Any body know anything about Hunter???

[catskillman]

report as of now says Belt is closed but north side is open. That will be interesting.......
Yesterday was crazy with nothing for an intermediate to ski from the top. Not that the belt is intermediate anymore with the crowds and the ice by the north lift area.

 

[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

report as of now says Belt is closed but north side is open. That will be interesting.......
Yesterday was crazy with nothing for an intermediate to ski from the top. Not that the belt is intermediate anymore with the crowds and the ice by the north lift area.

Don't have any stats but I would guess that Belt Parkway is the trail with more injuries that require ski patrol attention than any other trail in Catskills. The huge number of poor (and often intoxicated) "skiers" and "riders" that choose to take the run marked as the least difficult route down from the top, coupled with the extent to which they scrape off the surface, make for a greater challenge than other route down on weekends and holidays.

It may have lost the title briefly when Overlook was mistakenly rated blue. That run consistently has the slickest surface on the mountain and gets pretty steep.

 

[catskillman]

this is cut from the Hunter Ski Bum facebook site. While he does have a couple of points, he can't even spell the family name, Slutzky, that he thinks is the best ever correctly.... He is correct, the mountain has been dangerous,

noone ever thought that crowding would not be an issue, limiting lift ticket sales is a joke when apparently 65% of all epic passholders are in the tri state area, This week is MLK weekend, tickets are still on sale, the mountain is in terrible shape, the place will be dangerous without a doubt. But they will sell a lot of beer at $10 + 8& tax and 18% tip.

From Facebook -
Just sent this to Vail ceo. :
I used to pray for Vail to buy Hunter Mountain now I M like most others upset it has. You posted so many millions and profits, and yet you do not maintain this mountain, the limited amount of snow making put on this mountain is a disgrace. This is not speculation, this is a fact. All you have to do is go on Hunter ski bums on Facebook, just one of the many Facebook followings that Hunter Mountain has. You do not have to be imaginative to run this mountain the way it should be, it’s already been done years and years ago. Things are supposed to get better not worse. David Slutski when he ran the snow making and grooming of this mountain did a superb job. So this is not speculation, we know how good Hunter could be because it used to be. And the lack of snow is very noticed. We had many many many days of superb snow making weather, with very limited snow making. The snow making crew is trying its best And working very hard, but they cannot do this without the resources from management. It’s a total disgrace. I have been skiing hunter mountain 53 years plus, I work for Val as a ski bum in the late 70s. You guys were always known for precision grooming . call the lack of services, the lack of opening up to rain, it’s negligence, we deserve to have the mountains opened up fully. Now you’ve just gone through a warm spell no doubt, which makes things tougher. But we are the skiers that pay the fees, we buy equipment, we support the infrastructure. We feel we are being screwed. Pretty much I can speak for many. A business is supposed to make money, no doubt. No one would begrudge you from making money. That’s what a business is supposed to do, I had the biggest Airbnb home at Hunter Mountain, so I know what I charged. I spent money and as a result of that I was booked 50 weeks a year, the most profitable Airbnb and VRBO home in the area. Unfortunately it burn to the ground November 3, instead of rebuilding, tired of the bullshit from management at Hunter Mountain, I sold the property. I no longer have faith in Hunter Mountain. I am going to Vail this week on Friday, should have any time does national guard Anyone in power want to talk to me I will make myself available. The lousy grooming and limited snowmaking makes the mountain dangerous. My number is 917-545-0529. My name is victor magnotti. My email is Vic skis@aol.com . This is not the first letter of rote you people, just like Russia hunt the mountain never is there any replies, it lets us know what you think of us customers. I’d much rather be skiing than sitting here writing this letter
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  Vic Joseph lousy grooming?
  
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  Skip Warner yesterday was outright dangerous skip. Ask anyone.it was way beyond dangerous. Vail. Supposed to be better not worse.

 

[skiur]

If you are trying to be taken seriously writing to a CEO of a fortune 500 company you should at least run a spell/grammar check before hitting send.

 

[jimmywilson69]

It doesn't matter that went right to the delete folder whether it was written as is or written by Mark Twain

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm probably not.

 

[catskillman]

If you are trying to be taken seriously writing to a CEO of a fortune 500 company you should at least run a spell/grammar check before hitting send.

agree he should have. He is a well know character at Hunter. Spell check would not have picked up the correct spelling of Slutzky however.

