Video of the Week 12/31 - POWDERRRRRR!!

There's another great video with a tour through the powder...it's a little bumpy, but worth watching! Check it out here.

We'll see you tonight for fireworks!

POWDER ALERT: 8" so far, with up to 12" more coming!!

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year's (Eve)! A huge storm blew through last night and left us with 8" of snow...you all know what that means! It's time to get up to Hunter!

Do you have to work today? Well, if you do, you're still in luck: we have up to 12 inches of snow coming tomorrow throughout the day, so if you miss the opportunity today, there's more coming on New Year's Day! What a way to start off the 2008...with a grand total of up to 20" of powder!

Check the NOAA and Accuweather forecasts for updated information...and we'll keep you up to date with photos, video and more via the Hunterblog and Huntermtn.com!

Join us tonight for Fireworks & Torchlight Parade!

Our New Year's Eve festivities will kick off at 6pm tonight, and will feature a torchlight parade and fireworks (as well as a DJ at the Main Bar area until 7:30)...so come bring in the New Year at Hunter Mountain!

We look forward to seeing you here!

Serious snow coming our way!

Hello everyone! It's a nice, high 30's Sunday here at Hunter Mountain, and we've been watching a pretty big storm coming our way -- we're going to get 3-8 inches, with it starting around sunset and finishing in the early hours of the morning. According to Accuweather, the storm will be bringing lots of snow to the area, followed by a cold snap.


Here's our latest alert:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
238 AM EST SUN DEC 30 2007

A SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING...AND ENDING BY THE MIDDLE OF MONDAY MORNING.

THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...AND WILL BE OCCASIONALLY HEAVY TOWARD...AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHTER AND MORE INTERMITTENT AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY...BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY THE MIDDLE OF MONDAY MORNING.


Stay tuned for more info! Thanks to those of you who came out to enjoy Ladies Only Demo Day, and the 100+ people that stopped by our Rail Jam last night!! Photos will be up soon -- and we hope to see you for our fireworks and torchlight parade tomorrow night, starting at 6pm!

Join us for New Year's Eve!

We have some events taking place soon, including Ladies Only Consumer Demo Day on Sunday, December 30, and New Year's Eve festivities on Monday, December 31.

We also are holding a Rail Jam on Saturday evening...continue to RideHunter.com for more information about our park events.

We also just posted a new video of the week...take a look at all of our snow!!

We hope to see you this weekend, and/or on New Year's Eve!

Our New Year's Eve festivities will kick off at 6pm on Monday, December 31, and will feature a torchlight parade and fireworks..

Come bring in the New Year at Hunter Mountain! We look forward to seeing you here!

Get Ready: LocalMotion #1 kicks off on January 7!

Localmotion kicks off its first race and party on January 7, 2007. It's one of our most popular local events. This year, each race will be themed, with the first one being "Ugliest Outfit." The party will be at O'Neill's in Tannersville.

For more information about LocalMotion, continue to the website!

Save 15% on Lift Tickets With eSki!

Also, for a 15% discount on daily lift tickets, head over to shop.huntermtn.com and purchase your tickets in advance through eSki! Continue to eSki to purchase your tickets!

While many of our other sales are over, we've still got plenty of gift cards! Gift cards are valid all over the resort, in retail locations, or for dining, lift tickets and products, rentals and more! Get your gift card now

Ladies Only Consumer Demo Day: Sunday, 12/30!

Ladies Only Consumer Demo Day kicks off on Sunday, December 30. The demo day features women-specific equipment, both skis and snowboards, from companies including Salomon, Rossignol, Burton, RIDE, and more. Don't miss out on this special opportunity just for women!

New Video of the Week Posted!

Check out our new video of the week! It's been a fantastic holiday period so far, and if you haven't been up here yet, we hope you're coming soon!

Raining down there...Snowing up here!

Good morning everyone! We wanted to let everyone know that while it is raining in the metro area and even as close as Kingston, up in these altitudes we are seeing snow. It's been snowing here for an hour or so, and we already have a thin white blanket on the ground. We're looking at 2-4 inches for the area today, so stop by -- despite the rain everywhere else, it's a white winter in Hunter...we hope to see you today!

Snowmaking...Christmas Eve

New update: Christmas Eve
We are making snow not the best temps yet, but we have to improve what yesterday did to us. It is just to bad because the mountain was in such great shape. The skiing and riding is not bad but it is not as good as it was....we will be running all night and hopefully tomorrow.

We will be doing a lot of hit and run so we can cover more terrain. This is what we are good at, so now we have to go to work. Tonight we are on HBK, Minya, Belt, Wayout, Lower Crossover, Racers, Ike, Mossy, Lower Madison.

On Christmas Day, we will move to Upper K27, Eastside Drive, Milky Way, Cliff and others. Lets see what happens with the weather.

Merry Xmas and hope for some cold temps
Snowmakers

Last Call for Winter Card Purchase!

Hello everyone, and happy holidays from Hunter Mountain! Despite yesterday's crazy weather, we've begun the recovery we're famous for....the snowguns are going, and the trails will be reblanketed with snow all week long.

I just wanted to remind you that this is the LAST DAY to get your Winter Card....so head over and get one now if you haven't already! The Winter Card gives you 4 days -- 2 at Hunter and 2 at Windham -- for $119!!! That's less than $30 a day!!

Head over to HunterMtn.com to get your Winter Card now!

Please allow 24 hours to process you card before picking it up.

