Hi All you Hunter skiers,

Happy 92nd b'day Ethel! Skiing was ok today tho soft, heavy, rutted and very slow but not sticky. Hunter was a ghost town today. Temps held overnight at around 34 and the heavy rains and gusty winds died down to a few scattered sprinkles this am. There was no fog today but no sun either. Temp is now up to 58 which was not expected. The snow was too soft to really groom properly and the only trail I noticed corderoy on was Huega/Dropoff which by the way had the best surface conditions - similar to corn snow. The rest of the front of the mtn was heavy snow, a bit granular, with lots of tree debris blown in by the wind from the woods which are now barren of snow. There are lots of fissures, brown snow and spreading bare spots especially on the upper chute entrance to Minya/Eside. There is a big sink hole below Bleeker near the entrance to Ike and major cracks on Gunhill. Skier's right side of Racer's is disappearing fast. Getting to Kennedy from the eside trails behind "B" lift is tricky as the snow is almost gone there. The cut thru on Rt 80 from Whitecloud to Wayout is gone. Wayout was still winter conditions with mostly frozen granular and lots of blue-green patches of soft ice. Claire's was open but very ugly and not one person on it. The quad was running slow at about 60% due wind gusts up top. Everything should freeze tonight and they will have to groom it out for tomorrow or it will not be skiable. Fri thru Sun looks good so far.............Today's tip - Wax your skis!

Ski ya,

Jon

Detailed Local Forecast

• Today: Overcast. High 42F. Winds SW at 15 to 25 mph.
• Tonight: Partly cloudy skies. Low 17F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph.
• Tomorrow: Intervals of clouds and sunshine. High 32F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.
• Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy. Low 9F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.
• Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the low 30s and lows in the upper teens.
• Saturday: Mainly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s and lows in the low 20s.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s and lows in the low 20s.