 

[Kingslug20]

Vail doesn't care about spelling...or anything other than making a profit...

 

[JimG.]

Has Vail/Hunter completely given up on making snow on any expert terrain?

I drove by yesterday to pick up a pair of skis at the Pro and there was no evidence of any snowmaking on the front side expert terrain save for a patch or two on Racer's. On the west side there was some snow on Claire's but it was just patches like they started to blow then stopped. Pretty sad to see.

 

[catskillman]

Has Vail/Hunter completely given up on making snow on any expert terrain?

I drove by yesterday to pick up a pair of skis at the Pro and there was no evidence of any snowmaking on the front side expert terrain save for a patch or two on Racer's. On the west side there was some snow on Claire's but it was just patches like they started to blow then stopped. Pretty sad to see.

they had clairs open for a couple of days. honestly it was a waste of money to even try. they could have used that snow elsewhere. people bitched all over facebook and they gave in foolishly. The belt parkway has been closed since at least Thursday due to the horrendous conditions. You can imaging what the rest of the mountain is like with nowhere for the inexperienced to go. Dangerous is the only word to describe it.........

 

[JimG.]

Dangerously crowded on certain trails at Belle this past weekend too. Kids programs fired up for the season and it got chaotic at times.

Not trying to pile on the already totally negative feedback about Vail but it's clear they have no idea how to operate a ski area in the east like Hunter. It is clear there is no plan.

 

[Kingslug20]

Maybe...he's running things....

 

[So Inclined]

they had clairs open for a couple of days. honestly it was a waste of money to even try. they could have used that snow elsewhere. people bitched all over facebook and they gave in foolishly. The belt parkway has been closed since at least Thursday due to the horrendous conditions. You can imaging what the rest of the mountain is like with nowhere for the inexperienced to go. Dangerous is the only word to describe it.........

Belt was open yesterday. And guns were blowing all the way down on Overlook, from the top to the North side lift.

 

[catskillman]

Overlook today had everything, huge huge wales, sticky snow at the bottom where the guns were on, Worst/dangerous run of the day was east side drive. Smallish wales, but pure ice on the downhill side, tough to get in, hard to describe that mess, but once you got to the flats it was good.

Parkway was ok, hellgate was very good, but skied off by 11. Not crowded, but just wait - rain tomorrow, and a holiday weekend coming up

 

[catskillman]

Rips return wins the worst grooming award for the season - I am confident that nothing will be worse for the rest of the season. This was so over the top, there was a drop off of at least 9 inches from the groomer. I would not have thought there was even that much base.

How they could have had it open is unreal.
They called 911 for a chopper - teenageer - unconsious head injury, still on the mountain,,,,,,,,,

 

[raisingarizona]

Wow, Hunter sounds like so much fun!

Seriously though, I wouldn't ever subject myself to such a colossal shit show with my free time. Thee's better ways to spend it.

 

[RichT]

Wow, Hunter sounds like so much fun!

Seriously though, I wouldn't ever subject myself to such a colossal shit show with my free time. Thee's better ways to spend it.

Place is being run by monkees!

 

[RichT]

Went to Windham last night to see the Nerds play, along with a Torchlight parade and Fireworks. To my surprise they're just as messed up as Hunter! At least 250 people with kids, only two bartenders, no garbage cans so junk spread all over the place!! Oh yeah and credit card only. Going today to Hunter to see a band there, can't wait to see what that brings...............

 

[catskillman]

another you can't make this stuff up - so overlook was closed yesterday, at least.

Turns out a groomer blew a hydraulic hose and all the oil/fluid spilled out. Hazmat situation. Today, Overlook was open, but the smell is over wellming. No doubt it did happen.

 

[ThatGuy]

Never even been to Huntah but these on the ground updates confirm my decision to stay away.

 

[cdskier]

another you can't make this stuff up - so overlook was closed yesterday, at least.

Turns out a groomer blew a hydraulic hose and all the oil/fluid spilled out. Hazmat situation. Today, Overlook was open, but the smell is over wellming. No doubt it did happen.

Honestly that's not that uncommon. It happened at Sugarbush on Stein's a couple years ago. Patrol and pretty much all spare staff (including the COO) were shoveling the contaminated snow off the trail into plastic bags and onto patrol sleds to be properly disposed of for the better part of a day. I recall it happening at Gore years ago as well on Lies I think it was.