Hi All,

Welcome the Sloan's to the list! Crazy overnight weather dumped 6" of snow on the top half of the mtn last night making for some sweet fresh powder & corn snow skiing this am . Believe that and I'll give you another April fools report!

Now for the real deal - fog covered the mtn this am but soon cleared to a very overcast and windy day causing the quad to run slow again. I did not ski today so no first hand account but I did speak to a few of the NJ Ski bums (one bus today) who seemed to be the only skiers on the mtn. It was very crunchy early and one could only ski the few trails that were groomed but soon turned to mush as temps crept back up into the low 40's (from low 30's) where it remains. It is a cold damp windy day in advance of a front which will bring us rain within an hour or two - it is very dark outside now. Heavy rain due again on Friday and cool cloudy weather predictions for Sat threatens to cancel the pond skimming party according to top mgmt. No pond construction has been started yet. It will not be rescheduled for Sun which makes no sense but hey - that's Hunter. My gut feeling is that the mtn will not be open next week, not so much for the lack of snow but too few people. I did not find any videos or photos of the bears from yesterday on line yet so have no links for you. If you ever have trouble receiving my daily reports or accidentally delete them I always post them on my blog site where they remain for a looooong time. http://hunterskiscene.blogspot.com/

Ski ya,

Jon

p.s. now raining @ 3:25 pm

Detailed Local Forecast

• Today: Cloudy with showers. High 41F. Winds SE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
• Tonight: Occasional rain tapering to a few showers late. Low 34F. Winds E at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.
• Tomorrow: Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. High 56F. Winds light and variable.
• Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy skies during the evening will give way to cloudy skies overnight. Low 38F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph.
• Friday: Rain. Highs in the upper 40s and lows in the mid 30s.
• Saturday: A few showers possible, windy. Highs in the low 40s and lows in the low 30s.
• Sunday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s and lows in the mid 30s.

WNYT's weather report was not up-dated from 8 am so I didn't copy it. You can try later by going to http://wnyt.com/ and click on "weather" which also includes live Dopler radar.