TR Hunter Mtn - 4/14/13

[guitar73]

so tinymoose and i got our final ski day in for the season at hunter mtn this past weekend. that makes 28 days for us this winter, not bad at all.

 

anyhow, we drove up saturday by way of alpina ski shop; i had to pick up my skis (which had some repair work done). we arrived at hunter just before dinner time. for lodging, we stayed at the kaatskill mountain club....scored a good deal on the rate and lift tix were only $30 pp....no to shabby i'd say. dinner was at the chalet fondue, a german/austrian resturant in windham (that place is worth the visit!).

 

we got a late start on sunday morning, but that was OK b/c the mtn wasn't crowded at all. it was much colder than i expected, and it was pretty windy. def glad i wore my shell. conditions were typical for end of the season. i'd say about 1/2 the mtn was open. hunter one was pretty dead and hunter west had no snow on it at all (except for one trail). so, we pretty much lapped the 6-pack. run of the day was the cliff to racer's edge...1,600ft vert of soft spring bumps. k-27 looked inviting, we did the upper portion, but passed up the lower portion b/c it was the end of our day and didn't feel like biffing it on that trail.

 

good times...def need to hit this place up during mid-winter to get a better feel for the mtn.

[vinnyv11]

so tinymoose and i got our final ski day in for the season at hunter mtn this past weekend. that makes 28 days for us this winter, not bad at all.

 

anyhow, we drove up saturday by way of alpina ski shop; i had to pick up my skis (which had some repair work done). we arrived at hunter just before dinner time. for lodging, we stayed at the kaatskill mountain club....scored a good deal on the rate and lift tix were only $30 pp....no to shabby i'd say. dinner was at the chalet fondue, a german/austrian resturant in windham (that place is worth the visit!).

 

we got a late start on sunday morning, but that was OK b/c the mtn wasn't crowded at all. it was much colder than i expected, and it was pretty windy. def glad i wore my shell. conditions were typical for end of the season. i'd say about 1/2 the mtn was open. hunter one was pretty dead and hunter west had no snow on it at all (except for one trail). so, we pretty much lapped the 6-pack. run of the day was the cliff to racer's edge...1,600ft vert of soft spring bumps. k-27 looked inviting, we did the upper portion, but passed up the lower portion b/c it was the end of our day and didn't feel like biffing it on that trail.

 

good times...def need to hit this place up during mid-winter to get a better feel for the mtn.

 

I was there in pretty solid conditions. The mountain is nice but is usually insanely crowded.

[guitar73]

yup, def our best ski season to date. we were talking about hitting hunter/windham mid week next season to avoid the crowds

[Johnny Law]

Nice dude spring skiing is the only skiing to do at Huntah...