Hunter 2/26 - 63" new snow!

We now have over 63" since Tuesday and it is still snowing. Exhausted and tired. West Side not open yet, but coming soon. People are hucking everywhere. What an amazing day. This weekend should be off the hook with powder bumps.

2/16?

180 said:

We now have over 63" since Tuesday and it is still snowing. Exhausted and tired. West Side not open yet, but coming soon. People are hucking everywhere. What an amazing day. This weekend should be off the hook with powder bumps.

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Still waiting to get plowed out...


I want a yesterday repeat!!!!

we were planning on k for sunday but we may have to seriously re-think this one. how bad does the west side get in terms of crowds? i would think the weekend is gonna be a total zoo.

2knees said:

we were planning on k for sunday but we may have to seriously re-think this one. how bad does the west side get in terms of crowds? i would think the weekend is gonna be a total zoo.

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44 is going to be open... That means the Y lift generally... Which never has a line.

You can bounce between 44 and Purna..

hmmmmm

63"??? Wow! There'll probably be a lot of city slickers there this w/e, dontcha think?

DoubleEject said:

63"??? Wow! There'll probably be a lot of city slickers there this w/e, dontcha think?

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It's heavy snow.... count on them hitting the bar early..

180 said:

People are hucking everywhere.

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yesterday, right underneath the quad there was landing zone from a border, had to be a 25' huck.

I'll be there tomorrow. Give a shout if you see me, I'll be by myself. 6', bright red jacket, black ski pants, shitty Elan Flow XT skis. Send me a text if you're not into shouting at strangers. 973-270-4395.

d, your driveway get plowed out yet?

I think I'd probably be disappointed if I was so close and yet missed a day like today... How you handling it?

-w

greg basically said it was off the hook with bumps forming all over the place. took them 7 freakin hours to get there

Probably shouldn't post this...

My son's weekend soccer tournament is teetering on cancellation...a foot of snow in Long Island and still snowing. All of tonight's games are cancelled and the schedule is in shambles. And it's still snowing.

They of course don't want to cancel and give refunds, but I've already contacted the team manager and told her I won't risk our lives to drive south to play soccer.

But of course I will drive north to ski!!!!

Please send your positives vibes my way for tournament cancellation.

2knees said:

greg basically said it was off the hook with bumps forming all over the place. took them 7 freakin hours to get there

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I was wondering about the drive.

The Taconic and 84 were closed for periods this morning and there is a state of emergency here...police are ticketing any vehicles out on the road other than plows and official vehicles.

WJenness said:

d, your driveway get plowed out yet?

I think I'd probably be disappointed if I was so close and yet missed a day like today... How you handling it?

-w

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Never got the car out...


But i did get a lot of work done... I'm going to be OB most of tomorrow... It's time..

JimG. said:

I was wondering about the drive.

The Taconic and 84 were closed for periods this morning and there is a state of emergency here...police are ticketing any vehicles out on the road other than plows and official vehicles.

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See the other threads...they were stuck on 84 about 1 mile from the Taconic for 4 hours this morning.

dmc said:

Never got the car out...

But i did get a lot of work done... I'm going to be OB most of tomorrow... It's time..

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That's simply awesome.

WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Say it again...

WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Soccer tournament cancelled.

See you all at Hunter tomorrow.

Psyched!

see you tomorrow.

Insane day today. We left Thomaston, CT at about 5:15 and opted to head over to New York via 84. It dropped down to 29 this morning and I thought the wet roads up on 7 and 23 might freeze up. Our decision turned out to be the epic fail of all time.

All was fine until about 6:30 when we hit an area on 84 right before the Taconic with heavy snow. Within a few miles we were stopped. It turns out the highway was shut down. We were there for four effin' hours, almost suicidal thinking about the powder day we were missing up at Hunter. Eventually, the cars were able to navigate the endless stream of tractor trailers with the help of "toothless bitches" (inside joke). Anyway, we got to the Taconic about 10:30 and we decided to beeline it to Hunter. That southern stretch of the Taconic was nuts - trees laiden with snow hanging over the road and whatnot. Eventually the road cleared and we were able to do 70. Nobody was out.

Got to the Rip Van Winkle and the roads were basically almost dry. In fact not a lot of snow all the way to the bottom of the mountain road. Then we estimated 8", then 12", then we started estimating in feet. The Tannersville/Hunter area is absolutely choked with snow. Got to the mountain and struggled for a parking space. The 2 hour ride took us seven today! :-o

Anyway, got booted, choked down some burgers and hit the line for the quad. On the ride up, a guy told us West Side was closed. We were majorly bummed. Then at the summit we noticed a small crowd of 60 or so people waiting for the West side to open. Within 7 or 8 minutes the roped dropped! So we beelined Claire's. Hit the upper section of that and then cut over to 44. Insanity! Feet and feet and feet of snow. Lots of untracked. Dense snow, but very skiable. Spent the rest of the afternoon on the West side. We lost Grassi on the first run. He was trying to find some deep powder skiing skills. It was dumping on and off all afternoon

Brian and I hit 44 X2, Annapurna X2 and Claire's once. Z lift line was nuts most of the afternoon with almost 30 minute waits, but we felt satisfied with the skiing we got in. Hit Cliff to Racer's to finish the day. Truly epic. I'm thinking about heading back early next week after the weekend crowd leaves and bumps the place up. There will be no icy troughs for a long long time. there's a ton of natty base there.

So a day that started horribly turned into and epic treat. Ride home was smooth and quick. Got some video I'll try to throw up later. Awesome day, even though it was a bit short.