Hunter Mountain - 2/9/2007

**Greg** · Feb 9, 2007, 6:43 PM

Date(s) Skied: Friday, 2/9/2007 - 9:05 pm - 3:15 pm

Resort or Ski Area: Hunter Mountain, New York

Conditions: Manmade packed powder, hard pack, some bumps. Temps in the high teens, Partly cloudy, windy at the summit

Trip Report: Brian and I got to the mountain shortly before 9 am, booted up and headed out. Chilly today. We took four runs before the 10:30 meet-up - Hellgate/Broadway/Ike, Minya/Lower Xover, East Side Drive, Cliff. We then decided to try and squeeze in one more on Huega. On the lift ride up we bumped into trtaylor. Unfortunately, we didn't get to the summit until 10:39 and missed Hawkshot99 - my bad. We did Hellgate and then all three of us jumped in Upper Crossover. I was psyched to see Brian and Tim try that. We then did another run on East Side and I tried Lower K27.

Tim then broke off to check out the NASTAR course so Brian and I headed over to the West Side via Wayout. Towards the Claire's merge we bumped into Hawkshot! Hawkshot and I decided to try Claire's. Both of us went down briefly towards the top, but were able to recover. Hawkshot then went down again, slid for a good stretch, and then released out of his skis and slid out of site. I was pretty concerned, but someone from the lift confirmed he was okay. I picked my way down and grabbed his skis. I brought them down to him and was relieved to see he was okay. Claire's was not fun today - mostly slick windblown hardpack and some ice. Not a good time.

Glutton for punishment, I headed over to Anna Purna next for a solo run. Purna was waaaaaaaay better. Still slick hardpack, but bumpy enough and with some areas of loose snow to make it much more enjoyable. Sweet run. It must be absolutely fantastic in the spring with some nice soft bumps.

We then bid Hawkshot farewell as he had to work so we skied Hellgate down to the seeded line on Broadway. Really fun low angle bumps. So much so that we hit it again before lunch. Ate lunch around 1 pm and headed back out around 1:30. Hit East Side and Minya again, as well as Cliff. At the top of the Broadway bumps we saw Tim again!

I hit the bumps and then at the bottom noticed this little kids thrashing down them. He stopped near me and I said, "nice job!" and asked his age. "I'm seven." I then noticed a guy ripping down the bumps. Hmmm. 180 mentioned he'd be skiing with his 7-year-old. It was! We then took two runs down Upper Crossover and skirted over to the Broadway bumps, and finished up on Ike and then Racer's. Nice to meet a new AZer, 180. Your boy rips!

Conditions were great today. The groomed stuff was very smooth and edgeable. The ungroomed stuff on the front was big hardpack bumps. I didn't ski Upper Xover or Lower K particularly well, but they were fun nonetheless. The single black were all fun with some lines on skier's left. East Side skied particularly well with the fresh manmade on there, as did Upper Hellgate. The West Side was rough and only worth two runs. Cool to get on Purna though. Great run!

Overall a great day. I was happy that we were able to meet everyone we planned to. The mountain is in great shape with a ton of manmade snow. Go get some!

**Greg** · Feb 9, 2007, 8:58 PM

Some pics:

Huntah!

Upper Crossover

bvibert and trtaylor on Upper Crossover

trtaylor on Upper Crossover

bvibert on Upper Crossover

Lower K-27

Hawkshot99 on Z Lift

bvibert on Z Lift

**Greg** · Feb 9, 2007, 8:59 PM

A few more:

West Side

Upper Claire's

Upper Claire's Way

Entrance to Annapurna

Annapurna

Hawkshot99 · Feb 10, 2007, 12:08 AM

Now we know why we waited so long for you to get down Annapurna, you kept stopping to take pictures.

Looks like I should have tried it out.

**bvibert** · Feb 10, 2007, 6:34 PM

Anna looked pretty good. I should have given it a shot. Oh well, next time.

It was a great day of skiing, nice to meet up with some fellow AZer's as well.

180 · Feb 11, 2007, 6:50 AM

Great to meet some Zoners. My boy wanted to know how I met you. How do I tell him they're from the internet?

**bvibert** · Feb 11, 2007, 10:24 PM

Here's the video, unfortunately most of the good shots were from the same stretch of seeded bumps. I think it turned out pretty good though. It's 4:30 minutes. Make sure you watch it all the way to the end. I think the large version is worth the wait...

Small version - ~5MB
Large version - ~35MB

I'm trying to put a version on YouTube too, not sure if it's working or not though...

**bvibert** · Feb 11, 2007, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 180

Great to meet some Zoners. My boy wanted to know how I met you. How do I tell him they're from the internet?

I would tell him that you met us in Cyber-Space, sounds way cooler. He'll think your an astronaut!

Make sure you show him the video, there's a few clips of him. I also used an audio clip of you at the end of the film. I hope you don't mind...

Hawkshot99 · Feb 11, 2007, 11:05 PM

Cool vid, and that little guy goes good.

dmc · Feb 12, 2007, 4:53 AM

Spencer rocks...

