Hunter Dec 23

Hi all and Merry Xmas / Happy Chanukah.

Rain rain go away. We have had no sun at all since Monday Dec 15. Although the light has been flat to outright dense fog on most days, the surface conditions have reportedly been good to excellent as much new snow has been made to recover from a previous ice & sleet storm. It has been raining all day so far and looks to continue right through Wednesday and into Thursday with some heavy downpours. The temps have finally broken out of the 20’s to near 40 now and forecasted close to 50 Wednesday. The top 2/3 of the mountain is in a dense fog and has been since yesterday pm. Colder weather will move in for the weekend and snow recovery will again commence.

The 7 day outlook:  http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Hunter&state=NY&site=ALY&lat=42.2112&lon=-74.2157#.VJmVtv9MKEA

Movie schedule: http://www.catskillmtn.org/retail/movie-theater/index.html

Happy hour will be suspended over the holidays at the KMC.

Work on the new Hunter Brewery (old Fireside) is progressing and it hopes to open in early January however the liquor license has yet to be granted.

Wishing you all a safe and joyful holiday period.

Jon      http://hunterskiscene.blogspot.com/

Hunter Dec 15

Hello Hunter fans,

Today, by most accounts, was the best day of the young season. Brilliant sun, no wind, temps from high 20’s overnight to near 40 now. First time we had sun and decent visibility since last Monday except for a few hours on Saturday.

All that great 16 – 18” of new snow was groomed out to perfection and all open trails were consistently excellent – Kudos to Skip and the groomers. The entire front was open and groomed except Racer’s and Gunhill. Huega had a thin cover sign on it so I didn’t ski it.

Only Wayout was open and groomed on the west side but there could be a late opening of Claire’s if it softens up. It was a real ego snow day! The crowd was decent for a Monday but not enough for a lift line or the need to open “F”.

HBK, all of the Eastside and Cliff to Ike were really sweet. Great coverage for this time of year.

We are supposed to get some rain late Tuesday into Wednesday before it cools off again.

7 day forecast: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Hunter&state=NY&site=ALY&lat=42.2112&lon=-74.2157#.VI8kEXsjBBI

It is 1:11 pm and I just heard the patrol open Taylor’s and Claire’s.

Ski on...........

Jon

Hunter Dec 8 ski conditions

Hi all you Hunter fans,

I can finally give you some first hand information. It is a beautiful sunny windless but cold day with temps barely reaching 20. There is heavy snow making on Cliff, Bleeker, Ike, Eside & Wayout all of which were still closed. There were also guns blowing some great powder on the mid-station area. HBK was the best run today with nice hard pack on Hgate and super creamy powder from mid-station right on down to the Flyer. Minya was groomed but very crunchy, inconsistent and noisy. The only way out was down through Mossy which was very dark. They have no snow behind the top of B-lift so unable to cross over to Kennedy from the east side. The Belt was very consistent and easy but dark.

There were hardly any people which made it very nice and care-free. It was great for a first day out.

The storm should bring some significant but very wet heavy snow Tues- Thurs with predictions anywhere from 6 to 15 “. It will certainly not be conducive for powder skiing and not good for trees or power lines.

Here is the 7 day forecast:  http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Hunter&state=NY&site=ALY&lat=42.2112&lon=-74.2157#.VIXddMloSIw

Drive and ski with caution.....

Jon