Hunter 3/19

2knees · Mar 19, 2007, 6:31 PM

Date(s) Skied: 3/19

Resort or Ski Area: Hunter

Conditions: packed powder/some loose/some scratch

Trip Report: Gonna beat Greg to this although i hope he adds his thoughts as he is more descriptive then myself.

Got up there this morning around 10:45 and met greg at the top shortly thereafter. Took a run down cliffs, nice pow bumps with some scratch in between. Broadway was next, some nice soft bumps there and then over to eisenhower. not sure what happened there but the comp course is a wreck now. anyway, i could tell this was gonna be a fun day right off the bat. We took another run down the main face, upper crossover. Never skied that before. Not bumps you could kill but still fun. some chunks in the lines but still soft.

We decided to check out the west side next. Took Colonels alternate to Claires. The colonel had nice snow on it and claires, not quite as good. Alot of ice showing but still pretty damn good. Bump lines were messy, but fun. Found one real sweet line near the bottom under the chair. Next up Annapurna. damn, that is one fun trail. the steeper upper part suffered, or i suffered, from some real ice troughs and spaced out bumps. Greg has some video of me gaping it up pretty bad, so you can all point and laugh at that when he posts it. The bottom half got really really good with some more consistent lines and less scrape. fun fun fun.

also did upper and lower k27. the headwall on lower is pretty steep. Had some real ice chunks among the bumps so i basically hit survival mode on that. It was quite a workout. Other then that, we basically hit annapurna most of the time and i got all i bargained for. Really, that run is quite relentless. Not sure on the vertical, but it has to be about 1200 feet or so and constant bumps on a pretty good pitch. the heavier leftover mank, ice patches and funkily shaped bumps made for quite a workout. nice day and always a blast to ski with greg.

**bvibert** · Mar 19, 2007, 6:49 PM

Sounds pretty damn good. Although I had fun skiing with HPD and Jim on Friday I kinda wish I had bagged that day and went today instead... Oh well, maybe next time. I probably would have had trouble keeping up with you maniacs anyway.

2knees · Mar 19, 2007, 7:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bvibert

Sounds pretty damn good. Although I had fun skiing with HPD and Jim on Friday I kinda wish I had bagged that day and went today instead... Oh well, maybe next time. I probably would have had trouble keeping up with you maniacs anyway.

you could've kept up with me. I was sucking wind by 1:00. greg on the other hand, dude has an extra strength battery or something.

**Greg** · Mar 19, 2007, 7:20 PM

Date(s) Skied: Monday, 3/19/2007, 10:05 am - 4:00 pm

Resort or Ski Area: Hunter Mountain, NY

Conditions: Cruddy powder, dense powder bumps, packed powder, some scratchy troughs. Sunny am, cloudy pm, Snow squalls late in the day, temps in the 20's, Calm winds.

Trip Report: I had a severe case of ski-itis today. I couldn't get out this weekend so I just had to try and get in a day on quite possibly the last few days of mid-winter conditions in this area. Clicked in a bit after 10 am and took a few runs. It was nice and sunny this morning and it was a pleasure skiing the Hunter front side. The bumps on Cliff and Broadway were nice. Kind of like skiing dense chalk dust on styrofoam. My form was pretty rough early on and my feet were aching for whatever reason. Ike was pretty funky. On the next run I found a neat little lower mountain tree shot.

Met up with 2knees shortly after 11 am at the summit and we took a few runs on the front hitting the bumps on Cliff, Broadway, Ike, Crossover and Lower K. We didn't find too many lines that wowed us so we headed over to the West sides via Colonel's to Claires. Claire's was okay, but there's a lot of ice showing up between the bumps. The line skier's left directly under the lift was the best.

We then made our way to Annapurna. Purna was where it's at today, especially once we found some great snow skier's left on the steep section. Not great bumps up there, but nice snow allowing for easy skiing. Great bumps lines could be found once the pitch mellowed a bit. This really is a great run - relentless top to bottom moguls. We hit Purna several times and then took a quick 20 minute lunch after hitting Upper K (awesome) and lower (okay).

