Hunter's lifts...........or lack of now!!

[skimagic]

Here we go again.
CURRENT CONDITIONS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2018 AT 6:44AM
UPDATE - 8:00 AM: The Kaatskill Flyer is currently on stand-by due this morning. Access to the summit is available via F Lift. Thank you for your patience!

It was down Monday too for two hours.
I was there yesterday 11-4 and it was running without any issues.

AND the west side is closed today. I'm not sure if I should head there Friday. Weather might be ok but mtn might not be....

 

[kingslug]

OH....Rockies really mad now...I'll go to Belleayre.

 

[So Inclined]

AND the west side is closed today. I'm not sure if I should head there Friday. Weather might be ok but mtn might not be....

Platty it is, then.

 

[catskillman]

AND the west side is closed today. I'm not sure if I should head there Friday. Weather might be ok but mtn might not be....

I think it is condition wise - rocks were popping up everywhere Sunday. What a tough season. They need to get the lift mess under control.

 

[180]

Flyer running

 

[Tdizz]

I did Wayout yesterday to the Zephyr. All other West Side trails were closed. From what I could see from the lift, Claire's wasn't THAT bad. Tight turns on the left of 44 would work fine but they probably won't open it. They lost about 2 feet since I was there the week before. K27 was actually really nice.

 

[skimagic]

I think it is condition wise - rocks were popping up everywhere Sunday. What a tough season. They need to get the lift mess under control.

I'm not really familiar with Hunter. is the west side always an issue? Lack of snow making? I've only been to Hunter a few times and the west side was never open.

I'm heading there Friday, even without the west side.

 

[kingslug]

The west side is..the best side as far as im concerned..they hasve actualy done a little more for it this year..they made a lot of snow on Annapurna...but sadly westway is left to rot..its just too wide to blow on..one if the steepest runs around..it used to be good..way back when.

 

[Harvey]

Just want to park, go to an open lift, and find some trees to ski.

Classic.

 

[catskillman]

Flyer running

Wonder if we will get another letter from Russ as to the reason.

They fixed the water fountain outside the men's room after about a month, but I did not get a memo on that.

 

[180]

can someone post the letter

 

[Rowsdower]

The west side is..the best side as far as im concerned..they hasve actualy done a little more for it this year..they made a lot of snow on Annapurna...but sadly westway is left to rot..its just too wide to blow on..one if the steepest runs around..it used to be good..way back when.

It's too wide and it gets wind scoured like crazy because its so exposed. Even during the peak of the season on good snow years the top is often closed because it just gets scoured down to bare ground up top.

 

[kingslug]

20 years ago it was a regular run..covered side to side

 

[Tdizz]

20 years ago it was a regular run..covered side to side

In 1998? No. In 2014, I rode it straight through April.
They started to let the deadly branches grow in, probably to protect the trail and the lift. The wide trail cut was a mistake to begin with. this was 3/13

 

[Tdizz]

And sorry. I can’t figure out how to make the picture vertical. I haven’t played with “forums” since prodigy in the 90s...when 44 was open and totally covered

 

[kingslug]

The storm in 2010 , the 7 footer made it a very fun, monster mogul course.

 

[kingslug]

Use photoshop..then upload pics

 

[180]

I believe they will cut the brush from the lift line this summer and let much of the top grow in. They also should fix the wooden snowfences, they were never wide enough.

 

[kingslug]

Or just cut the run in half and make it manageable. The area under the lift is deadly. I've seen too many people fall on those rocks and get banged up pretty bad. The west side could be a really great area.

 

[catskillman]

can someone post the letter

check post #153 on this thread. It was posted by funky a while ago.......