Cannon Mountain Ski Area - Trails

Trails

Beginner and First-timer - 17%

The Tuckerbrook quad chair serves beginner trails—Bear Paw, Deer Run, Fleitman and Coyote Crossing—that are segregated from the upper mountain. From the Peabody Base Area, take Brookside to the Tuckerbrook area. The bottom half of Cannon has four long runs suitable for beginners: Lower Cannon, Parkway, Gremlin and Turnpike. This area is most easily accessed via the Eagle Triple Chair, from the Peabody Base Area.

The Brookside learning area, a beginner skiing area, is segregated from the rest of the mountain. It is serviced by its own triple chairlift as well as two surface lifts. Its location allows novices to progress to the nearby short beginner trails off the Tuckerbrook quad chair.

Intermediate - 48%

Although touted as an expert's mountain, the ski area offers slopes for lower ski levels. From the summit, Vista Way, Tramway or Upper Cannon, descend through the forest. These feed into a collection of intermediate runs, including Middle Cannon and Middle Ravine. An alternate route, Cannonball Express Quad, is also available.

The Tram Cutback is an intermediate return route to the tram from Gary’s, considered the easiest of the Front Five.

Expert and Advanced - 35%

Expert trails include the Tramline Trail, a narrow trail that descends via a series of cliff steps. There are no double Black Diamonds on Cannon Mountain, only Black Diamonds, although the color/shape nomenclature for trail rating is always relative to the other trails on the mountain. The Tramline, for example, could earn double black diamond at another mountain, and the same thing is possible in the reverse. It is therefore recommended that skiers take careful note of the mountain's average challenge, and to proceed with caution when attempting a new run labeled as "advanced" or "experts only".

One of the longest glades in the east is Kinsman Glade, on skier's right of the tramline. The Front Five trails are accessed via Paulie's Extension or Lower Cannon. Three of them, Avalanche, Paulie's Folly and Zoomer, are marked black. The other two, Rocket and Gary's, have less pitch and no bumps.

From the summit, trails include Upper Cannon, Skylight or Upper Ravine.