After lunch we huffed it back to Annapurna and just lapped it this afternoon. Pat had to split around 3 pm so I skied down with him to take a break and get a drink. My plan was then to head back to Purna for one more. I hit Wayout (groomed but very nice) and hopped on Z lift. At the top I noticed Claire's and Purna were both roped so I hit K27 again. Had a great run on Lower; so much so that I rode the quad up and hit it again.

Great day. I feel much better.

The mountain has a ton of snow and is really set up well for some nice spring bumps. Got a bunch of video so I'll try to put something together later.

**Greg** · Mar 19, 2007, 7:26 PM

Whoops. I did my whole write-up before I saw yours so I merged them. I'm beat. My shower zapped any bit of energy left in my battery... Seriously though, I stopped a lot on Purna today. Certainly didn't feel like I was full of energy and was actually worried I was bogging you down...

MarkC · Mar 19, 2007, 8:31 PM

I wish i knew that some AZers were going to be at hunter today. I would have gone there instead of Belleayre. I am headed to Hunter tomorrow. TR to follow if my cell internet wants to work. If anybody wants to meet up send me a PM.

**Greg** · Mar 19, 2007, 9:50 PM

Here are the videos. YouTubage:

(Needs a few minutes to process). Here is the much higher quality version (52+ MB). Give this one another 10 minutes to finish uploading:

Hunter - 3/19/2007

Enjoy!!!

**Greg** · Mar 20, 2007, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greg

Here are the videos. YouTubage:

(Needs a few minutes to process). Here is the much higher quality version (52+ MB). Give this one another 10 minutes to finish uploading:

Hunter - 3/19/2007

Enjoy!!!

Ugh...

I was saw tired and blurry-eyed last night, I didn't even notice the annoying blue hue to all the video. I think the white balance on my camer's video mode is screwed up. I remember playing with that recently. Sorry for the crappy footage...

2knees · Mar 20, 2007, 11:01 AM

greg, why didnt you call me out on the stupid extra lift tickets on my jacket?

they look like little hands flapping at my side.

**Greg** · Mar 20, 2007, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2knees

greg, why didnt you call me out on the stupid extra lift tickets on my jacket?

they look like little hands flapping at my side.

Now why would I do that? Hopefully, by your next outing you'll forgot about them again and we can all point and laugh at you...

And now that you mention it, you epitomized the lift ticket gaper move. You have lift tickets flapping around off of both pocket zippers!

Next time just complete the picture and attach your lift ticket to the center zip so it smacks you in the face the whole time...

Mar 19, 2007, 6:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
2knees The big pig @ Forrest Park Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,918	Hunter 3/19 Date(s) Skied: 3/19 Resort or Ski Area: Hunter Conditions: packed powder/some loose/some scratch Trip Report: Gonna beat Greg to this although i hope he adds his thoughts as he is more descriptive then myself. Got up there this morning around 10:45 and met greg at the top shortly thereafter. Took a run down cliffs, nice pow bumps with some scratch in between. Broadway was next, some nice soft bumps there and then over to eisenhower. not sure what happened there but the comp course is a wreck now. anyway, i could tell this was gonna be a fun day right off the bat. We took another run down the main face, upper crossover. Never skied that before. Not bumps you could kill but still fun. some chunks in the lines but still soft. We decided to check out the west side next. Took Colonels alternate to Claires. The colonel had nice snow on it and claires, not quite as good. Alot of ice showing but still pretty damn good. Bump lines were messy, but fun. Found one real sweet line near the bottom under the chair. Next up Annapurna. damn, that is one fun trail. the steeper upper part suffered, or i suffered, from some real ice troughs and spaced out bumps. Greg has some video of me gaping it up pretty bad, so you can all point and laugh at that when he posts it. The bottom half got really really good with some more consistent lines and less scrape. fun fun fun. also did upper and lower k27. the headwall on lower is pretty steep. Had some real ice chunks among the bumps so i basically hit survival mode on that. It was quite a workout. Other then that, we basically hit annapurna most of the time and i got all i bargained for. Really, that run is quite relentless. Not sure on the vertical, but it has to be about 1200 feet or so and constant bumps on a pretty good pitch. the heavier leftover mank, ice patches and funkily shaped bumps made for quite a workout. nice day and always a blast to ski with greg.

