Hello Hunter Fans,
Mother nature deposited another 3 - 4" yesterday (not
worth skiing) in a blinding cold wind and a dusting last night that made for
some excellent surface conditions today. It was a tale of two days today. The
morning was cold, teens & windy with only a few spots of sun (usually while
I was on the lift) and occasional fog at the summit. There were also guns going
all over the mountain adding to some visibility issues especially on Huega. The
entire front side of the mountain was open except for LowerK27 and it was all
groomed out except for the Cliff making for some very sweet dry powder runs.
Wayout was very nicely groomed with a dry powder surface but the Belt to Wayout
was an ungroomed mix of frozen whales and losse powder - not exactly the easy
run it is supposed to be. Claire's and the Alternate were not opened until 11 am
but Claire's was nothing but a slope full of big whales and what looked like
some wet powder. There was a line starting to form at the Flyer around 10:30. No
F or D nor were they needed. The sun popped out strong around 11 and the temp
rose to 31 making for a totally different day. They were checking tickets today
for the first time that I have seen. Kudos to the snowmakers and groomers!
Weekend movies: http://www.catskillmtn.org/retail/movie-theater/index.html
The weather should turn much warmer and messier over the
weekend with highs on Sunday in the low 50's: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Hunter&state=NY&site=ALY&lat=42.2112&lon=-74.2157#.UrHZxSevkrc
It looks like the new Bakery / Bagel shop in Hunter has
opened and I will check it out later today to confirm.
Van Winkles will not have happy hour pricing during the
holiday period next week.
Ski on....
Jon
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