Cannon Mtn. Couloir

[AlpineK]

R and I skied Cannon Mtn. coulior on saturday. We had good but windy weather. I cut a small slab at the top of the couloir (3"-4" crown) but nothing else. There was some nice powder on the upper half of the descent and some vairiable funkyness on the lower slopes.

Overall a good day. Big drops rule!!

[mikeadam]

Very cool.

[telemarker]

I tried skiing the couloir last Spring under horrible conditions of shallow, rotton snowpack. Did you follow the road all the way around, or cut straight up the slopes below the couloir?

[AlpineK]

we crossed the stream on a log and headed straight up.

[mattp]

Are young trees yet starting to crowd the woods in the burn? How deep was the snow down at the Mountaineer Creek trailhead -- enough to comfortabley ski through the woods at that elevation?

[AlpineK]

There is enough snow and the slopes are open so skiing is good down to the creek

[mattp]

Thanks, but how much snow was there down at the trailhead? That would serve as some kind of indicator for other trips in the area. Cannon Mountain Couloir is, I agree, an excellent run, and I agree that BIG DROPS RULE. I am wondering about trying some other things in the area, such as Peak 7550 above Lake Stuart or Cashmere Mountain. By the way, here is a picture of the drop in at the top of the Couloir.

-Matt

[AlpineK]

Snow where we left the road was over a foot deep.

[philfort]

How steep is it?

Is it the one that drops down from right near the summit? (just looking at a map here...)

[Downhill]

Nice as that photo is, I don't think it's the actual "top" of the CMC.

my opinion, almost worth what you paid for it

[AlpineK]

You can't miss it just look up as you cross the bridge at bridge creek. As to its steepness I duno 35 maybe pushin 40

[mattp]

Actually, that photo IS the top of the CMC--unless I had the wrong couloir. The couloir in the photo is the couloir that drops from the N. Peak of Cannon Mountain, about 1 1/4 miles NNE of the main summit and, as Mr. K said, it is the couloir that you "can't miss" when you look up from the bridge at Bridge Creek C.G. When I took the picture, I was standing on the cornice directly above the throat of the top of the couloir, and my buddy KJ was looking at where we were about to drop in, about 30 yards west, where the cornice was (on that day) a little smaller.

[Downhill]

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Originally posted by mattp:

.....When I took the picture, I was standing on the cornice directly above the throat of the top of the couloir, and my buddy KJ was looking at where we were about to drop in, about 30 yards west, where the cornice was ....

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I gotcha. I remember the top as being a narrow chute for 25' or so before opening out - much tighter than the broader slope in your picture. You were probably standing right at the spot I had in mind when you took the picture.

My apologizes – like I said, my opinions are worth what you pay for ‘em.