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Hunter 12/24 ... Grate!


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1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Did you like Bolton valley?  It’s likely my least favorite ski area in Vermont.  It’s like skiing in PA with the drive.  Short runs and not very steep. 

What they had open definitely wasn't amazing. It is mostly known for its glades.

But it was skiing in good conditions with zero lines over winter break with my kids.

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Wound up at B.East instead of Magic yesterday, as Magic's lift to summit went down 2 hours after it opened the previous day.

They had 5 low key runs open all with decent coverage and soft snow that turned to soft bumps by mid day. Delightful spring skiing.

Had good weather at Jay on 30th, which had a good bit more open and nice conditions on the groomed runs, but had a good number of runs with thin cover and bare spots counted among open trails, and they were a chore to get down in places. Found a beautiful virtually untouched powdery run  that was a highlight, but then required a significant hike to desired lift so we only did it once 

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41 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Holy funk! Won't be going to Huntah on a weekend.

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It’s not just Hunter. It’s pretty much every epic mountain. Just check out this IG account’s stories. The traffic jams are insane and lift “lines” out of control. 

https://instagram.com/epicliftlines?utm_medium=copy_link

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These next three are JF today. The first two pics are a video that I took two screen pics of (I didn’t even capture the whole line with two pics.) then the access road to JF

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12 minutes ago, saltyant said:

I quit skiing Blue at 9:30 am this morning but it didn't seem as busy as I thought it would be, especially compared to JF and Hunter.  Maybe it got crazy in the afternoon. 

It’s cause blue limits ticket sales. When I left blue at 1230ish there was a long line for the six pack but I bet maybe ten minutes.  They sold like 70% more epic passes than last year. I heard a lot of Jerry’s bought one for the first time. 

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23 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

It’s cause blue limits ticket sales. When I left blue at 1230ish there was a long line for the six pack but I bet maybe ten minutes.  They sold like 70% more epic passes than last year. I heard a lot of Jerry’s bought one for the first time. 

Blue shouldn't limit sales, that's leaving money on the table

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1 hour ago, toast21602 said:

Then you would just complain like you always do. 

WJW, I complained one time in 2017 when Blue Mountain Resorts forgot to load 30% of their ski lift chairs while hundreds or possibly thousands waited in line. I should have gotten a hot toddy for undue pain and suffering.

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2 hours ago, antman12 said:

It’s not just Hunter. It’s pretty much every epic mountain. Just check out this IG account’s stories. The traffic jams are insane and lift “lines” out of control. 

https://instagram.com/epicliftlines?utm_medium=copy_link

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These next three are JF today. The first two pics are a video that I took two screen pics of (I didn’t even capture the whole line with two pics.) then the access road to JF

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The only time i have seen the access rd like that is for the cardboard classic 

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4 hours ago, antman12 said:

It’s not just Hunter. It’s pretty much every epic mountain. Just check out this IG account’s stories. The traffic jams are insane and lift “lines” out of control. 

https://instagram.com/epicliftlines?utm_medium=copy_link

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These next three are JF today. The first two pics are a video that I took two screen pics of (I didn’t even capture the whole line with two pics.) then the access road to JF

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That is just insane. 

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I was at Hunter today. As nuts as the lines for the lifts from the base were after 915 or so, the F lift was never more than 8 minutes for a single and the North Face lift under a minute through 1pm. I got 13 runs and 14k vertical in from 845-115 with a 45 minute break, and the only real bad line I waited in was about 25 minutes for the 6 pack after my break at about 11 am. 

I have had much more frustrating line days weekends at Blue where there aren't really many alternate lifts to turn to.

 

Definitely a day tons of people would have come out with how bad holiday conditions would have been, the fresh snow in NY/NJ the day before, and rain forecast for tomorrow.

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