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    The History of Hunter Mountain

    This is pretty cool, even though I don't like the place much at all these days. Check out the slide show at the bottom.

    http://nyskiblog.com/directory/#nabble-td4709195

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    Cool... Boy, If they were ever to expand, there is such potential... Probably not in my life time.

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    I grew up at Windham and skied Hunter like twice. Hated it, way to crowded. Good read though
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    did it wrong.^^^^^^^^weekends? thought so. weekends and skiing just don't go together.

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    cuz it ain't fucking cool

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    Neato.
    huh, yeah. On the weekends it's so crowded nobody goes.
    No longer stuck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TomCrac View Post
    Cool... Boy, If they were ever to expand, there is such potential... Probably not in my life time.


    Yeah, that mountainside to your left as you ride the main chair from the bottom (isn't it a six pack now?) looks pretty sweet. I hear that a state legislator from Brooklyn, of all places, has blocked that expansion for years.

    It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bmg97 View Post
    I grew up at Windham .....
    My condolences.

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    interesting enough;need way more pics though.Hunter is hella fun;just wear your helmet & elbow pads ....new yorkers dont stop ,unless its for a corner hot dog. & how about that bunker at the top there too?...gotta be some stories in that. My buddy blew his engine drivin up there once;the 14'' of snow is all we remember that day
    ski paintingshttp://michael-cuozzo.fineartamerica.com" horror has a face; you must make a friend of horror...horror and moral terror.. are your friends...if not, they are enemies to be feared...the horror"....col Kurtz

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tunco View Post
    My condolences.
    HAHAH !! It served it's purpose and was way cooler back in the early 80's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Yeah, that mountainside to your left as you ride the main chair from the bottom (isn't it a six pack now?) looks pretty sweet.
    That mountainside to your left does look pretty sweet.



    (Sixpack = yes).

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    HARV!!!!!

    rog
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    annapurna woods? yeah. shits fun for what it is.
    sister and bro in law coach at windham nowadays after leaving hunter. would rather hit plattekill–but hunter can be fun.

    always wished mt. beacon was open when i was growing up but if dreams were pennies i'd be rich.
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    I remember doing YMCA trips to Huntah from Jersey in the mid-70's. They used to make you demonstrate your skills before they'd let you ride the upper mountain lifts. Not a bad practice IMO.

    Weekends=teh suck, but could be fun for a mid-week powder day or late season corn.

    There was a huge cougar migration from Huntah to Killington in the early 2000's. Aparently their hunting grounds had been depleted.
    Wag more, bark less

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    Ha! I thought you were referring to the other cougars that left Hunter after most of the bars burned to the ground... Accurate statement either way

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    Quote Originally Posted by baron View Post
    Hunter is hella fun
    Did you hit your head or something? You stopped using the spacebar and you sound like a california fag. Hella?

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    With a name like "Slutsky" it's hard to see how anyone could go wrong.

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    when I was at Skidmore we skied Hunter weekday nights. super fun.
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    I think you're thinking of West Mountain. Hunter has no lights.

    It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
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    I think they did have night skiing for a short while ( doubt if it was top to bottom) .... Not unless mtskier is thinking night tubing...

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    No, he's thinking of either West or Willard, both within easy driving distance from Skidmore. Hunter is about two hours.

    It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
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    Quote Originally Posted by systemoverblow'd View Post
    Did you hit your head or something? You stopped using the spacebar and you sound like a california fag. Hella?
    you cant possibly judge culture w/a fag clown face avatar
    ski paintingshttp://michael-cuozzo.fineartamerica.com" horror has a face; you must make a friend of horror...horror and moral terror.. are your friends...if not, they are enemies to be feared...the horror"....col Kurtz

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    Quote Originally Posted by TomCrac View Post
    I think they did have night skiing for a short while ....
    Hunter had night skiing from 1964 through '72. Don't know if it was T2B.

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    HARV!!!!!

    rog
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    cuz it ain't fucking cool

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    Quote Originally Posted by icelanticskier View Post
    HARV!!!!!

    rog

    ROG!!!!!

    How the hell are ya?

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