Hunter Mountain Opinions

This thread clearly had to be broken out from the Belleayre thread. Carry on.  -Harv

ausable skier wrote

I would feel safer at Hunter with lots of cops around.  I've been told lots of city folk customers there ski while packing heat.  At they pack the bar at 8 in the morning.  

Yeah - all those families that Hunter has can get pretty dangerous...hhaha..

Seriously - I'm friends with a ton of Patrollers and Security..   I've asked this question and they've never encountered someone packing a handgun.  I bet there's cops that carry but my friends that are cops do not..

And the bar doesn't open until much later than 8am..

Wow, I missed that AS gem.

One reason I write more TR's about Hunter than anywhere else is because it's a cool hill with the most unjustified reputation in the ski industry. But don't let any of the writing on here change your mind about Hunter... or anything!

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Olympic Center, Lake Placid, NY

June 19, 2012 1:00 pm

*************************************************************
AGENDA

I.  INTRODUCTION

A. Roll Call

B. Agenda Review

C. Approval of Minutes from December 22, 2011 Board Meeting

D. President’s Report

·       Winter Recap
·       Summer Plans

 
II. OLD BUSINESS

A.    Financial Report – The Bonadio Group

B.    Audit Committee Report

·       Board approval of 2011-12 audit
·       Board approval of investment report

C.    Approval of Annual Report

 
III. NEW BUSINESS

A.    Belleayre Report

B.    Conference Center operations and marketing report

C.    Deferred Capital Plans

D.    Resolutions

·  #262- Resolution Approving Line Of Credit With A Banking Institution
·  #263- Resolution Adopting Certain Policies And Procedures
·  #265- Resolution Approving Capital Expenditures
·  #266- Resolution Approving Policy Makers for 2012/2013


IV. ADJOURN

ml242 wrote

Wow, I missed that AS gem.

One reason I write more TR's about Hunter than anywhere else is because it's a cool hill with the most unjustified reputation in the ski industry. But don't let any of the writing on here change your mind about Hunter... or anything!

if i get in  the waay back machine I lived in Jersey for a few years and did ski the Cats.  There was a great commercial that Windham ran back then that talked about the folks that skied at Huntah having big hair and partying hard.  It was sort of a a Jersey shore on a mountain kind of place back then and that is how I remember it.  I've heard others that like Hunter describe it as the Bronx on a hill side and that seems very apt to me after skiing there once on the weekend - also the last time I will ever ski there.  How that Hunter does not have a fatal collision every weekend is a fricking miracle.  City folk skiers, drunks, and the huge density of skiers that they have on a weekend don't make for a fun or safe mix in my book.  Its probably not bad mid week and they do make a crap load of snow because they have to.

ausable skier wrote

ml242 wrote

Wow, I missed that AS gem.

One reason I write more TR's about Hunter than anywhere else is because it's a cool hill with the most unjustified reputation in the ski industry. But don't let any of the writing on here change your mind about Hunter... or anything!

if i get in  the waay back machine I lived in Jersey for a few years and did ski the Cats.  There was a great commercial that Windham ran back then that talked about the folks that skied at Huntah having big hair and partying hard.  It was sort of a a Jersey shore on a mountain kind of place back then and that is how I remember it.  I've heard others that like Hunter describe it as the Bronx on a hill side and that seems very apt to me after skiing there once on the weekend - also the last time I will ever ski there.  How that Hunter does not have a fatal collision every weekend is a fricking miracle.  City folk skiers, drunks, and the huge density of skiers that they have on a weekend don't make for a fun or safe mix in my book.  Its probably not bad mid week and they do make a crap load of snow because they have to.

Another gem!

ausable skier wrote

...the folks that skied at Huntah having big hair and partying hard.

I really need to get over there...sounds like my kinda place

ausable skier wrote

ml242 wrote

Wow, I missed that AS gem.

One reason I write more TR's about Hunter than anywhere else is because it's a cool hill with the most unjustified reputation in the ski industry. But don't let any of the writing on here change your mind about Hunter... or anything!

if i get in  the waay back machine I lived in Jersey for a few years and did ski the Cats.  There was a great commercial that Windham ran back then that talked about the folks that skied at Huntah having big hair and partying hard.  It was sort of a a Jersey shore on a mountain kind of place back then and that is how I remember it.  I've heard others that like Hunter describe it as the Bronx on a hill side and that seems very apt to me after skiing there once on the weekend - also the last time I will ever ski there.  How that Hunter does not have a fatal collision every weekend is a fricking miracle.  City folk skiers, drunks, and the huge density of skiers that they have on a weekend don't make for a fun or safe mix in my book.  Its probably not bad mid week and they do make a crap load of snow because they have to.

The last time I was there I was hit by another skier three times. Saturday.

I ski there 4 times a week usually... And I've never been hit...

not sure what makes you guys targets and not me..

I'm good friends with most ski patrollers - it's not as bad as you lay it out..  I've heard about more fatalities in NE si areas this year..  I don't think hunter had any this year..

But I know I'm wasting my breath -you guys have made up your mind and so be it...

enjoy!

dmc_hunter wrote

-you guys have made up your mind...

Don't lump me in that group. Or ml, or X if I may be so bold. Who else has had fun at H?

Number of skiers dying at a mountain probably not the best criteria to use, if you're trying to talk bad about another mtn AS.

Benny - you were hit 3x by the same guy?!?