs off the line every night, I interested in finding out how that works for them, and if turns out to be worth it or not. Driving the toll road up was sweet and touring the new ski patrol house was cool, they put a lot of time and planning into it. The best part was when we got to take apart the lift towers at the base, which are headed to Mohawk Mtn in CT. It was awesome to get a close up view to the shives and see how everything works, and its always fun to get your hands dirty. Overall Stowe was a fun trip, learned a ton.