Hunter Conditions

[Scottski63]

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The mountain skied well this morning. Dust on crust no crowd to speak of.

 

[x10003q]

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WOW - Dec 14, the base area still showing grass and Racers/Eisenhower/Gun Hill all showing no snowmaking. The Slutzkys must be tearing up in skiers heaven.

 

[SayvilleSteve]

How Snow Makers Work

Think you need to depend on Mother Nature for snow? Think again. With cool temperatures and a good supply of water, snow makers can cover the ground in the fluffy white stuff in no time.

adventure.howstuffworks.com

 

[XTski]

What I remember is that one year they made snow on the capital steps, one or two other years it was State St only. It seems like too much area to cover just by trucks.
One year thry set up a slalom course and Billy Kidd was there.

mm

 

[Scottski63]

Beautiful morning at Hunter. The holiday crowds have arrived though. I even found some untracked

 

[marcski]

Beautiful morning at Hunter. The holiday crowds have arrived though. I even found some untracked

I love the F - chair.

 

[Petronio]

Today was my first visit to Hunter -- I see why people like it, really enjoyed the back side (Hunter North?) Some of those trails that were not open under the lift line looked like they could be a lot of fun. Pretty good coverage everywhere that was open. Crowds, but the lines moved fast enough. We will see how conditions will cope with the next two days' weather.

 

[Scottski63]

It seems like Hunter didn’t get the absolute worst of it. The snow making always impressed me I wasn’t sure they would fire up again.

 

[Jersey Skier]

Anyone know why Hunter is closed today?

 

[rfreeman]

Anyone know why Hunter is closed today?

No idea - but unless it is some unavoidable emergency like loss of power it is completely irresponsible for them to announce at 9:50 AM that they are not opening for the day after people have made reservations and travelled to be there.