Hunter 4/6/08

kingslug · Apr 7, 2008, 7:39 AM

Drove up late, didn't want to bother with frozen stuff in the morning. Met AndyZ around 11:00.The quad was down so we had to do the 2 lift routine..sux, but if you stayed on the upper mountain you could lap a lot faster. Tried out Clairs...and finaly it was in great shape. Everything had softened up, corn everywhere. Hit Racers Edge, nice, not too bumped good line down the left. Andy split around 12:00 and Jim G. and Carl showed up soon after.Now I knew I was in for a tough day.
Lower K 27 was in great shape, large bumps, good coverage, even the runout had some bumps on it. Hit that a few times then over to Clairs. EVERYONE was on Clairs including the whole ski patrol. It was in great shape with only a small band of rocks and mud in the middle. The coverage on the whole mountain is very impressive considering the low snowfall and rain over the course of the season.
Spent the whole day chasing them around, not easy!!, alterated between K, Clairs, Racers Edge, and The Cliff, with a few easier cruisers for rest.
Ran into DMC and a few others for some high speed top to bottom blasts...guy is fast!!
Around 4:30 is was pretty wiped. Finaly found the 2 guys I rode up with. They spent the day on The Belt, Wayout, and Minya. I work with one of the guys and it was his 5th time on skis. Already skiing parallel and starting to venture into the bumps. His friend lied and said they had gone down Racers, so there we went. He made it down with only 1 small fall. Simply amazing!!!
Turned out to be one of my best days of the year. Skiing with Jim, Carl, DMC is always great and really pushes me to the limit.

dmc · Apr 7, 2008, 8:15 AM

We were on a tear yesterday...

Good to see you!

kingslug · Apr 7, 2008, 5:52 PM

damn I'm tired !!!!!!!!!!!

**Greg** · Apr 7, 2008, 6:58 PM

A day of trying to keep up with Jim and Karl at Hunter in December of 2004 was the day I decided to get serious about my skiing.

andyzee · Apr 7, 2008, 9:37 PM

Conditions were nice this past Sunday and a $10 lift ticket made it even sweeter

kingslug · Apr 8, 2008, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greg

A day of trying to keep up with Jim and Karl at Hunter in December of 2004 was the day I decided to get serious about my skiing.

Me too. I hate looking like crap going down that stuff.

**JimG.** · Apr 12, 2008, 8:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingslug

Me too. I hate looking like crap going down that stuff.

That was by far the best I've seen you ski Ira...A great day.

kingslug · Apr 13, 2008, 8:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimG.

That was by far the best I've seen you ski Ira...A great day.

A damn better day than today!!!

Apr 7, 2008, 7:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
kingslug Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: looooooong island ny Posts: 1,579	Hunter 4/6/08 Drove up late, didn't want to bother with frozen stuff in the morning. Met AndyZ around 11:00.The quad was down so we had to do the 2 lift routine..sux, but if you stayed on the upper mountain you could lap a lot faster. Tried out Clairs...and finaly it was in great shape. Everything had softened up, corn everywhere. Hit Racers Edge, nice, not too bumped good line down the left. Andy split around 12:00 and Jim G. and Carl showed up soon after.Now I knew I was in for a tough day. Lower K 27 was in great shape, large bumps, good coverage, even the runout had some bumps on it. Hit that a few times then over to Clairs. EVERYONE was on Clairs including the whole ski patrol. It was in great shape with only a small band of rocks and mud in the middle. The coverage on the whole mountain is very impressive considering the low snowfall and rain over the course of the season. Spent the whole day chasing them around, not easy!!, alterated between K, Clairs, Racers Edge, and The Cliff, with a few easier cruisers for rest. Ran into DMC and a few others for some high speed top to bottom blasts...guy is fast!! Around 4:30 is was pretty wiped. Finaly found the 2 guys I rode up with. They spent the day on The Belt, Wayout, and Minya. I work with one of the guys and it was his 5th time on skis. Already skiing parallel and starting to venture into the bumps. His friend lied and said they had gone down Racers, so there we went. He made it down with only 1 small fall. Simply amazing!!! Turned out to be one of my best days of the year. Skiing with Jim, Carl, DMC is always great and really pushes me to the limit. __________________ Lets go! I'll drive.

Apr 7, 2008, 8:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
dmc Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hunter, NY Posts: 6,812	We were on a tear yesterday... Good to see you! __________________ The sky did not fall.... Belleayre is open!!! And I'm glad... now crawl back into you troll holes...

Apr 7, 2008, 5:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
kingslug Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: looooooong island ny Posts: 1,579	damn I'm tired !!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Lets go! I'll drive.

Apr 7, 2008, 6:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 9/20 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 20,982	A day of trying to keep up with Jim and Karl at Hunter in December of 2004 was the day I decided to get serious about my skiing. __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Apr 7, 2008, 9:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
andyzee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Home Posts: 7,553	Conditions were nice this past Sunday and a $10 lift ticket made it even sweeter __________________ __________________________________________________ _ I love the Bush!

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