Anyone know what happened to the RSN forums?

[JimG.]

Greg, I think DMC's criticism was directed at the off the cuff, stereotypical assessments of Hunter given by folks who may have been there one or twice or sometimes not at all. It bugs me too.

I try to keep it all positive. I think it would be horrible to go to a ski area for the first time and just give it an overall trashing because one aspect of the experience wasn't perfect. I've seen it in trip reports here and elsewhere...no matter what the overall situation was, the little negatives seem to get more play than they should.

Here's my assessment of Hunter today...it's open with a ton of great terrain and good snow conditions; alot of ski areas nearby are brown and green and closed. What else needs to be said?

 

[dmc]

Greg, I think DMC's criticism was directed at the off the cuff, stereotypical assessments of Hunter given by folks who may have been there one or twice or sometimes not at all. It bugs me too.

I've been defending Hunter since Al Gore invented the internet

 

[hammer]

Greg, I think DMC's criticism was directed at the off the cuff, stereotypical assessments of Hunter given by folks who may have been there one or twice or sometimes not at all. It bugs me too.

I try to keep it all positive. I think it would be horrible to go to a ski area for the first time and just give it an overall trashing because one aspect of the experience wasn't perfect. I've seen it in trip reports here and elsewhere...no matter what the overall situation was, the little negatives seem to get more play than they should.
Here's my assessment of Hunter today...it's open with a ton of great terrain and good snow conditions; alot of ski areas nearby are brown and green and closed. What else needs to be said?

First, I've never been to Hunter, so I have no qualifications to make any comments on how good of a ski area it is.

But, this thread does prompt an interesting question -- Is it OK for newbies on forums to make comments about a ski area as long as they qualify their statements with the fact that they aren't a "regular"?

As a newbie who is exploring ski areas, it's great to get comments from both newbies and regulars in trip reports. Of course, I do like to know about the experience level of the author as well.

As far as trip reports that I make are concerned, I do try to qualify my statements and keep it positive, especially since, for the most part, I've received better customer service at ski areas than I have most other places. In addition, while I comment about conditions, I realize that conditions are very weather-dependent and that there's only so much that a ski area can do to make up for bad weather.

Sorry if this went a little off topic...

 

[dmc]

Is it OK for newbies on forums to make comments about a ski area as long as they qualify their statements with the fact that they aren't a "regular"?

Sure... But don't be suprised if someone(like me) comes back to shore the report up a bit...

 

[hammer]

Sure... But don't be suprised if someone(like me) comes back to shore the report up a bit...

No problem at all

 

[JimG.]

Is it OK for newbies on forums to make comments about a ski area as long as they qualify their statements with the fact that they aren't a "regular"?

I wasn't trying to say that first timers shouldn't submit reports! All I'm saying is be objective and report the good and the bad.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Greg, I think DMC's criticism was directed at the off the cuff, stereotypical assessments of Hunter given by folks who may have been there one or twice or sometimes not at all. It bugs me too.

Here's my assessment of Hunter today...it's open with a ton of great terrain and good snow conditions; alot of ski areas nearby are brown and green and closed. What else needs to be said?

I grew up skiing Hunter and was a season pass holder there until 5 years ago. I'll be 51 this month, so I skied there more then once or twice.

They do have great terrain for a mountain that size and don't get enough credit for that. They advertise the best snowmaking in the world and that may be true. If you know your way around and start at first chair you can stay ahead of the crowd for awhile, but they get you sooner or later. I remember standing in long, long lines on the West Side (double chairs - fixed grip). It does have a NYC attitude vibe thing going as well.

I'm from the Albany area. Even though it's close most people here head North. Hunter is what it is, I tell people to give it a try and decide for yourself.

 

[beswift]

Feel free to go and post somewhere else. In fact, please do...

uke: I suggest that you take your own advice. You don't seem to have any special talents or experience that qualifies you to maintain a ski forum.

 

[bvibert]

Feel free to go and post somewhere else. In fact, please do...

uke: I suggest that you take your own advice. You don't seem to have any special talents or experience that qualifies you to maintain a ski forum.

You haven't left yet??

 

[thetrailboss]

Feel free to go and post somewhere else. In fact, please do...

uke: I suggest that you take your own advice. You don't seem to have any special talents or experience that qualifies you to maintain a ski forum.

