Hunter Mountain

First time here and I can't wait to come back! Hunter Mountain offers an excellent layout for skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts. The trails are well-designed, catering to all skill levels, and it's easy to navigate from one area to another without feeling overwhelmed. For early in the season they had enough open for me as I am new to skiing. My boyfriend who is advanced level said maybe a bit more snow and he'd be content with the trails here. One of the standout features is the efficiency of the lift lines. Even during peak times, the lines move quickly, thanks to a well-organized system and attentive staff. Speaking of the staff, they are incredibly friendly and helpful, creating a welcoming atmosphere both on and off the slopes. The only downside is the parking situation. Like many ski resorts, the lot can quickly turn into a muddy mess, especially after rain or snow melts. It's something to be prepared for, but it doesn't overshadow the overall quality of the experience. All in all, Hunter Mountain delivers a fantastic day on the slopes with great vibes, efficient operations, and a stellar mountain layout. Fix the parking, and it'd be a perfect 5-star spot!

Hunter Mountain offers 71 trails, accessible by 16? lifts. There's plenty of fun for skiers of all levels. The only thing is I wish the ski trail maps marked when there were moguls.. The Way Out trail had moguls which we learned the hard way.

My instructor Christopher was patient and helpful! I definitely had more confidence by the end of the lesson! Appreciate his time and knowledge! Highly recommend

This place is a joke. Website won't let you buy tickets in advance. Window ticket ends up costing more than windham. Hunter is an over crowded, unorganized mess. Super busy day, perfect conditions, and the terrain park is closed? And it looks like it hasn't even been open this entire season. I hit a frozen 1x1 foot block of ice on a blue and it almost tore my acl. What a joke. $125 for a lift ticket, I will never step foot on this mountain again.

Oktoberfest was a huge disappointment. The sky ride was cool, and the surrounding scenery is stunning-but there's nothing German or festive about this event. We spent $55 on a VIP ticket. A cheap plastic boot glass. (Bear mountain gave us beautiful glass steins in previous years) We got a t-shirt. A small fill of beer. (Not even 2/3 full)!!! There were just a few food places and they were all clustered together, making the even feel tiny and small. There was no place to sit, overall a waste of money. I wish bear mount would go back to doing Oktoberfest at Hessian lake. It was such a great place.

Nice day at the mountain. Because of the snow storm that passed, the parking was full and congestion everywhere. Once you settle in- place was great. The only reason for 4 rather than 5 stars, is the condition of the restrooms. With so many people out enjoying the day, the bathrooms need a little extra TLC to keep them clean. Otherwise, great place for a day out.

If i could give zero stars i would. First of all this place is a big joke!!! You can't even pay cash to get food and my son and his friends all went to get lunch and they said no, card only!!! The people are aweful when you call to find out info! The lift operators are rude as hell. Skip this place there are tons of others around!!! I hope this mountain drops to 1 star. I know the other parents of the kids i brought will be coming on here as well.

Took scenic sky ride up for a hike to Hunter Mountain Fire Tower. On the trip back down, we rushed to make what we were told was the last lift back down at 3:45. Arrived 3:30. Several hundred people in line. It took two hours standing in line to get on a lift. Because although the last lift was listed as 3:45, they continued selling tickets until 4pm. And those who ride up simply stayed on the lift seats and rode back down again. In other words, the line atop the mountain did not move. Immoral business practice to strand customers on top of the mountain with no other option to get down. Terrible experience, insulting.

