xNick11 Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 So my friend calls me at 11 on Saturday and asks me if I want to go to hunter with him cause he had free passes to use for that day,so we leave around 12 and get their around 2.We rode till 5 which was closing time. The snow was real soft and they still had a ton of snow.But im sorry to say that the park was a big joke.All the jumps had absolutely no lip on them,1st jump was impossible to clear pretty much,2nd jump was clearable if you went like mach 10 into it and the last jumps were probably the best,the left lip was fine from where you had to start but the right lip was just not clearable.They had 1 urban rail setup that was about 5 feet long lol and then 2 little bonks.They did have a half pipe up,the right was was real nice for it being April,but the left wall was dead.They also had a descent sized quarterpipe at the bottom but even that wasn't shaped right,it was uneven half way up it everywhere except in one spot,then these little kids ruined that spot by climbing up it with their snowboards. Im sorry to say but I was really disappointed with Hunters park.I really hope its not like that during the actual season. I really wish we made the trip to Bell rather then hunter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddyk Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 I can't believe they are closing with the snow they got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xNick11 Posted April 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 I can't believe they are closing with the snow they got.Well yesterday was their closing day,now with the snow they got idn if they reopened or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xNick11 Posted April 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 The catskills are actually huge.They can really make hunter a nice resort if they made some slopes on the other peaks.The peak hunter is on is like the smallest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrwilco Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 The catskills are actually huge.They can really make hunter a nice resort if they made some slopes on the other peaks.The peak hunter is on is like the smallest. i believe there were plans in place to make the true summit of hunter mountain as part of the resort. check this out. http://www.pbase.com/michaeltokyo/hunter_m...in_secret_trail also, a guy at my local shop was telling me that a hike to the true summit leads to amazing tree runs that always have alot of snow since hunter sits in a bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xNick11 Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 i believe there were plans in place to make the true summit of hunter mountain as part of the resort. check this out.http://www.pbase.com/michaeltokyo/hunter_m...in_secret_trail also, a guy at my local shop was telling me that a hike to the true summit leads to amazing tree runs that always have alot of snow since hunter sits in a bowl. Me and my friend were on lift with a local and he showed us the "fire tower" which I guess is a lift that runs in the summer over towards the bowl.They should have that running in the winter if they don't so those people who want to really ride BC can do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrwilco Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 yeah, the drive through the valley is always an awesome one. i just wish a resort would take initiative to take advantage of the terrain the catskills really have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrwilco Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Is there a market for another ski area in the Catskills? I imagine it would be tough to obtain permits to build a ski area on one of the larger Catskill mountains? there is a market. theres a market for expansion of the current areas also, but theres a law called the forever wild clause that prevents pretty much all development Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romemadman Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 the area goign to the true summit is very flat we started hikiing it one day in the summer it is about 2-3 miles from the resort summit there is plenty of terrain up past K-27 and to the rihgt of hunter one the orginal owner is still there his brother was an owner too but he passed away he is like 86 and is still involved with everything that goes on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 the top of Hunter(Colonels chair mtn) is way closer than 2-3 miles... There is expansion in the works.. Look for more terrain opening up in the next couple of years... And new chairs... http://www.powderhound.org/images/HUNTER_PLAN.jpg the boundry of Hunter is up against the "forever wild" stuff - but the resort isn't to that boundry yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrwilco Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 that would be pretty sick. ive never had a bad day at hunter. im real interested in the backcountry in the area, especially after talking to locals at belleayre this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romemadman Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 (edited) DMC what is with the danger explosives sign on that one trial it is a green i was told that the hike to the fire tower was like 2 hrs u can see the trail where the lift is supposed to go from the road after snowfall there is room for more trails between hunter one and the bottom of the blue lift/ top of the red lift Edited April 21, 2007 by romemadman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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