My daughters are in a weekend program at Belleayre, so we are in the Catskills every weekend, but have never been to Hunter. In fact, now that we have season passes at Belleayre, we rarely go anywhere else. I would guess that my 10 y/o has skied about 75 days in her life. I think she has skied Windham twice and Thunder Ridge twice. Every other day has been at Belleayre.
While we all enjoy Belleayre (especially yesterday), I have wanted to ski at Hunter for years and now my wife and daughters are expressing interest as well. This year, we will be in the Catskills for Presidents' Week, so we thought we would give it a shot on Wednesday or Thursday (2/22 or 2/23). I try to avoid buying lift tickets at other mountains when we have a season pass, but I am willing to spend $200+ to add a little variety to our ski season.
We will probably end up making a gametime decision. If conditions are lousy at both mountains that week, we will save our money and just ski Belleayre. But if mid-week conditions and Hunter sound promising, we will give it a shot.
The girls are 7 and 10 y/o and are both strong skiers. They can competently ski all the terrain that Belleayre has to offer. My wife learned to ski as an adult and can handle Belleayre's single blacks, like Dot Nebel and Wanatuska, but she is most comfortable on blue trails like the bottom half of Seneca, Dot Nebel and Belleayre Run.
I have been studying the Hunter trail map and I'm not really sure how to best plan our day. Ideally, we would like to ride up on the lift together almost every time, while spiltting up occasionally on the way down.
So, based on the info I provided, does anyone have any advice for us? Do you think my wife will be OK on Hunter's single black diamonds? Are they comparable to Belleayre's single blacks? I imagine she will enjoy Belt Parkway, but she won't want to do the same run all day. How do the double blacks of Hunter East compare to Belleayre's double blacks. If my daughters enjoy Onteora, will they be OK on Clairs? Any other advice for our first trip to Hunter?
While we all enjoy Belleayre (especially yesterday), I have wanted to ski at Hunter for years and now my wife and daughters are expressing interest as well. This year, we will be in the Catskills for Presidents' Week, so we thought we would give it a shot on Wednesday or Thursday (2/22 or 2/23). I try to avoid buying lift tickets at other mountains when we have a season pass, but I am willing to spend $200+ to add a little variety to our ski season.
We will probably end up making a gametime decision. If conditions are lousy at both mountains that week, we will save our money and just ski Belleayre. But if mid-week conditions and Hunter sound promising, we will give it a shot.
The girls are 7 and 10 y/o and are both strong skiers. They can competently ski all the terrain that Belleayre has to offer. My wife learned to ski as an adult and can handle Belleayre's single blacks, like Dot Nebel and Wanatuska, but she is most comfortable on blue trails like the bottom half of Seneca, Dot Nebel and Belleayre Run.
I have been studying the Hunter trail map and I'm not really sure how to best plan our day. Ideally, we would like to ride up on the lift together almost every time, while spiltting up occasionally on the way down.
So, based on the info I provided, does anyone have any advice for us? Do you think my wife will be OK on Hunter's single black diamonds? Are they comparable to Belleayre's single blacks? I imagine she will enjoy Belt Parkway, but she won't want to do the same run all day. How do the double blacks of Hunter East compare to Belleayre's double blacks. If my daughters enjoy Onteora, will they be OK on Clairs? Any other advice for our first trip to Hunter?