I’ve been working in the terrain park for the last 4 seasons and I love building jumps and shaping.
Check this before and after of a tank at Cannon. Shot right around the end of 2024 when we got 4 days of rain.
It’s somewhat rounded Holy Bowly style which is like the sickest park in the world. Check this Holy Bowly vid out.
Making fun stuff on the sides of trails
Then there is the side of the trail where you can sometimes find some fun stuff, but this wall ride I made was initially a pretty solid wall of snow left by the snowcat. A solid wall of snow is kinda dangerous and definitely not fun, but with a little handwork using a shovel I was able to turn it into a fun wallride.
Could also be turned into a hip style jump easy enough but I left this as a wall ride.
Shaping a long down tube
This was built for a “rail jam” Cannon had. It should have been called a “tube jam” because “rail jam” is so cliche. Every mountain has a rail jam. Call it something different at least!
I am not really a fan of rails (especially skinny ones) maybe PTSD from a fractured collar bone. Rails and boxes are kinda overkill at resorts if you ask me. I like snow features best.
Although, I don’t mind shaping around boxes and rails and I shaped most of this tube including the take off. One other person helped on one side.
Another wall turned into wallride
Wallride’s are sick. I love banks. It’s kind of a waste of snow to leave it as a wall when you could fairly easily turn it into a fun bank or jump.
