Hunter's New Quad

Crews have been working on the base terminal for the new West Side Quad...


photo (5/19/11) courtesy Hunter Mountain

photo (6/3/11) courtesy Hunter Mountain

photo courtesy Hunter Mountain 6/16

Hunter is a lot more attractive when the leaves are out.

Jamesdeluxe wrote

Hunter is a lot more attractive when the leaves are out.

Never mind that - Hunter is a lot more attractive with a HSQ installed on West.

the lift on the west side will be fixed grip, still a big improvement over the old y

photo courtesy Hunter Mountain 6/17/11

JasonWx wrote

the lift on the west side will be fixed grip, still a big improvement over the old y

Not according to Hunter.
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 I stand corrected..originally they planned on just installing  a fixed grip..

Look at these details:
Drive Type: Poma Detachable Alpha Drive
Slope Length: 3743' (1141m)
Vertical Rise: 1295' (395m)
Average Grade: 36.85%
Rotation: clockwise
Line Speed: 5m/s (984ft/min)
Number of Chairs: 80
Number of Towers: 15
Uphill Capacity: 2,400 p/h
Chair Interval: 6 sec.
Trip Time: 3.81 min.

This should allow for more snowmaking on Claire's. I hope they try to do more on 44.

JasonWx wrote

originally they planned on just installing a fixed grip.

I think that it was last fall when they decided to refurbish the old HSQ.  

X - how does the lift affect snowmaking?

I'm not in favor of HSQ on every liftline, but from what I know, I think this is a good spot for one.

I'm betting you'll be diggin' it X on those mid-week excursions.

I never minded the old fix double..I kind of looked forward towards the slow ride to rest..

Harvey44 wrote

X - how does the lift affect snowmaking?

I'm not in favor of HSQ on every liftline, but from what I know, I think this is a good spot for one.

I'm betting you'll be diggin' it X on those mid-week excursions.

The main lift on Hunter West was the Z which ran up Claire's. I read somewhere that removal of the lift allows more snowmaking on Claire's. Maybe with the increase in uphill capacity they will blow snow more often on 44.

Mid-week at Hunter is a dream. It now becomes even better. I do think that this HSQ will make the weekends better as the crowd will be more evenly spread out.

The Z double was cooked. I could never get my skiis on the footrests and when I rode up with anybody who weighed more than 120 pounds it was a tight fit. A fixed grip quad would have been fine but a HSQ is even better.

I emailed Jessica at Hunter Mtn back in June. She got back to me today. It will definitely be a HSQ..

photo (7/22/11) courtesy Hunter Mountain

"Towers being poured ...tough work on a steep slope."

thanks to DMC for link to video

i wonder what it cost to rent the copter ..it must be a fortune..i'm guessing 10k per day

Has anyone hiked around the bottom of the "new" quad. Coming over from Wayout, you have to ski uphill! Or is that going to be cutoff and we will use the old cutover to Y. If so, they have a lot of grading to do and a lot of stumps to remove! Hope I am just seeing the unfinished product!