Hunter's Mt Status and Snow reports

[andrec10]

hopefully someone sent that to Katz... I have to wonder how much he is in the loop on the eastern happenings. I can't imagine any CEO not wanting to address this particular issue which shut down a revenue center for several days.

Vail not evening wanting to talk to the paper is also a bad look . If nothing else give them the same comment they put on social media.

Does not help that Russ is involved. he just makes it worse!

 

[JimG.]

So not really a COVID issue, the issue is Vail/Fail trying to wring blood from a stone.

What could be less expensive than offering ski passes and discounted programs to families of volunteer patrollers? So Vail/Fail just doesn't care but expects volunteers to gladly call out from their real jobs to bail Vail/Fail out after screwing them out of benefits?

It takes a special kind of ignorance to be able to justify that line of thinking!

 

[icecoast1]

So not really a COVID issue, the issue is Vail/Fail trying to wring blood from a stone.

What could be less expensive than offering ski passes and discounted programs to families of volunteer patrollers? So Vail/Fail just doesn't care but expects volunteers to gladly call out from their real jobs to bail Vail/Fail out after screwing them out of benefits?

It takes a special kind of ignorance to be able to justify that line of thinking!

Its the classic corporate decision made by somebody far far away sitting at a desk that has absolutely no idea the effect it will have on anyone in the real world and only sees it as a way to improve the bottom line

 

[kingslug]

Will be interesting to see how they plan on recruiting more patrollers as time goes by..
And it must be the same far away person who wrote the job posting for ski patroller
"Must have current California EMT certification "
Hmm..

 

[LonghornSkier]

Did anyone ski Hunter today? Have a reservation tomorrow but trying to decide if it’s worth the trip.

 

[kingslug]

What would make it..not worth it?

 

[LonghornSkier]

What would make it..not worth it?

Hour+ lift lines, rocks all over the trails (as someone reported on Rip’s Return), etc

 

[kingslug]

Ive been bouncing between hunter and gore every week..never had a bad day yet. Coverage on all trails is very good..those rocks are on a trail on the north side..not a big deal
The north side area is rarely crowded..then the f chair a little more..and the quad..which will be crowded but rarley more than 15 minutes..which is the longest ive ever waited...
Gore is another 2 hours north..less crowded for sure

 

[LonghornSkier]

Ive been bouncing between hunter and gore every week..never had a bad day yet. Coverage on all trails is very good..those rocks are on a trail on the north side..not a big deal
The north side area is rarely crowded..then the f chair a little more..and the quad..which will be crowded but rarley more than 15 minutes..which is the longest ive ever waited...
Gore is another 2 hours north..less crowded for sure

Yeah, I skied hunter last season and earlier in the season (I live in NYC and have epic).. need to update my location. So I know what the scene there is like.

Thanks though!

 

[So Inclined]

Hour+ lift lines, rocks all over the trails (as someone reported on Rip’s Return), etc

Rip's Return is always best avoided anyway. I've never had a satisfying trip down it - it's an icy hassle of a run even when others on the north side (Overlook, primarily) are skiing decently. Least favorite run on the mountain.

 

[da-bum]

Rip seems to be a easy version of Twilight. It being a fall line run, I see intermediates just bomb down to get break their speed record. I take it once i a while to break the monotony (or extreme shade) of Overlook when I tried to stay strictly in the north. But taking it so infrequently, condition changes every time. If I suddenly find out everything iced up, I could just sraight line the skis and avoid any further skidding.

They way its going, it looks like the are not opening Twilight nor anything on the west for the season.

 

[RichT]

Yesterday they had the "wide shot" camera working at the base for a couple hot minutes. That shot showed how crowded it was.................oops

 

[kingslug]

It moves though..the 6 is fast.

 

[LonghornSkier]

Hunter is a shit show today. Snow isn’t bad but 25 min lines on the 6 and 10-15 mins on F.

 

[abc]

Hunter is a shit show today. Snow isn’t bad but 25 min lines on the 6 and 10-15 mins on F.

That's discouraging. This weekend is "normally" one of the slowest. 25 min line! Wonder what MLK weekend will be like...

 

[LonghornSkier]

That's discouraging. This weekend is "normally" one of the slowest. 25 min line! Wonder what MLK weekend will be like...

Any talk of limited capacity is BS. Parking lots are packed. Even the north lot (where I am) is half full when I’ve never seen more than 30-40 cars there.

 

[abc]

Any talk of limited capacity is BS. Parking lots are packed. Even the north lot (where I am) is half full when I’ve never seen more than 30-40 cars there.

NY state allows them to operate at 75% of their "peak capacity". So that's not surprising that, if they're "at capacity", it would have a longer lift line than the worst holiday weekend! (due to lower lift fill factor). The full parking lot is actually to be expected as people aren't carpooling.

What's surprising is people are coming to ski on all dates!

 

[kingslug]

Oy..well conditions are good so more people are showing up..
Bell and platt are an alternative but do not have anywhere near the terrain.

 

[Zermatt]

Oy..well conditions are good so more people are showing up..
Bell and platt are an alternative but do not have anywhere near the terrain.

If conditions in the Catskills were good today I don't want to ski anymore.

 

[andrec10]

WTF is up with the snowmaking on Claires? Only the top 1/4 is being made. Vail is turning this place into a clusterfuck...