*The Winter Card is valid through the end of the Winter 2007-08 season at both resorts, except peak holiday periods (Dec. 25-Jan. 1, Jan. 19-21 and Feb. 16-18). Unused visits may not be carried over into future seasons. Please treat the card as cash. If it is lost or stolen, it cannot be replaced. Questions? Call the Hunter ticket office at 800-HunterMtn ext. 2200 or the Windham ticket office at 800-SkiWind ext. 1100.

Holiday Update from Snowmaking

Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays from all from the Snowmakers....here is your Holiday update.

Saturday morning, December 22: we just shut the snowmaking guns down for a few days because ol' mother nature is not in the Christmas spirit of giving good tidings and cheer, but the snowmakers will give that to all who ski and ride.

Starting Monday, at some time thru the day, we will fire up the guns for what we at Hunter are known for and the BEST AT: a speedy recovery from the wraths of the weather Gods. We will be moving all over the mountain getting back into the shape that we are in right now with some of the best skiing and riding in years for the holidays.

Lets all hope for the best on Sunday and the weathermen being wrong once again...and HOPE for an early Christmas present or a late Hanukah gift of SNOW!

Everybody that has been to Hunter lately...you know how good it has been. For the ones that have not yet been up....what are we waiting for? Make some plans to get up here over the holidays. Give yourselves a special present: a skiing and boarding trip to Hunter. We have and will have great conditions for you, so see you soon.

Merry Christmas,
The Snowmakers

Snowtubing is Open!

Snowtubing is open! Starting today, snowtubing will be open -- different hours through the weekend, and then 9am-9pm through the holiday week (weather permitting, as usual).

Continue to the snowtubing page for more information!

Employee Demo Day Rail Jam Video

A video slideshow of some shots from our demo day rail jam on Tuesday...enjoy!

NASTAR Video

This is a pretty funny video...tons of NASTAR footage. Of many of you know, NASTAR started yesterday here at Hunter. Enjoy the video!

Seasonal Workshops & Programs

I'd like to take a quick minute to highlight some of the seasonal programs we have going on -- there are more spaces left, and some of these sessions need more people to be able to run. So if you're interested, contact Jen Schmidt.

ADULT SNOWBOARD SEASONAL GROUP
Love to Ride? We are forming an adult Seasonal Snowboard Group. Groups meet every Saturday & Sunday from now until March 9th. The group consists of riders that are comfortable on black terrain and wish to improve on their riding skills with other adult riders. We have a few riders ready and are looking for a few more. If interested please contact Jen Schmidt for details.

MOUNTAIN MEN GROUP
Let the boys be boys! Love to rip the mountain? Smash gates? Bash bumps? Than this is the group for you! Mountain Men is a new Seasonal Program offered to adult men who are comfortable on all Hunter Mountain Black terrain. Fine tune you skills with the other guys. Any men interested in a program the runs for now until March 9th every Saturday & Sunday please
contact Jen Schmidt for details.

Snowmaking Update: Wednesday!

We shut down this morning with a inversion temps up top were 29 and about 24 at the bottom so with those temps and the forecast we gave up. The weather does not look like it will cooperate the next few days...then again, it keeps changing everyday so nobody really knows what's up until it
happens.

As of now we will start up tomorrow at some point in the day, we will try to get more opened up in Hunter One, build up some trails and look for a good forecast with some cold weather so we can move to K27, then either Annapurna or 44........ all depends on Mother Nature. The riding and skiing is really good--nothing like last year--so get up here and give it a try!

- Bruce

Sony Pictures' STEEP Premiere: This Friday!

Sony Pictures' film debut, STEEP, is taking place this Friday (December 21, 2007) in the Hunter Foundation Theater. The film documents the history of big mountain skiing, including personalities such as Bill Briggs, Stefano De Benedetti, Eric Pehota, Glen Plake, Shane McConkey, Seth Morrison, Chris Davenport, Ingrid Backstrom and Andrew McLean.

The film was shot in Alaska, Wyoming, Canada, France and Iceland. For more information about this film premiere, visit Catskillmtn.org. You can also view the trailer on the official movie site, SteepFilm.com, or on YouTube:

Snowmaking Update: Monday

Burrrrrrrrr, it's cold! So with this new cold front we have the guns are blasting all sorts of snow everywhere the conditions are fantastic with the last 2 weather makers. Sunday even though it sleeted it really helped us out with the front moving in the winds really picked up so that kept everything from blowing away.

Here we go for snowmaking: Claires, Upper Xover, Racers, loading up the halfpipe, and expanding the terrain over in Hunter One that includes the Highlands, Briar Patch, and Rip Van Winkle. Along with the new stuff we are building up the base and making more powder all over so the conditions will be sweet. Bundle up and get out here and don't miss the great times up here...lets not wait! We are in great shape with a lot of room to yourselves on the slopes.

- Bruce

Storm Update: Sunday Afternoon

Hello everyone, and thanks to those of you who came out to ski or ride this weekend! As many of you know, the quad as been up and running all weekend and we are glad we could fix it in time for everyone.

For those of you who didn't come up (and those of you who did), I wanted to give everyone an update on this storm. There was a lot of "freezing rain" and "rain" forecasted for the area, and we have been watching the snow/sleet mix all day, which, as imagined, has created really nice powder conditions on the mountain.

There has been no wet moisture and temps haven't dropped below 28. Around 5pm today, the sleet is supposed to switch to snow, which allows for another powder day or two early this week. We've been super lucky with the storm as far as conditions are concerned and sometimes the forecasts can differ from what's really happening....so there's the real deal!