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Date(s) Skied: Saturday, March 21, 2009
Resort or Ski Area: Hunter Mountain, New York
Conditions: frozen hard in the morning; nicely slushed in the afternoon
Trip Report:
Took the bus to Hunter today. Things had set up pretty hard overnight, so I took it easy most of the morning. Beautiful bluebird skies and rapidly warming temps quickly brought out the slushy goodness, though, and from about 11:30 on the conditions were about as good as you could expect from the Catskills in late March.
Here's a view of the valley from the top of Cliff:
The snow--most of which wasn't exactly heavenly to begin with--is starting to get a little worked over, but Hunter still has a huge base of it on most of the major trails.
Biggest coverage issue is getting to to the east side trails (Minya/East Side Drive/Lower K 27), as Upper K is almost done and there's a growing bare spot at the top of Minya:
For the most part, though, the coverage was great, with plenty of snow piled up near the fences on Hellgate and Cliff:
Lower K 27 is a fun little run (the only previous trip when it had been open it was deadly ice bumps), and pretty darn steep at the top:
Upper Crossover has some BUMPS that pretty much had my number:
Hunter has more appeal to me in December--when its snowmaking prowess and my early-season eagerness make it easy to forgive its faults--but its also a pretty fun place to spend a day in the late Spring. Definitely plenty more skiing to be had up there this season...
Resort or Ski Area: Hunter Mountain, New York
Conditions: frozen hard in the morning; nicely slushed in the afternoon
Trip Report:
Took the bus to Hunter today. Things had set up pretty hard overnight, so I took it easy most of the morning. Beautiful bluebird skies and rapidly warming temps quickly brought out the slushy goodness, though, and from about 11:30 on the conditions were about as good as you could expect from the Catskills in late March.
Here's a view of the valley from the top of Cliff:
The snow--most of which wasn't exactly heavenly to begin with--is starting to get a little worked over, but Hunter still has a huge base of it on most of the major trails.
Biggest coverage issue is getting to to the east side trails (Minya/East Side Drive/Lower K 27), as Upper K is almost done and there's a growing bare spot at the top of Minya:
For the most part, though, the coverage was great, with plenty of snow piled up near the fences on Hellgate and Cliff:
Lower K 27 is a fun little run (the only previous trip when it had been open it was deadly ice bumps), and pretty darn steep at the top:
Upper Crossover has some BUMPS that pretty much had my number:
Hunter has more appeal to me in December--when its snowmaking prowess and my early-season eagerness make it easy to forgive its faults--but its also a pretty fun place to spend a day in the late Spring. Definitely plenty more skiing to be had up there this season...
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