Skiing at Hunter on 12/24/09??? (was Belleayre)
- Thread starter jkamien
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Do you have a season pass there? If not, I'd recommend going to Hunter at this point in the season, given the low open-trail count at Belleayre.
jasoncapecod
Well-known member
that's exactly my dilemma this Friday. Bell is having $25 dollar friday and for Hunter I have Coupon..Bell is around 50% and Hunter should be 100.
Hunter and Windham are both offering 3 for $99 deals (deadline is 12/24). As everyone knows, Belleayre gets most of my daytrip visits, but right now, Hunter makes more sense.jasoncapecod":a7fg0r2c said:
Jason, those ticket deals above make sense for you given your vacation schedule. You could easily split six weekdays between those two hills during that time.
jkamien
Member
I've been told Huntah is a zoo and I should avoid it. How bad will the human slalom likely be on Thursday, which is still a weekday, technically. Also, I expect many people need to celebrate Xmas with family and that will keep the crowd down.
What do you think? I've never skied the Catskills or the Poconos. I need to get skied, real bad, after the 8-10 inches we had down here in Tewksbury, NJ. But I don't want to drive 3 hr each way to a sucky experience. But a bad day of skiing is better than a good day of anything else, in my book.
What do you think? I've never skied the Catskills or the Poconos. I need to get skied, real bad, after the 8-10 inches we had down here in Tewksbury, NJ. But I don't want to drive 3 hr each way to a sucky experience. But a bad day of skiing is better than a good day of anything else, in my book.
jasoncapecod
Well-known member
James, I have a Hunter Big lift Card..one free tkt , 50% off weekday 20% weekend
You shouldn't have a crowd issue at any Catskill area Thurs or Fri..
Not true..Yes Hunter can be crowded , but it is not a zoo. Bell can be real crowded on the weekend too. The way to avoid the crowds is to arrive early ,eat lunch early and get out of dodge early..
You shouldn't have a crowd issue at any Catskill area Thurs or Fri..
As Jason said, crowds will not be a problem tomorrow. On Sunday, except for two lift rides, everything was more or less ski-on.
What's with people using TR headings for future dates? First, the guy going to Utah -- who, one month before arriving, writes a detailed shot-by-shot report of all the terrain he was planning to hit -- and now this?
In the old days, Admin would've enforced a variety of sanctions.
Patrick
Well-known member
jkamien":1urwfq90 said:
Very one is cool here unless you pull a Gpaul. :wink:
Please refer to this thread below from the trip that never happened. :roll:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2358
I think they do that on AlpineZone. Post it in the beginning to try to recruit for the trip, and then the TR goes in the thread.
I think if the TR shows up in there - no harm no foul.
And I know Tony gives extra credit for audibles so if JK changes the title so ... it's all good right?
James - I forget ...what did you do threadwise last year in Eastern Townships/Altabird scenario?
I think if the TR shows up in there - no harm no foul.
And I know Tony gives extra credit for audibles so if JK changes the title so ... it's all good right?
James - I forget ...what did you do threadwise last year in Eastern Townships/Altabird scenario?
sheahunter
New member
So I am riding the lift for my second run and the guy next to me says he was on a "internet forum" where the consensous was he should ski Hunter. Turns out I finally met the famous SKiVtler and FTO poster, Johnathon K. I gave him the complete Hunter treatment. He skied with my whole family and had a blast. It was a gorgeous day.
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They had just completed 8 or 9 straight days of snowmaking. Everything is open except Westway. They even blew snow in Upper 42nd Street and KMC drive.
Every run skied great, but Annapurna was awesome. A liitle piece of Vermont in the Catskills. We even got in the woods. There was beautiful rime on the trees and a temp of 30 at the top. Clouds broke up early and lucky for us Hunter was sunny and WIndham just a few miles away was in the clouds all day.
I took a load of pictures so check out the link.
http://picasaweb.google.com/huntermt2/H ... rnk8NSWEA#
Anyone looking to ski Hunter should PM me so we can meet up. I am here most every weekend.
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They had just completed 8 or 9 straight days of snowmaking. Everything is open except Westway. They even blew snow in Upper 42nd Street and KMC drive.
Every run skied great, but Annapurna was awesome. A liitle piece of Vermont in the Catskills. We even got in the woods. There was beautiful rime on the trees and a temp of 30 at the top. Clouds broke up early and lucky for us Hunter was sunny and WIndham just a few miles away was in the clouds all day.
I took a load of pictures so check out the link.
http://picasaweb.google.com/huntermt2/H ... rnk8NSWEA#
Anyone looking to ski Hunter should PM me so we can meet up. I am here most every weekend.
jasoncapecod
Well-known member
Anna was indeed awesome
jkamien
Member
Indeed, I was thrilled to meet Sheahunter on my second run. Having someone to chase that possessed such detailed and intimate knowledge of Hunter's ways was a treat. Annapurna in particular was very nice.
I was delighted and dismayed by Hunter. First the delights:
Steeper than I expected. Annapurna and others in the West; several runs off of "F" chair. While nothing had a pucker factor, these are legitimate diamonds that charge down the falline.
Great coverage. The Hunter locals have a true connoisseurs appreciation for manmade snow. Sheahunter even has woods runs that are skiable on the manmade that blows in there.
This is not a small hill. I was expecting a podunk experience. Hunter is much better than that.
If they get a large dump, the woods lines look like they would be truly tasty and available in large quantities.
Skied right onto the lift for every run.
Now the dismays:
I've forgotten how much I am intimidated by manmade snow. I just don't trust it enough to let myself go. Even in thin conditions at MRG, I feel like I can predict what's coming up. At Hunter, I never felt like I could trust that the next turn wouldn't be on porcelain. And I realize that the 'product' was absolutely primo...we'd just had a very cold string of several days.
Even on a day where basically no one was on the hill, I still had several sightings of Vinny and Joey.
The snowmaking whales on the approach to Annapurna. What was the idea behind leaving these rather than mowing them down? I mean, what's the point in having 4 or 5 foot high whales every 15 feet or snow spanning the width of the approach to a trail?
At any rate, I was very satisfied with the skiing I found 2.25 hr from my house in Joisey. I'll be back.
P.S. Sorry for the out-of-sequence pics. I'd forgotten in what order they'd appear.
I was delighted and dismayed by Hunter. First the delights:
Steeper than I expected. Annapurna and others in the West; several runs off of "F" chair. While nothing had a pucker factor, these are legitimate diamonds that charge down the falline.
Great coverage. The Hunter locals have a true connoisseurs appreciation for manmade snow. Sheahunter even has woods runs that are skiable on the manmade that blows in there.
This is not a small hill. I was expecting a podunk experience. Hunter is much better than that.
If they get a large dump, the woods lines look like they would be truly tasty and available in large quantities.
Skied right onto the lift for every run.
Now the dismays:
I've forgotten how much I am intimidated by manmade snow. I just don't trust it enough to let myself go. Even in thin conditions at MRG, I feel like I can predict what's coming up. At Hunter, I never felt like I could trust that the next turn wouldn't be on porcelain. And I realize that the 'product' was absolutely primo...we'd just had a very cold string of several days.
Even on a day where basically no one was on the hill, I still had several sightings of Vinny and Joey.
The snowmaking whales on the approach to Annapurna. What was the idea behind leaving these rather than mowing them down? I mean, what's the point in having 4 or 5 foot high whales every 15 feet or snow spanning the width of the approach to a trail?
At any rate, I was very satisfied with the skiing I found 2.25 hr from my house in Joisey. I'll be back.
P.S. Sorry for the out-of-sequence pics. I'd forgotten in what order they'd appear.
