Any body know anything about Hunter???

[catskillman]

so - yesterday went down Minya, took another run down HBK, then went to go back to Minya and the whole east side is closed, with patrol standing there, Go down to F lift and that is now closed. Heard the chopper, patrol had to close it all down as it was "a very very unfortunate situation". The person got a chopper ride so they were apparently alive. A half hour goes by and there is another issue requiring a chopper. The day before the chopper was there twice also.

And then there was the fight - a father went after the lift attendants on the B lift, after his 2 daughters fell off the lift. They were okay but he went biserk. The police were called to break it up.

Oh, and then there were the 2 people that they had to give narcan to on Thursday in the lodge. Nice crowd....

 

[ThatGuy]

#EpicFail

 

[raisingarizona]

so - yesterday went down Minya, took another run down HBK, then went to go back to Minya and the whole east side is closed, with patrol standing there, Go down to F lift and that is now closed. Heard the chopper, patrol had to close it all down as it was "a very very unfortunate situation". The person got a chopper ride so they were apparently alive. A half hour goes by and there is another issue requiring a chopper. The day before the chopper was there twice also.

And then there was the fight - a father went after the lift attendants on the B lift, after his 2 daughters fell off the lift. They were okay but he went biserk. The police were called to break it up.

Oh, and then there were the 2 people that they had to give narcan to on Thursday in the lodge. Nice crowd....

Ahhh, the holidays, the great outdoors and Hunter. What a shit show. I often refer to our ski area here as the Hunter of the South West. Yep, it’s a total shit show too

 

[MidnightJester]

so - yesterday went down Minya, took another run down HBK, then went to go back to Minya and the whole east side is closed, with patrol standing there, Go down to F lift and that is now closed. Heard the chopper, patrol had to close it all down as it was "a very very unfortunate situation". The person got a chopper ride so they were apparently alive. A half hour goes by and there is another issue requiring a chopper. The day before the chopper was there twice also.

And then there was the fight - a father went after the lift attendants on the B lift, after his 2 daughters fell off the lift. They were okay but he went biserk. The police were called to break it up.

Oh, and then there were the 2 people that they had to give narcan to on Thursday in the lodge. Nice crowd....

So Vail will be operating their own Vail helicopter soon and the helicopter pilot is getting to know the place well. As to the multi copter rides anyone know the circumstances of the accidents? Wonder if recent rain and flash freeze was the culprit because whatever snow that came down or was made is mostly long gone from the Holiday crowds.

Horribly you also cant rule out a Narcan needing crash from the apparent events of the week you mention.

Maybe the dad should of attacked the lift that dropped them. Bad chair.... What was its number?
Wondering what the difference that on some lifts the Lift workers have to drag or hold back some chairs that can hit you hard if in the wrong spot? Type of older lift drivetrain & chair type system I am guessing

 

[Hastur]

Classic Hunta

 

[camberstick]

Damn, makes me feel like the Poconos aren't that bad. Haven't been to hunter in 20 years. Horrible.

 

[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

Wondering if Hunter will be worth hitting for a day trip Jan 7 or 8

Seems pretty certain the PA Epic and Indy options will be crap then, and I can't imagine conditions in VT/NH will warrant the drive time and gas and lodging cost.

Hinges on
- how hard they are hit by rain Tues-Wed
- how well they can make snow Thurs-Fri nights
- crowding

 

[KustyTheKlown]

mmm shooting up on the slopes

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Wondering what the difference that on some lifts the Lift workers have to drag or hold back some chairs that can hit you hard if in the wrong spot? Type of older lift drivetrain & chair type system I am guessing

You really don’t understand the difference between detachable and fixed grip lifts?

 

[So Inclined]

As to the multi copter rides anyone know the circumstances of the accidents? Wonder if recent rain and flash freeze was the culprit because whatever snow that came down or was made is mostly long gone from the Holiday crowds.

The rain and flash freeze was a week ago. Conditions were typical northeast (firm, but not unskiable) the first half of the week and increasingly springlike the last couple days. Thurs to NYE were pretty fun conditions as long as you avoided the growing bare patches.
Can't speak to circumstances of particular accidents, since I didn't see any happen - but I did see various sled rides, esp yesterday. You just have a lot of people on the trails (but not an unprecedented or uncommon amount - I felt more skeeved by crowds around me at Killington a few weeks back) so you get plenty of everything. You have people running around who can't ski/ride the slopes they're on. You have people who can ski/ride them but insist on straight lining or going too fast for the situation. (I got hit from behind by a snowboarder doing that early this season and was lucky not to get hurt.)
Of course, you also have people who are chemically fortified. Yesterday was the first day I had ever seen dudes drinking tall boys in the line for the beginner area magic carpet at 10:30 in the morning.

 

[So Inclined]

Wondering if Hunter will be worth hitting for a day trip Jan 7 or 8

Seems pretty certain the PA Epic and Indy options will be crap then, and I can't imagine conditions in VT/NH will warrant the drive time and gas and lodging cost.

Hinges on
- how hard they are hit by rain Tues-Wed
- how well they can make snow Thurs-Fri nights
- crowding

The only thing I would offer here is that so far they seem to have been blowing snow pretty decently when the weather window opens. So keep tabs on that.

 

[catskillman]

The only thing I would offer here is that so far they seem to have been blowing snow pretty decently when the weather window opens. So keep tabs on that.