I would avoid if there are other options. The good: 1) Picked a great day! Fresh snow!!! The bad 1) Way too crowded 2) Workers start preparing to end the day around 3:40pm... For example, they start to put away the line that separate the different lanes to the chair lift. 1) Ski lift operators do not seem to pay attention to the skiers when they are getting on the lift or when they are getting off the chair. They do not slow down the lifts. Literally, the operator intentionally speed up the lift and the chair slammed into my back..... And when getting off they don't pay attention either. I literally had to jump of the chair because again they did not pace it and make sure all skiers have gotten off safely. 3) No ski patrol!!! At least while we were on the slope, I did not see one single ski patrol. 3) Bathroom was filthy

I'm not a skier or snowboarder, but I do love Hunter! the lodge is nice to hang out in and I enjoy going tubing (especially with the conveyer belt that Carrie's you back up to the top)! The zip line is my absolute favorite- longest and highest in North America, I believe! it's not for the faint of heart but SOOO fun and well worth the money. The scariest zip line is your first, so once you conquer that you can just enjoy yourself from there. Go in the fall with the leaves changing and enjoy an absolutely beautiful view!

I go snowboarding every so often so I wouldn't say I am a beginner. I haven't been to Hunter Mountain specifically in over five years, but this recent experience makes me worried to come back. I know when the slopes are good and I know when it's going to be a troubling day. Hunter Mountain is the latter. Maybe it was the weekend that we went, but the slopes were so icy. This one ski lift drop off had an icy patch that people were repeatedly falling on, one right after the other. There was a young girl attending the ski lift but she didn't even bother to slow down the lift as people were falling. She was actually standing outside talking to someone and just watching people fall. Shouldn't they hire experienced employees to watch over this and have someone throw some snow on top?! Because of this negligence, I had hurt myself so badly and was not able to continue on the rest of the day as I had hoped. I will say the only thing good about this place is that the prices are good and it's easy to find parking. Jeep was also doing a promo event and we got free mugs.

Terrible experience. Rude staff, terrible trail conditions, out dated. Went downhill after vail. MUCH better off going to one of the other catskill ski mountains

Went here with a group for a day to skii. This is my first time skiing and was very excited for this day. Got here and it immediately was messy. Staff just wanted to go fast and give everyone the skii rentals and could not care less about anything else. As a first timer, I had no idea about anything so I could have appreciated more help. Thankfully a friend knows about skiing and helped us. The slopes... a hot mess. So they have the snow maker but do not use it. By the end of the day it was slurry, watery and just plain dangerous. In the picture you can see al the snow melting. I will admit, I had fun but not because the place was amazing. The food was good but very pricey ($50 for 2 sodas, a bowl of orange chicken and rice and a burger with fries).

Information on the website is inaccurate and unhelpful. Getting information on the phone was frustrating. This has caused inconvenience. I planned a weekend in the Catskills for my family for early February, centered around an afternoon of snowtubing for my four-year-old daughter. I looked at Hunter Mountain's website several times over many months, which had the same information about hours of operation, ticket pricing, etc. However, the website wouldn't go further when I tried to make a reservation (no error notice, just wouldn't make a reservation). It seemed like a website glitch. After calling Hunter Mountain four times to finally reach a live person, I was told the snowtubing park is closed, and even the live person (who was very nice) didn't have any other information about it. If the tubing park was closed, just update your website with that info. It's not hard to update a website and any "resort" as they call themselves should be able to do so. It would have saved me a lot of time, and now I have to scramble to find something else.

Mark, Ryan and the whole staff hooked up tubing for our whole group and went the extra mile to ensure we all had a great time. Fair price. Good speed. Snow and spins. Get it!

Went to this place mid March, a little late for skiing season, so the snow was half melted and sludged. However, I still had a great time. Mostly because the trip was paid for by the company I work for. If I had to pay for it out of my own pocket I would've been upset.

Beautiful nature but the place was over crowded and the slopes were a bit Icy. Took 20 mins or so to get on a lift. Wish they had a cap on the tickets issued.

This mountain use to be great, today I was ripped off the line and accused of not being me on a Saturday they ripped me off line at 9:30am after waiting online for 20 min. Then after a bunch of stupid questions they returned my pass and didn't even apologize for the inconvenience. I will be riding ikon next year along with the rest of my crew. Sorry hunter we had a lot of fun together over the last 15 years.