Feb 9, 2007, 6:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 19,931	Hunter Mountain - 2/9/2007 Date(s) Skied: Friday, 2/9/2007 - 9:05 pm - 3:15 pm Resort or Ski Area: Hunter Mountain, New York Conditions: Manmade packed powder, hard pack, some bumps. Temps in the high teens, Partly cloudy, windy at the summit Trip Report: Brian and I got to the mountain shortly before 9 am, booted up and headed out. Chilly today. We took four runs before the 10:30 meet-up - Hellgate/Broadway/Ike, Minya/Lower Xover, East Side Drive, Cliff. We then decided to try and squeeze in one more on Huega. On the lift ride up we bumped into trtaylor. Unfortunately, we didn't get to the summit until 10:39 and missed Hawkshot99 - my bad. We did Hellgate and then all three of us jumped in Upper Crossover. I was psyched to see Brian and Tim try that. We then did another run on East Side and I tried Lower K27. Tim then broke off to check out the NASTAR course so Brian and I headed over to the West Side via Wayout. Towards the Claire's merge we bumped into Hawkshot! Hawkshot and I decided to try Claire's. Both of us went down briefly towards the top, but were able to recover. Hawkshot then went down again, slid for a good stretch, and then released out of his skis and slid out of site. I was pretty concerned, but someone from the lift confirmed he was okay. I picked my way down and grabbed his skis. I brought them down to him and was relieved to see he was okay. Claire's was not fun today - mostly slick windblown hardpack and some ice. Not a good time. Glutton for punishment, I headed over to Anna Purna next for a solo run. Purna was waaaaaaaay better. Still slick hardpack, but bumpy enough and with some areas of loose snow to make it much more enjoyable. Sweet run. It must be absolutely fantastic in the spring with some nice soft bumps. We then bid Hawkshot farewell as he had to work so we skied Hellgate down to the seeded line on Broadway. Really fun low angle bumps. So much so that we hit it again before lunch. Ate lunch around 1 pm and headed back out around 1:30. Hit East Side and Minya again, as well as Cliff. At the top of the Broadway bumps we saw Tim again! I hit the bumps and then at the bottom noticed this little kids thrashing down them. He stopped near me and I said, "nice job!" and asked his age. "I'm seven." I then noticed a guy ripping down the bumps. Hmmm. 180 mentioned he'd be skiing with his 7-year-old. It was! We then took two runs down Upper Crossover and skirted over to the Broadway bumps, and finished up on Ike and then Racer's. Nice to meet a new AZer, 180. Your boy rips! Conditions were great today. The groomed stuff was very smooth and edgeable. The ungroomed stuff on the front was big hardpack bumps. I didn't ski Upper Xover or Lower K particularly well, but they were fun nonetheless. The single black were all fun with some lines on skier's left. East Side skied particularly well with the fresh manmade on there, as did Upper Hellgate. The West Side was rough and only worth two runs. Cool to get on Purna though. Great run! Overall a great day. I was happy that we were able to meet everyone we planned to. The mountain is in great shape with a ton of manmade snow. Go get some! __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Feb 9, 2007, 8:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 19,931	Some pics: Huntah! Upper Crossover bvibert and trtaylor on Upper Crossover trtaylor on Upper Crossover bvibert on Upper Crossover Lower K-27 Hawkshot99 on Z Lift bvibert on Z Lift __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Feb 9, 2007, 8:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 19,931	A few more: West Side Upper Claire's Upper Claire's Way Entrance to Annapurna Annapurna __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Feb 10, 2007, 12:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Hawkshot99 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY Posts: 1,716	Now we know why we waited so long for you to get down Annapurna, you kept stopping to take pictures. Looks like I should have tried it out. __________________ 19 Rossi Mutix-175 Scott Mission- 178 Scott P3- 178

Feb 10, 2007, 6:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
bvibert West Hartford Res 6/22/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 11,462	Anna looked pretty good. I should have given it a shot. Oh well, next time. It was a great day of skiing, nice to meet up with some fellow AZer's as well. __________________ Brian SAC Tracker

Feb 11, 2007, 6:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
180 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: mahopac, ny Posts: 159	Great to meet some Zoners. My boy wanted to know how I met you. How do I tell him they're from the internet?

Feb 11, 2007, 10:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
bvibert West Hartford Res 6/22/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 11,462	Here's the video, unfortunately most of the good shots were from the same stretch of seeded bumps. I think it turned out pretty good though. It's 4:30 minutes. Make sure you watch it all the way to the end. I think the large version is worth the wait... Small version - ~5MB Large version - ~35MB I'm trying to put a version on YouTube too, not sure if it's working or not though... __________________ Brian SAC Tracker

Feb 11, 2007, 11:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
Hawkshot99 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY Posts: 1,716	Cool vid, and that little guy goes good. __________________ 19 Rossi Mutix-175 Scott Mission- 178 Scott P3- 178

Feb 12, 2007, 4:53 AM	#10 (permalink)
dmc DMC TUX Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hunter, NY Posts: 6,400	Spencer rocks... __________________ "The snowboard track is the most aesthetic and ephemeral passage that man can leave on a mountain" Stephen Koch ------------------ DMCs Interactive Tuckerman Ravine Map

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