I skied this morning. Started to rain around 11:30 and it is still raining pretty heavy now. Rumor is they will make snow tonight, and I saw several snowmakers walking around today, however it is 38 degrees now. Whatever they make will be only enough to cover the huge bare spots all over. Such a shame they wasted the water and electric on Clairs etc. Really could use it on all the trails they are struggling to keep open now.

Conditions were okay to horrible today. Not much open. Only HBK, White cloud, Minya, and East side, mossy and madison. No crowds, visibility was tough.

 

[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

I skied this morning. Started to rain around 11:30 and it is still raining pretty heavy now. Rumor is they will make snow tonight, and I saw several snowmakers walking around today, however it is 38 degrees now. Whatever they make will be only enough to cover the huge bare spots all over. Such a shame they wasted the water and electric on Clairs etc. Really could use it on all the trails they are struggling to keep open now.

Conditions were okay to horrible today. Not much open. Only HBK, White cloud, Minya, and East side, mossy and madison. No crowds, visibility was tough.

So basically their lift and trail report showing Hellgate, Cliff, Belt, Drop Off & Eisenhower open is a lie? And there were bare spots on the 3 runs (Cloud, Minya and ESD) you saw open?

Suppose I can't blame them for the weather, but I can for the lies. Will not go tomorrow, and await tomorrow reports to decide about Sunday.

Thanks for the real scoop

 

[catskillman]

So basically their lift and trail report showing Hellgate, Cliff, Belt, Drop Off & Eisenhower open is a lie? And there were bare spots on the 3 runs (Cloud, Minya and ESD) you saw open?

Suppose I can't blame them for the weather, but I can for the lies. Will not go tomorrow, and await tomorrow reports to decide about Sunday.

Thanks for the real scoop

The web site is never correct, and has been wrong all season. Cannot understand why it is so difficult to get it right.

The belt, Ike and dropoff were closed yesterday also. There are bare spots on all trails. There is room for 2 skis only to get to kennedy under B lift and then very large spots and holes on the trail itself. They posted something yesterday, late in the day that they were closing the belt to preserve the snow for the weekend. However, there was huge bare spots before that, and it was all bumped up, which made for a real mess by where the lift drops you off and the entry to overlook, which is always such a bottleneck.

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[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

The web site is never correct, and has been wrong all season. Cannot understand why it is so difficult to get it right.

The belt, Ike and dropoff were closed yesterday also. There are bare spots on all trails. There is room for 2 skis only to get to kennedy under B lift and then very large spots and holes on the trail itself. They posted something yesterday, late in the day that they were closing the belt to preserve the snow for the weekend. However, there was huge bare spots before that, and it was all bumped up, which made for a real mess by where the lift drops you off and the entry to overlook, which is always such a bottleneck.

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Thanks - sounds like if I really want to ski this weekend my best bet is using my 50% off coupon for Big Snow.

Don't think I need to ski that badly though.

 

[zyk]

As a recovering hunter homer I keep watching the reports. Is it really that bad? Belleayre is a wee bit down the road and seems to have well over half the mountain open. Am I missing something?

Plan on getting out next week one way or another.

 

[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

Hunter juat updated FB "It doesn't look like Belt Parkway or Hunter North will be open by tomorrow"

Will wait for updates tomorrow to decide what to do Sun. May consider JFrost as 2/3 the trip if Hunter seems real weak.

 

[catskillman]

As a recovering hunter homer I keep watching the reports. Is it really that bad? Belleayre is a wee bit down the road and seems to have well over half the mountain open. Am I missing something?

Plan on getting out next week one way or another.

that is because they made snow, with all Hunter's ex snowmakers and NYS $. Yes Belleayre is the place to be this season........and probably next season also

 

[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

Julie McGuire reported this today on FB
𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 (𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭)

It's obvious that @huntermountain has been focusing on resurfacing after the disaster of a week we had weatherwise, though there is still a lot of iciness and variability.

𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲: Upper K27 to East Side Drive to Lower Crossover
It's a lot of hard corduroy, death cookies, and frozen divots, but I felt I could maintain good control and it had few people.

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲: White Cloud.
Since Belt and Hunter North are closed, the beginner traffic is on White Cloud, which means a lot of skiers that aren't comfortable in difficult conditions making erratic moves.

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞: This was my first run of the day. They are blowing snow at the summit off the Flyer and the conditions were variable AF. I was fixing my glove and gliding from Upper K27 to Hellgate when I was abruptly jolted by the new snow. You have these frozen corduroy patches, uneven terrain, super sticky spots, death cookies, and just a lot of variability. What I'm trying to say is that it was typical East Coast skiing.

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐚: Comparable to Upper K27 and East Side Drive.

𝐄𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫: Pretty icy and getting a lot of traffic. There is bottlenecking because there is only a thin strip leading to that trail.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟: Frozen corduroy.

No crowds, though! I guess this proves that there's always a silver lining.

 

[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

Seems like Hellgate, Cliff and Ike are open, no lines is a major plus for Hunter on a weekend, and I imagine conditions will be better by tomorrow as good snowmaking weather all night like and they indicate they will have Belt and North open tomorrow.

Still on the fence for tomorrow. Certainly not great conditions but I have made the trek to Hunter for less terrain early season.