Hunter left out again

tirolerpeter · Oct 1, 2006, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by snowkiter

Hunter? Who cares?

Reminds me of a quote from a former Vice President, Spiro Agnew (the one who resigned because of bribes while gov of Delaware before he was VP).

"Nattering naobob(s) of negativity."

catskills · Oct 1, 2006, 11:10 AM

I grew up in Hunter. The fact that Hunter is left out again does not surprise me. Its difficult for any of the individual Catskill resorts to compete with the larger resorts. After all the Catskill resorts are smaller then most major ski resorts. Thanks to NY State's forever wild laws, the Catskill resorts have half the acres (170-250) compared to VTs 500+ acre resorts. Taken together the four Catskill ski resorts compete very well with VT resorts. I would guess that there are easily well over 800,000 skier visits to Belleayre, Hunter, Plattekill, and Windham. This is not chump change. Add in the huge 2006 improvements to the four Catskills resorts will be (should be) noticed next year in various ski magazines. The Catskill resorts went from 2 high speed detachable lifts to 4 high speed detachable lifts for the 2006-2007 season. Then there is Hunter's awesome Katterskill\'s Mountain Club lodge and Village of Hunter improvements. Taken together all theses improvements means if you have not skied the Catskills recently you may want to take another look.

Here is fairly well written article Feb 2006 article. As you can see it does not contain the latest Catskill ski resort improvements made this summer.

http://www.skinet.com/skinet/travel/...931922,00.html

ski_adk · Oct 2, 2006, 10:59 AM

Alrighty! I'm definately in for a meetup at Hunter then. It'll have to be sometime in December...hopefully just a week or 2 before Christmas. Lets pray we have decent snow then!

**JimG.** · Oct 2, 2006, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by tirolerpeter

BTW, I may not ever get to share another day with Jim at Hunter because I will likely be signing a contract of sale on my house here in the east by the middle of next week, and moving to UT by some time in November.

Maybe not, but I'm sure I can make some good use of the guest bedroom at your new house in UT.

Then you can show me around your new haunts.

tirolerpeter · Oct 2, 2006, 2:05 PM

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Originally Posted by JimG.

Maybe not, but I'm sure I can make some good use of the guest bedroom at your new house in UT.

Then you can show me around your new haunts.

I don't know Jim. Considering how much you love to ski those icy moguls, wouldn't you find all that powder a bit uncomfortable? What good is falling if you don't bounce? In powder you would just make a kind of soft "Poof," and then spend the rest of the day looking for the ski that submarined somewhere.

**JimG.** · Oct 2, 2006, 2:37 PM

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Originally Posted by tirolerpeter

I don't know Jim. Considering how much you love to ski those icy moguls, wouldn't you find all that powder a bit uncomfortable? What good is falling if you don't bounce? In powder you would just make a kind of soft "Poof," and then spend the rest of the day looking for the ski that submarined somewhere.

Very funny TP...how soon we forget our eastern skiing buddies when we move out west I guess.

tirolerpeter · Oct 2, 2006, 6:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JimG.

Very funny TP...how soon we forget our eastern skiing buddies when we move out west I guess.

I'm just checking. You do know that I was kidding. I look forward to meeting AZ'ers out west. In fact, I suspect that since I ski only mid-week, I will actually meet more of them out west than here in the east. Most members really can only ski on weekends. "Working" is such a PIA. When I do finally make the deal, and make the move, I will definitely stay in touch and look to make turns with you "flatlanders."

riverc0il · Oct 2, 2006, 6:59 PM

hey TP, before you go getting all high and mighty

there is a saying when you transplant that once a flatlander, always a flatlander.

tirolerpeter · Oct 2, 2006, 8:28 PM

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Originally Posted by riverc0il

hey TP, before you go getting all high and mighty

there is a saying when you transplant that once a flatlander, always a flatlander.

I would agree with you, but then I was born about 40 KM west of Innsbruck Austria, where I lived the first part of my life. "Tirolerpeter" comes from the fact that I was born in the province of "Tirol" in the mountainous part of Austria. So, I am actually going "back to my roots."

riverc0il · Oct 2, 2006, 10:57 PM

heh, its all good. i wear my own flat lander status with honor. now back to your regularly scheduled thread discussion...

Oct 2, 2006, 10:59 AM	#23 (permalink)
ski_adk Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 117	Lets do it! Alrighty! I'm definately in for a meetup at Hunter then. It'll have to be sometime in December...hopefully just a week or 2 before Christmas. Lets pray we have decent snow then!

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riverc0il Ari Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ashland, NH Posts: 7,075	hey TP, before you go getting all high and mighty there is a saying when you transplant that once a flatlander, always a flatlander. __________________ -Steve TheSnowWay.com "Skiing is not a sport, it is a way of life." - Otto Schniebs 1

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riverc0il Ari Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ashland, NH Posts: 7,075	heh, its all good. i wear my own flat lander status with honor. now back to your regularly scheduled thread discussion... __________________ -Steve TheSnowWay.com "Skiing is not a sport, it is a way of life." - Otto Schniebs 1

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Oct 1, 2006, 11:10 AM	#22 (permalink)
catskills Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 484	I grew up in Hunter. The fact that Hunter is left out again does not surprise me. Its difficult for any of the individual Catskill resorts to compete with the larger resorts. After all the Catskill resorts are smaller then most major ski resorts. Thanks to NY State's forever wild laws, the Catskill resorts have half the acres (170-250) compared to VTs 500+ acre resorts. Taken together the four Catskill ski resorts compete very well with VT resorts. I would guess that there are easily well over 800,000 skier visits to Belleayre, Hunter, Plattekill, and Windham. This is not chump change. Add in the huge 2006 improvements to the four Catskills resorts will be (should be) noticed next year in various ski magazines. The Catskill resorts went from 2 high speed detachable lifts to 4 high speed detachable lifts for the 2006-2007 season. Then there is Hunter's awesome Katterskill\'s Mountain Club lodge and Village of Hunter improvements. Taken together all theses improvements means if you have not skied the Catskills recently you may want to take another look. Here is fairly well written article Feb 2006 article. As you can see it does not contain the latest Catskill ski resort improvements made this summer. http://www.skinet.com/skinet/travel/...931922,00.html

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