Hunter Conditions

jimmypete said:
Sorry my kids were up there yesterday and said any natural snow was mixed in with rain and even that only lasted for an hour or two when it turned into all rain, I skied two days this December at Hunter and both were good. In fact a week ago Friday they were still blowing even with a really poor forecast for the weekend and upcoming week. Looking at the weather for this past week I decided to skip and my kids said I did the right thing, I have skied Hunter for years and there is always bitching no matter who owns it, the Slutskeys, Peaks, or Vail, it's a Tri State tradition.
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If temps were cold enough to make snow for HBK and Belt, previous owners would have made snow on at least twice that acreage. It really does not matter to me as I am not in the Epic world. Vail has effed its NH areas this early season also. Just par for the course.
 
x10003q said:
If temps were cold enough to make snow for HBK and Belt, previous owners would have made snow on at least twice that acreage. It really does not matter to me as I am not in the Epic world. Vail has effed its NH areas this early season also. Just par for the course.
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like I said I have skied in the Slutskey era the Peaks era and now Vail, seems to me that there are always complaints about coverage when there is no significant natural. If your not an Epic pass holder may be difficult for you to judge. Just my anecdotal but I think Vail is better for Hunter than past owners. Slutskey's were getting tired of running the place, Peaks tried but was underfunded. Last year was a good snow year, but even then they started early before significant natural .BTW they had the North Side open, MInya, East Side, and White Cloud as well as Belt and Hellgate, pretty good imho considering the lack of cold. Merry Christmas
 
If your judging Hunter's snow making this year based on that base web cam I can see why you might think Vail has been slacking. If you have actually skied there you would know they have several trails open from the top with good coverage. Temps have been pretty marginal for snow making in the Catskills so that's a problem Vail has no control over. I've heard they are short on snow makers too... not sure how big a problem that is. Do any ski areas in the the Catskills have more or better terrain open then Hunter? Jimmypete there has always been a lot of Hunter hate on this blog and now that Vail owns the mountain it just gets easier. I've had a pass at Hunter for over 40 years now and your right people always bitch ... people that have skied there as long as I have bitch and sometimes for good reasons. Considering the weather I think Hunter/Vail has done a pretty good job so far. I've skied there 10 days so I have firsthand knowledge. People that haven't skied there are clueless when they pass judgement!
 
I agree Professor, I was pleasantly surprised at what Hunter had done with some pretty marginal snowmaking weather. Hey if your from Downstate, Jersey or Long Island bitching is a way of life, fuggettaaboudit
 
$20.30 in bridge tolls alone if you're coming out of Strong Island and thats with EasyPass. You'd be more critical (bitchy) if you had to deal with that and the traffic every time you wanted to get to the hill. Fortunately for myself I live on the right side of the GWB, and by right side I mean left if YER map is oriented north. I'm a grumpy SOB because I have to work on LI once in a blue moon, man is that rough.
 
SayvilleSteve said:
Sunday mornings, driving to Hunter from from Long Island is a breeze, getting home: less so.
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You def win the hard core award
That ride can take up to 4 hr on a Sunday night
 
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