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Kanonenrohr at Saas-Balen

Freeride · 929 m long with 285 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 32° at its steepest, facing N.

32°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
929 mlength
285 mvertical
2443 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Kanonenrohr

Lifts that reach the top: Mittaghorn (skiing easy terrain to get there); Morenia (skiing easy terrain to get there); Egginerjoch (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Panoramalift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 5 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Spielbodenbahm
  2. Ride Längfluh
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  5. Ski Längfluh (intermediate)
  6. Ride Längfluh Sessel
  7. Ski Längfluh (easy)
  8. Ski Feechatz (easy)
  9. Ride Panoramalift
  10. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  11. Ski Feechatz (easy)
  12. Ski Weisse Meile (intermediate)
  13. Ski Gletscherband (intermediate)
  14. Ski Eiskristall (intermediate)
  15. Ski Morenia (intermediate)
  16. Ski Kanonenrohr (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Altes Kanonenrohr, Gletschergrotte, Krono. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Felskinn (4 min), Spielbodenbahm (4 min), Bifig/Kalbermatten 1 (5 min).

See Kanonenrohr on the 3D mapAll runs at Saas-Balen
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.