Hunter 1/25/06

[tirolerpeter]

Wed 1/25/06

Hunter Mountain

1" - 3" of powder over the glacier

Report

We got a great early start from LI and reached Hunter by 0830. We hit the lifts just before 0900. Temps were in the low to high 20's. Skies were partly cloudy at first but then the clouds thickend and it snowed vigorously for about two hours. There were no lines whatsoever at the lifts. Except for K27 (bumps too icy for my taste) we skied every blue, black, and double black that was open, some two to four times. By 1100 we had gotten in a solid 10 runs. We took an early short lunch and headed out again. The west side was icy, but Claire's Way was skiable. The Cliff, and Racer's Edge were especially fun, and we hit them repeatedly. All in all, a fine day and by 1545 we called it a day after more than 20 runs. By late afternoon, they had the snow guns working in quite a few spots, and if the weather holds, you "week-end-warriors" should have some fine conditions.

 

[kingslug]

sounds like you had a better time than us on Monday. 4 hours to get there to ski heavy cement. Gave up at 1. Very tough conditions, fog at the top. Clairs looked deadly.

 

[tirolerpeter]

Hunter

sounds like you had a better time than us on Monday. 4 hours to get there to ski heavy cement. Gave up at 1. Very tough conditions, fog at the top. Clairs looked deadly.

Hunter, as all our eastern areas, is at the mercy of the "weather gods." Temps dropped Monday night and they had some significant snow. It stayed cold Tuesday so they were able to get the guns going in some critical areas (like Claire's, Cliff, etc.)and they had another dusting Tuesday evening. I am fortunate to be able to pick and choose my days (Subject only to coordination with the wife's schedule, who doesn't ski.) so Wednesday worked out well for my friend and me. Today (Fri) looks good, and Saturday looks like a winner with sun, and a high of 40. Sadly, Sunday looks like warm temps and rain. But then, I don't ski week-ends!