Hunter - Valentine's Day 2019

Hello all you heart-throbs,

Valentine’s Day proved to be a great day to be out on the slopes. The morning had lots of sun making for great visibility with excellent consistent grooming on all trails that made for some real ego skiing & riding. All the snow from yesterday (5”) and the crusty ice that followed was nicely ground into powder & granules.

The temperature rose from low 20’s to 33 by noon time and the wind which was strong early, died down considerably. I couldn’t tell you what the summit temp & wind were like because the weather station was and is out of order – no surprise there. All front side trails were excellent but one still had to be mindful of the very hard base directly under the powdery surface. It was starting to get scraped off by late morning. The crowds were sparse and one could ski right onto the chair all morning. Hunter North – Overlook, was very dark and a bit scary in spots with no ability to discern the surface - good thing it was groomed flat. My favorites were all in the sun:  the main line, Minya, Huega or Cliff to Ike.

The weekend weather will be variable with Sunday looking like the best of the three day President’s weekend. Ticket sales people told me that the pre-holiday sales are off the charts so expect some monster crowds.

There are no delays on the mountain road but beware of falling ice.

Happy Valentine’s Day and President’s Weekend,

Jon

 

 

 

NWS Forecast

Friday

A chance of rain and snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. South wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night

Isolated snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. West wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday

Isolated snow showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 13.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 28.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14.

Washington's Birthday

Partly sunny, with a high near 26.