Canon Mountain, Franconia, New Hampshire, U.S.A. SCORE = 75/100 YEAR of VISIT 1947-1952

Canon Mountain, Franconia, New Hampshire, U.S.A. SCORE = 75/100 YEAR of VISIT 1947-1952

By: “Fog Horn” Flanagan

Age: 80

Gender: Male

Occupation: Retired Ski instructor P.S.I.A. # 14

Years Skiing: 62

Discipline: Alpine

Ability: Expert

Home Town: Milford, N.H.

Home: Denver, Colorado

Favorite Ski Hill:  Winter Park, Colorado

Likes:

The hill had a lot of difficulty which I really liked. There was an aerial tram there, I think the first one built in the United States for skiing. I just rode the tram and can’t remember any other lifts there.

Dislikes:

Windy and bullet proof conditions. This was before slope grooming and you really had to use your edges.

General Comments:

One time I took a guy named Don Schotdeher skiing there and it was too tough for hime, even though he was a really good skier. He had to stay next to the trees to keep off the wind-blown ice in the middle of the trails.