Vail doesnt blow enough snow when Temps are cold weather and moves around shaved ice. Doesn't have enough trails open. North is always icy. Maintenance of trails is poor. Few trails open. Rocks and ice get moved around. VAIL NEEDS TO BLOW SNOW regularly worst Jan/Feb skiing in 2023. season pass here is a waste

Call two days in advance to go on the SkyRide. They say they're open till 4:00. I get there at 2:00. I travelled 130 miles to get there. They closed the tide for so-called "maintenance "

The food at this place is theft. I won't go into details but pack your own meal for lunch. Otherwise you will pay a small fortune for a Burger King type meal. Extremely disappointing. The mountain is ok.

My friends parents owned a large nine bedroom home in Elka Park, quite close to Hunter. Some of the late 80's and much of the early 90's were all about weekend trips, skiing was optional. And each time I was tearing up the slopes with a local buddy, no breaking for any reason, ski as much as possible. Anyone who is anyone that lives in the five boroughs and Long Island is more likely than not to ski Hunter before any other ski resort. With that comes a level of attention that should be paid to below average skiers, skiing above their abilities. The crashes and whipeouts I've witnessed on the Belt Parkway run trumps another trails at any of the fifty plus mountains I've skied. K2 is a prime example of where not to push your skill level beyond the actual, I'll ski it but every year the risk / reward scales are tipping -- it's super steep and if it's icy, you better have super sharp skis and know how to plant and pivot. I never rented skis, but I've seen the rental rooms -- boot fitting and binding adjustments. You'd be better served renting prior and checking the inner turning edges that they be sharp. The South Side -- three double diamond trails is usually quite unless it snows naturally, no snow guns blown there. So the moguls are very hard and much of the snow is pushed out from where you want to navigate down from. South side

They don't pick up there phones for customer service or answer there emails at all. I ended up paying 120$ each instead of 62$, due to a misunderstanding. The rental had an option of 3:00pm for pick up, and I assumed that we had to buy the lift tickets as well. A guy at rentals said I could get a refund however, it was tedious because no one is on top of there customer service in terms of phones calls and emails. I wasted money and time. I finally got a call back after two weeks of waiting. I called (518) 263 5367, at 1:33PM and I explained my situation. the lady kept saying "what's the problem?" When clearly I stated what the problem was 4 times. She just said make sure you read before you purchase things. She was not patient at all, she just never understood the problem and just let me waste my money and time. She let me sound like a fool questioning every thing I did. Saying the rental guy was wrong. Please be careful, this resort has gone down for years and I am truly disappointed. I am never coming back. But hey, maybe they will treat you better than me, after all I'm just an average person.

Great driving distance place to go for snowboarding/skiing if you live in NYC. It takes approx. 2 hrs of driving +/- traffic. I like this mountain because the trails are more advanced compared to ones found at Blue Mountain, Camelback, and Windham. You can get a good run out of the Black and Double Black Diamonds. The Belt Parkway trail is good when you are still learning and want to improve for higher level trails because the trail is long, has good degree of ups and downs, some curves, and there are some places where you can pick up some speed to conquer your fears of wiping out. The only problem with the Belt Parkway is that it can get somehow crowded and you have to become aware and slow down for safety purposes. Overall, this is a great place to go if you are not planning on going to the "Awesome" places in Vermont.

During covid, place was packed, limited ski lift tickets offered. Had to monitor the internet for 7 tickets, buying one at a time over a period of 2 days. 2 hr drive from Long Island. Parking fee of $15 was waved for pandemic. Ski lift ticket was very expensive. $80+ for adult Don't even think about having lunch at the lodge as it's closed due to covid. They have shacks that sell sandwiches for $20! And the line is hours long. Tailgate in the parking lot, bring your own sandwiches. Lines were not too bad until after Lunch. Ski conditions were great, super powdery snow the whole day. Managed 8 runs on the sixtuplette ski lift. Staff did a good job checking ticket scans, enforcing the mask over nose rule. Had a good time but can't compare to skiing in Canada where the tickets were half the price and no lines to wait in a much bigger mountain. But this is Merica, and the borders were closed, So ya just gotta pay! Had a good time though!

