[TR] Cannon - north gully 4/14/2010

[danhelmstadter]

Trip: Cannon - north gully

 

Date: 4/14/2010

 

Trip Report:

Good times yesterday on Cannon, my stoke was a little low - eyeing the shwacky-shwagy approach up leg-breaker rotten snow/deadfall, but once I got past the minor shwack and mank zone, the ascent was bueatiful. Snow was cold-variable in the gully and aprun, then wet-variable for the remayinder. Skiing was THIN on the lower slopes, but I pretty much skiied to the creek - where the nice log I had used was nowhere to be seen, but I was able to keep dry via some slippery rock hoping.

 

 

[video:youtube]

 

a view from the gate -- 6k relief

Edited April 15, 2010 by danhelmstadter

[summitchaserCJB]

[kevino]

Nice, that looked fun. Whats the road coverage now? When I was up there a couple weeks ago snow start at about 2 miles in/where the road flattened. Just curious how the time passed plus new snow has changed anything.

[AlpineK]

That little schwacky part crossing the creek is always amusing.

 

I like the video

 

It looks like you traversed skiers left at the bottom of the couloir?

[telemarker]

Cool video Dan! Such a fun descent, especially if you can drag it out all the way to Mtnrs. creek.

[danhelmstadter]

Kevino, the snow line is still about 2 miles up, pretty much the same, but the depth is much less and coverage is getting spotty, it's warm 'round here now, so i wouldn't be surprised to see it open late weekend or early next week.

 

Kurt, I didn't traverse left onto the west slopes until way past the gully -- where the drainage started to narrow and steepen.

 

 

[JoshK]

Niiiice, that line just went on my list. Looks like a blast. It might be on purpose, but you left the little orange protecto-condom thing on your whippet.

 

P.S. You lugging around a wheelbarrrow to the trailheads?

Edited April 16, 2010 by JoshK

[genepires]

nice and great choice for music.