Mar 19, 2007, 6:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
bvibert West Hartford Res 6/22/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 11,628	Sounds pretty damn good. Although I had fun skiing with HPD and Jim on Friday I kinda wish I had bagged that day and went today instead... Oh well, maybe next time. I probably would have had trouble keeping up with you maniacs anyway. __________________ Brian SAC Tracker

Mar 19, 2007, 7:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 20,109	Hunter Mountain - 3/19/2007 Date(s) Skied: Monday, 3/19/2007, 10:05 am - 4:00 pm Resort or Ski Area: Hunter Mountain, NY Conditions: Cruddy powder, dense powder bumps, packed powder, some scratchy troughs. Sunny am, cloudy pm, Snow squalls late in the day, temps in the 20's, Calm winds. Trip Report: I had a severe case of ski-itis today. I couldn't get out this weekend so I just had to try and get in a day on quite possibly the last few days of mid-winter conditions in this area. Clicked in a bit after 10 am and took a few runs. It was nice and sunny this morning and it was a pleasure skiing the Hunter front side. The bumps on Cliff and Broadway were nice. Kind of like skiing dense chalk dust on styrofoam. My form was pretty rough early on and my feet were aching for whatever reason. Ike was pretty funky. On the next run I found a neat little lower mountain tree shot. Met up with 2knees shortly after 11 am at the summit and we took a few runs on the front hitting the bumps on Cliff, Broadway, Ike, Crossover and Lower K. We didn't find too many lines that wowed us so we headed over to the West sides via Colonel's to Claires. Claire's was okay, but there's a lot of ice showing up between the bumps. The line skier's left directly under the lift was the best. We then made our way to Annapurna. Purna was where it's at today, especially once we found some great snow skier's left on the steep section. Not great bumps up there, but nice snow allowing for easy skiing. Great bumps lines could be found once the pitch mellowed a bit. This really is a great run - relentless top to bottom moguls. We hit Purna several times and then took a quick 20 minute lunch after hitting Upper K (awesome) and lower (okay). After lunch we huffed it back to Annapurna and just lapped it this afternoon. Pat had to split around 3 pm so I skied down with him to take a break and get a drink. My plan was then to head back to Purna for one more. I hit Wayout (groomed but very nice) and hopped on Z lift. At the top I noticed Claire's and Purna were both roped so I hit K27 again. Had a great run on Lower; so much so that I rode the quad up and hit it again. Great day. I feel much better. The mountain has a ton of snow and is really set up well for some nice spring bumps. Got a bunch of video so I'll try to put something together later. __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Mar 19, 2007, 7:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 20,109	Whoops. I did my whole write-up before I saw yours so I merged them. I'm beat. My shower zapped any bit of energy left in my battery... Seriously though, I stopped a lot on Purna today. Certainly didn't feel like I was full of energy and was actually worried I was bogging you down... __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Mar 19, 2007, 9:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 20,109	Here are the videos. YouTubage: (Needs a few minutes to process). Here is the much higher quality version (52+ MB). Give this one another 10 minutes to finish uploading: Hunter - 3/19/2007 Enjoy!!! __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Mar 19, 2007, 8:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
MarkC Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Long Island for now Posts: 477	I wish i knew that some AZers were going to be at hunter today. I would have gone there instead of Belleayre. I am headed to Hunter tomorrow. TR to follow if my cell internet wants to work. If anybody wants to meet up send me a PM.

Mar 20, 2007, 11:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
2knees The big pig @ Forrest Park Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,918	greg, why didnt you call me out on the stupid extra lift tickets on my jacket? they look like little hands flapping at my side.

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