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Upper Hardscrabble at Cannon Mountain Ski Area

Advanced · 663 m long with 102 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 20° at its steepest, facing NE.

20°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
663 mlength
102 mvertical
1087 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Hardscrabble

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

From the base area (about 21 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)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Ravine, Short Fuse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Cannonball Quad (1 min), Peabody Express Quad (5 min), Zoomer Triple (5 min).

See Upper 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.