Hunter skiing Jan 5

Hi All -

Miss the reports? It hasn't been worth skiing for me until now due to large crowds and poor survival type conditions. Enjoyable winter skiing started today! The mtn made oodles of nice snow and the grooming was extensive. Kudos to Skip and Bruce - well done guys! Skiing today was very consistent and powdery with few marbles or ice. It is college week so lots of kids but no line was longer than a minute. The Flyer and Zephyr were running fine (4 minutes to the top on the west side now - sweet!) D and F were closed. Claire's opened with huge powder covered mounds of snow and was more like an obstacle course. Wayout was perfect but could only be reached via the Belt (no White Cloud yet). Cliff /Ike was ungroomed and full of moguls but had decent snow. The HBK main line was great easy ego type skiing. Eside & Minya both groomed and flat but a bit harder surface. Milkey was open but ungroomed and looked ugly. Lower Cross was fine (no snow yet on Upper Cross or Lower K). Upper K was closed too. Gunhill was not groomed. Huega / Dropoff was very nice but dark. Racer's had some snow making but not enough to open it. They were making snow on the cut thru behind the top of B lift so that option should be open tomorrow. The weather started out dark, low 20's with light lake effect flurries but the sun was out by 9:30. It has clouded up again now with temps currently at 31. Snow making should resume later this pm and Friday is shaping up to be another very nice day tho a bit warmer. The weekend looks to be too warm to make alot of snow.

Madison was closed for NASTAR racing and the first Localmotion race is on Monday.

Movies link: http://www.catskillmtn.org/retail/movie-theater/index.html

Ski ya soon,

Jon http://hunterskiscene.blogspot.com/

Detailed Local Forecast

• Today: Sun and clouds mixed. High 29F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.
• Tonight: Clear to partly cloudy. Low 18F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
• Tomorrow: Partly cloudy skies. High 39F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph.
• Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy in the evening with more clouds for later at night. Low 26F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
• Saturday: Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 40s and lows in the mid 20s.
• Sunday: Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 30s and lows in the low 20s.
• Monday: Clouds giving way to sun . Highs in the mid 30s and lows in the low 20s.