Treating the man who runs this forum like this is not a good way to win friends and influence people. :-?

As for RSN, I've notice that less and less people are posting in the two remaining forums (Sugarbush and Wachusett). Man, I can only imagine what Ghostrider is doing without Lake Placid's Room :wink:

 

[Greg]

Looks like their new community section will now launch on May 1...

We are in the process of revamping the complete community section, which includes our popular forums, and resort reviews. We anticipate new launch date of May 1, 2005.

 

[Joshua B]

Just in time for...erm...after the ski season.

 

[thetrailboss]

Just in time for...erm...after the ski season.

Yep, another lame RSN project. :angry:

 

[Lostone]

Is that from the same crew that anticipated the launch date of January 1? :roll:

That just has to have hurt their hitrate. :-?

 

[oneotwoandcounting]

I have to agree with dmc and HPD. I worked and lived in Orange County and skied Hunter for years. I had a season pass there for two of those years. Although Whiteface has been my home mountain for 24 years Hunter does have some challenging terrain, especially on the West Side. Claire’s Way and Anna Purna are often full of bumps and fun to ski. You do have to work the lifts to avoid lines but mid week is usually pretty good. I have friends that were on the Ski Patrol there for 29 years and they helped teach me how to work the lifts.

Another friend of mine used to call Hunter Industrial Skiing because of its lay out and highly industrialized ski crowd. However there are plenty of skilled skiers there and Slopes (a local watering hole) was usually filled with pretty women that had some non skiing skills that were a great deal of fun.


NOTE ON THIS POST:

I am suffering from cabin fever. A friend of mine stepped on the rear of my right ski when getting off a lift at Whistler last week. I fell straight back and landed with a thud. It took two Ski Patrolmen to help me to my feet. I finished the day skiing with a cramp in my back but felt lucky that was all that hurt. Two days latter an injury from the previous year (broken ribs) started to hurt. I also have a cold and coughing with sore ribs is hell. I took a week off from skiing to heal. Last year I was blind-sided and broke my ribs when I slammed into the mountain at about 40 miles/hour. Without skies to help me stop I slid from the top of WF’s Skyward Trail all the way down to the top of Niagara. A skiing friend of mine also caused this. If this keeps up I am going to have to find a new set of friends ski with before the old ones kill me. Sorry about the whining.

I agree with dmc and thank Al Gore for the Internet and letting it run without a, “prevailing legal authority”…??? Without it this week would have left me totally insane instead of just half crazy.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Claire’s Way and Anna Purna are often full of bumps and fun to ski. You do have to work the lifts to avoid lines but mid week is usually pretty good.

Clair's and K21 kicked my a$$ yesterday. How do you work a hunter lift other than going single?

 

[oneotwoandcounting]

Going single helps on the high speed quad but here are a few other tips.

1. Get there early
2. Move to Hunter West as soon as it opens
3. Ski through the lunch hour i.e. 12:00 to 1:30
4. When Hunter West gets crowded move back to Hunter and avoid the high speed quad when crowded
5. Ski late, until the quad closes
6. Skiing mid-week always helps

Although K21 is short it is steep and usually bumped up. My Ski Patrol buddy broke his leg on it years ago and he knows how to ski.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Going single helps on the high speed quad but here are a few other tips.

1. Get there early
2. Move to Hunter West as soon as it opens
3. Ski through the lunch hour i.e. 12:00 to 1:30
4. When Hunter West gets crowded move back to Hunter and avoid the high speed quad when crowded
5. Ski late, until the quad closes
6. Skiing mid-week always helps

Although K21 is short it is steep and usually bumped up. My Ski Patrol buddy broke his leg on it years ago and he knows how to ski.

You can see the K21 Bumps from the road! I try to hit west right away. Another thing I like to do is ski halfway down the mainface and ride that "f" lift up!

 

[Greg]

Looks like their new community section will now launch on May 1...

We are in the process of revamping the complete community section, which includes our popular forums, and resort reviews. We anticipate new launch date of May 1, 2005.

Nothing yet...

http://www.rsn.com/community/

:blink:

 

[ski_resort_observer]

The Sugarbush RSN forum, as well as others, have been up and running for a couple of months now.