Hunter skiing Jan 29

How do you spell coooooold! Temp at the summit -6 plus strong wind equates to -30 wind chills and at the base +5 with very strong winds equates to a wind chill of -17. The good news: lots of sun and the mountain made a nice recovery so kudos to the snow makers and groomers as surface conditions on the front side were excellent. Creamy dry powder on all main line trails: best run Cliff or Hgate to Racer's which went from worst to best overnight. Eside was a bit slick but Minya was in good shape. Skier's left side of Ike was fenced off for the freestyle mogul course being built. The wind was worse at the base than the summit but forget about the west - wow - the wind stopped you dead in your tracks on the wind polished upper section of the belt before the elbow turn. That was the only way to reach Wayout which by the way should have been closed as it was a windblown hard-packed glacier with some nasty rollers. WhiteCloud, Claire's and Apurna were all closed. The ride up Z was very cold. Claire's was a wind polished glaze of ice with guns on but blowing into the trees. It is only +9 now with strong winds and the forecast for the high tomorrow is only +13 with wind. It was another ski on ski off the quad day which was running slow due to the winds. The quad had no major breakdowns that I was aware of this week. Sat pm bar band in the lodge: Lexi Gray (who by the way looks and sounds like Janis Joplin).
Dress for warmth and not for style including facial coverage. Check out my blog site if you missed the flood photos this week.
Ski ya, http://hunterskiscene.blogspot.com/
Jon


Detailed Local Forecast
Today: Partly cloudy and windy. Cold. Wind chills may approach -10F. High 11F. Winds WNW at 25 to 35 mph.
Tonight: Some clouds. Wind chills may approach -15F. Low -1F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph.
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. Cold. High 13F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow night: A few clouds from time to time. Low 2F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper teens and lows in the low teens.
Monday: A few snow showers. Highs in the low 20s and lows in the low teens.
Tuesday: Mostly Cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s and lows in the low 20s.