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Middle Hardscrabble at Cannon Mountain Ski Area

Advanced · 691 m long with 199 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 30° at its steepest, facing N.

30°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
691 mlength
199 mvertical
993 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Middle Hardscrabble is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Middle Hardscrabble

Lifts that reach the top: Cannonball Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 22 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Peabody Express Quad
  2. Ski Middle Cannon (intermediate)
  3. Ski Easy Link (intermediate)
  4. Ski unnamed trail
  5. Ride Cannonball Quad
  6. Ski Taft Slalom (intermediate)
  7. Ski Upper Hardscrabble (advanced)
  8. Ski Middle Hardscrabble (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Hardscrabble, MH Cut Thru. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peabody Express Quad (3 min), Huckerbrook Handle Tow (5 min), Brookside Triple (5 min).

See Middle Hardscrabble on the 3D mapAll runs at Cannon Mountain Ski Area
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.