Hunterado is here to stay! Over 50" and counting i.e. it is still snowing - I think Hunter is the new Buffalo. This is the largest snow storm anyone has ever seen up here. The local plowers and town road crews are overwhelmed and the mayor's have asked for state help like the national guard as the roads cannot be maintained. It is too late for plows to do the job - only front end loaders are able to clear driveways and side roads.
Only B and quad were running this am but Z opened mid-day and the lines were 45 minutes long for ungroomed deep and fairly dry powder. It was chopped up within half an hour. Camera bugs were out and tracks were made over every bit of terrain including under the lifts. The parking lot was a mad house as there were not enough spaces cleared for all the cars. We are to receive another 6" overnight and into Saturday.
Ski ya, http://hunterskiscene.blogspot.com/
Jon
Detailed Local Forecast
Tonight: Cloudy with snow. Low 24F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. 3 to 5 inches of snow expected.
Tomorrow: Snow during the morning will transition to snow showers during the afternoon. High 29F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 90%. 1 to 2 inches of snow expected.
Tomorrow night: Variably cloudy with snow showers. Low 23F. Winds light and variable. Chance of snow 60%.
Sunday: Occasional snow showers. High near 30F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 60%.
Monday: Snow showers possible. Highs in the low 30s and lows in the low 20s.
Tuesday: A few snow showers. Highs in the low 30s and lows in the low 20s.
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The remarks about the skiing are incredible,best runs of our lives,chest deep,face shots the entire way,people going over fences,belt parkway fence to lower road,super death steep,over Jimmy Huega and the Cliffs fences ,skiing under lifts,Annapurna was set up the best ever,ect
ReplyDeleteThe remarks about the ski areas performance and readiness for the snow,lets see,the power out wasn't their fault but.......................
They knew the snow was here and coming,this was a multi day storm,even if they blew it on the first day anyone ever hear of overtime for employess? Why weren't the lifts dug out and ready ,for the early morning,why was the Copper Tree food services not ready or open, the parking lots dug out? In one of the biggest storms of the century an opportunity to showcase the mountain to all the new people that came and there were lots of them,they were greeted by a huge line never ever seen before because of the lack of preparedness,this is a ski area,in the snow business,and when a lift sits for days not being made ready there is something wrong with managements decisions,its as Hunter Mountain is run by not a single person who is a skier,that has a clue from the customers perspective about what they see.They don't want to wait to spend their money,both on the lift ticket sales line,to spend money for food,(like an extra cash register or two would be so mind boggling during the lunch rush.
The fact that the power went down is not Hunters fault,but that hundreds and hundreds of people walked out with not a single bus in sight is disgraceful.Again season pass holders were given nothing,like we don't matter,and regular customers who buy maybe a ticket or two were given vouchers for $40 to $80 for the walk .Hunter missed a huge chance on this .The advertising could of been huge ,but too bad many new customers went away very unhappy,most of us season pass holders are used to it,and will still be here,but I know of several that are so fed up that are contemplating other ski areas for next year,and thats a shame,because the ski experience this past week should of been epic all the way around
I hear another storm is heading our way for wednes-thurs,hopefully Hunter can get prepared and get up to snuff