2 hours waiting on line to just rent boots that were reserved on their website 7 days in advanced. They are extremely inefficient at handing out rentals. Had same day renters and reservations on the same line. Had to wait another 30 minute just to get skiis.

Way to over priced when they refuse to make snow on freezing cold days in January. Went skiing with my family MLK Holiday weekend in 2022. Spent ~$700 on lift tickets and the entire mountain was ice! I am not asking them to change the weather, BUT when it is less than 10 degrees for three days leading up to the weekend and on the Saturday and Sunday skiing days themselves, you would think they would blow snow for their patrons. They blew NOTHING. My kids could barley ski and even Ski Patrol people were complaining, "saying, they could make snow, but they just don't want to spend the money" I'm talking about ice so bad - it was blue - not white - as in frozen water. I stayed in a house across the street and you could see a only a few measly snow making blowers in progress all 3 days until they got natural snow on Monday. Even then - NO grooming on the Blue trails for families - in fact no grooming at all - all day which turned the runs into mush. It is obviously clear that they don't want to spend money on grooming OR snow making which is total BS considering how much they charge for lift tickets. Please complain if you've seen the same thing or go to Killington instead. It's a few bucks more and they actually spend the money on snow.

If you want to wait 2 hours to park and wait in a lift line that takes 30 minutes, go to Hunter Mountain! The worst resort in New York

Location: let's start with the best part of this review, which is the location of hunter mountain (close to NYC) but that's about it as everything else was below average. Snow Quality: the trails are all very icy and needs more powder!! It was very difficult for beginners and even myself to have a good session when most of the trails are ice. Customer service: the staff working here are friendly, which is a plus! Cost: here's the worst part as the tickets were expensive for the poor quality snow. You're looking at $150/person including ticket and rental during the holiday season.

I tried again to submit the online refund request form today it worked. Saved me a 3 hr road trip to Hunter Mtn.

Snowed on Friday, frigid temps conducive for snow making and the whole place was ice. Other lifts not operating until 930 am. One lift kept breaking down. Was stuck on the lift for almost 30 minutes just sitting there. It was a madhouse everywhere. Laughable lines. Proof of vaccination to eat crap food? No thanks.

While many of the slopes were icy and not in optimal snow conditions, I still had an amazing time! Me and my friends are all different levels (advanced, intermediate, and advanced beginner) and we had the best time spending our Saturday here. We started off with the green slopes, and worked our way up to the numerous blue trails, and ended with some black diamonds. We got to the mountain around 11am and were hitting the slopes by 11:30am - there were barely any lines! Also, we got our tickets online, in advance, which saved us time and money. I really appreciated that parking was free and that helmets were included in the cost of the equipment rental. The views at the tip top are beautiful and reminded me of skiing in Tahoe. I probably won't be making this my go-to mountain, as there are others closer to me, but definitely worth a visit at least once a winter.

Good: - Lots of black and double black options, ideal for advanced skiiers - Main 6 person lift was quick and rather comfortable to ride to summit - Trails are interesting and fun. Some icy, but normal for late March. Bad: - Rentals is slow. They need more people working, better ratio of employees to visitors. Employees are lax and don't have sense of urgency even when there's a line. Totally not okay for a mountain that closes at 4PM... time gets wasted. - I really wish they would have cubbies. Totally easy to have that outside and simply say they're not responsible for any items. Ran out of mini lockers and had to get a big one for $13 for only 1 pair of shoes, which I was not expecting. Totally criminal.

They have since refunded my card since I disputed the amount but re-billed me on the purchase date. Lmao this place is a fucking joke. Don't come here unless you like getting scammed.

