• Welcome to AlpineZone, the largest online community of skiers and snowboarders in the Northeast!

    You may have to REGISTER before you can post. Registering is FREE, gets rid of the majority of advertisements, and lets you participate in giveaways and other AlpineZone events!

Another crap article about Hunter

kingslug

Well-known member
Joined
Dec 30, 2005
Messages
7,456
Points
113
Location
Draper utah
This one brought to you by Skiing magazine. I guess the feet of snow that fell out of the sky St. Pats day wasn't worth writing about. So instead they write another useless article about.......the bars. Yes, the famous Hunter nightlife. How many shots the bartenders did, the food, more booze, the guidos...the guidos?
I thought all the real guidos where long gone, traded in their IROC Z's for minivans after they got married and had their 2.5 kids. I mean come on, this isn't 1985 anymore. Do any of these so called writers even bother to ski in these places when they get there? I can't recall a single meaningful article about these places. Hunter, Belleayre, Plat. But when they do write about them, with Hunter it's always about the bars. Useless!
See you all there Sunday. We'll do shots.
 
Joined
Aug 23, 2007
Messages
17,569
Points
0
Haha..so funny..Isn't guido a Derogatory term..why would skiing magazine use that. Have the Gotti brothers ever skied Hunter???
 

BeanoNYC

Active member
Joined
Feb 6, 2005
Messages
5,080
Points
38
Location
Long Island, NY
Haha..so funny..Isn't guido a Derogatory term..

guidos.jpg
 

Greg

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Jul 1, 2001
Messages
31,154
Points
0
Hunter is legit. Legit snowmaking. Legit terrain. That's all I have to say about that.
 

180

Well-known member
Joined
Oct 29, 2004
Messages
1,956
Points
48
Location
mahopac, ny
Really hate to have to defend our mountain all the time. Let's see if the new guy JI on the management team can get an article written about the real Hunter. An awesome beginner and advanced terrain mountain.
 

millerm277

Active member
Joined
Nov 18, 2006
Messages
1,815
Points
38
Location
NJ/NH
Hunter is legit. Legit snowmaking. Legit terrain. That's all I have to say about that.

Agreed, and it is very entertaining to watch the above group attempt to conquer incredibly difficult trails like Belt Pkwy, and Hellgate.
 

dmc

New member
Joined
Oct 28, 2004
Messages
14,275
Points
0
I've met people claiming to be Gotti's here...

the fact is... THere really are no bars in Hunter...
 

kingslug

Well-known member
Joined
Dec 30, 2005
Messages
7,456
Points
113
Location
Draper utah
I'm writing Skiing mag and pitchin a bitch, enough is enough. Maybe they will even have the balls to print it and respond. Did this to an audio mag once after a writer proclaimed thet records where dead. They printed it. We will see.
 
Joined
Aug 23, 2007
Messages
17,569
Points
0
I'm writing Skiing mag and pitchin a bitch, enough is enough. Maybe they will even have the balls to print it and respond. Did this to an audio mag once after a writer proclaimed thet records where dead. They printed it. We will see.

Does anybody have a link to the article?
 

kingslug

Well-known member
Joined
Dec 30, 2005
Messages
7,456
Points
113
Location
Draper utah
My letter to the editor:

Marc,

I would like to say first that I like you're magazine and have been a reader for many years. But you're article on Hunter Mountain, which I'm sure was light hearted in spirit, did a great disservice to a great mountain. Why is it that every article about Hunter concerns the nightlife, the bars, and how everyone is drunk and a Guido. Hunter is one of the best mountains in the area. It's all about the skiing. They have some of the best terrain for all abilities and the best snowmaking system and snowmakers on the entire east coast. When will this OLD attitude about the place change. Not soon if articles such as this continue to be written. People who have never been there will get the impression that it is only good for loud mouth drunks, certainly not for families. It's not 1985 anymore. I have yet to meet these Guidos on the slopes. maybe they are in the bars but that is not what Hunter is about. You're writer couldn't find anything to ski that day, St. Patricks day ! I seem to remeber quite a lot of the white stuff coming down at that time. I believe it was called the St. Patricks day storm, one of the better ones to hit the coast. This is a family owned mountain that employs a great many people, I think they are the largest employer in the area. How about an article about the real Hunter, the one you ski on.

Sincerely

I Heitner
 

dmc

New member
Joined
Oct 28, 2004
Messages
14,275
Points
0
Excellent...

That being said - I'm psyched to knock back some beers with my "Guid's" after riding today
 

wa-loaf

Well-known member
Joined
Jan 7, 2007
Messages
15,109
Points
48
Location
Mordor
My letter to the editor:

Marc,

I would like to say first that I like your magazine and have been a reader for many years. But your article on Hunter Mountain, which I'm sure was light hearted in spirit, did a great disservice to a great mountain. Why is it that every article about Hunter concerns the nightlife, the bars, and how everyone is drunk and a Guido. Hunter is one of the best mountains in the area. It's all about the skiing. They have some of the best terrain for all abilities and the best snowmaking system and snowmakers on the entire east coast. When will this OLD attitude about the place change. Not soon if articles such as this continue to be written. People who have never been there will get the impression that it is only good for loud mouth drunks, certainly not for families. It's not 1985 anymore. I have yet to meet these Guidos on the slopes. maybe they are in the bars but that is not what Hunter is about. Your writer couldn't find anything to ski that day? St. Patricks day! I seem to remember quite a lot of the white stuff coming down at that time. I believe it was called the St. Patricks day storm, one of the better ones to hit the coast. This is a family owned mountain that employs a great many people, I think they are the largest employer in the area. How about an article about the real Hunter, the one you ski on.

Sincerely,
Heitner

Very nice. I did a little editing, in bold.
 

kingslug

Well-known member
Joined
Dec 30, 2005
Messages
7,456
Points
113
Location
Draper utah
OMG! I spelled remember wrong......again. I always do that, damn. And it looks like they do not have any way to access their articles for reprint unless you call them. Looks like you will have to buy the issue Grill. It's not a bad mag, but Powder it ain't.
 
Joined
Aug 23, 2007
Messages
17,569
Points
0
OMG! I spelled remember wrong......again. I always do that, damn. And it looks like they do not have any way to access their articles for reprint unless you call them. Looks like you will have to buy the issue Grill. It's not a bad mag, but Powder it ain't.

O'll just read it the next time I go to Borders..I'm not plunking down $4 for Skiing magazine...maybe if it was Powder..lol
 

St. Jerry

Member
Joined
Dec 16, 2003
Messages
277
Points
18
I love watching all the Guidos sliding down the ice on Hunter west. Too funny!
 

kingslug

Well-known member
Joined
Dec 30, 2005
Messages
7,456
Points
113
Location
Draper utah
I love watching all the Guidos sliding down the ice on Hunter west. Too funny!

And Warren Millers unflattering scene of the famous FROZEN GRANULAR. Like he said " once you find you're way from the bottom to the top, there's nothing left to ski"
Hunter, I tell ya, they get no respect!
 
Top