October 15th 2022, bought tickets in advance for the skyride. 40 minute wait just to pick up tickets. Give up and left after waiting another 40 minutes to get on the gondola, and only getting 1/6th of the way through the insane line, having been promised a similar ride on the way down. They massively oversold tickets. No refund offered. Total waste of time and money - avoid avoid avoid.

Before I get into this, this is not so much a review as it is an everything you need to know guide if you are considering visiting Hunter Mountain or already plan on taking a trip there. I will break it down by paragraph, so feel free to skip around to what is relevant for your particular situation. Let's get into it! HUNTER VS OTHER SKIING ALTERNATIVES- There are many ski areas in the area and in the east in general. Out of the 5 major areas in the catskills (Hunter, Windham, Belleayre, Catamount, and Plattekill) I think it ranks second, just behind Windham. However, Windham is 20 min further from NYC which is something to consider. Hunter can get very crowded, but it is the best option for the tri-state area. It is MUCH better than local New York ski areas like Thunder Ridge, Campgaw, and Mohawk Mountain. It is also better than Mountain Creek, but Mountain Creek is a good, closer option that is still fairly large, but make sure in advance that they have a lot of snow and at least 3 out of their 4 peaks are open. However, if you plan on an extended stay, if possible I strongly recommend you drive the extra 30 min to Jiminy Peak, or the extra 1.5 - 2 hour drive to Gore, Mt. Snow, or Stratton. LODGING- There are limited options, but its not bad. Like I said in the previous paragraph, if you want an extended stay, go further North, but if you are going to stay here, I recommend the Kaatskill Mountain Hotel. It is beautiful, but a little pricy and requires a week-long stay which I don't recommend. If you are just looking for one or two nights for an extended day trip from NYC I recommend a Holiday Inn in the nearby town of Saugerties which is 30 min south of the mountain, or the Courtyard Marriott or Hampton Inn in Kingston which is about 40 min south of the mountain. CROWDS- Hunter is known for its crowds due to its close proximity to NYC. I have a few tips to avoid crowds. Unless you are interested in beginner terrain stay away from Hunter east and B lift. If the line for their main lift, the Kaatskill Flyer is long, but you are interested in going from the main base to the Summit, I strongly recommend taking the double chair located next to the Kaatskill Flyer halfway up the mountain, then skiing down to D lift which is a triple chair that starts halfway up the mountain, and then taking D lift to the top. As for crowds on the slopes, it is not bad. The blacks on the main face are always empty and most of the blues are as well aside from Belt Parkway. To further avoid lift lines and crowded slopes, I like Hunter North as it has good, varied terrain with very few people in the area. LEARNING TO SKI/BEGINNER TERRAIN- This is a great place to learn. The instructors are for the most part very friendly and they have a sizable bunny hill with a large magic carpet. They also have a 4 person lift which could be a good first chairlift for younger kids and it leads to a green that is incredibly easy. As for other greens, there isn't much. You can take B-lift and there is a few greens there, the best of which being Gateway to Mossy Brook. There is also Rusk Road located in Hunter North, but it is very flat and short and also requires taking quite challenging blues to access it. INTERMEDIATE TERRAIN- The blues here are limited, no doubt. Madison Avenue, Gun Hill Road, and Kennedy Drive are all very bland and boring. There are two other blues on the main face, Belt Parkway and White Cloud. White Cloud is a spectacular trail and is a great warm-up for more advanced skiers. Belt Parkway is the longest trail at Hunter. It is very scenic, but it has three major flaws 1- it is extremely crowded! 2- it is %100 a green, and should be labeled a green, not a blue. 3- it is very easy to get sick of it because you will likely end up on it a lot of you plan on spending time on Hunter North. There are only 3 other blues at Hunter that I haven't covered- all of which are on Hunter North- Sleepy Hollow, Rip's Return, and Way Out. Sleepy Hollow is incredibly boring, it is not scenic and is very flat and should be a green. Rip's Return and Way Out are similar, both very challenging blues. There are icy, steep, pretty bumpy, and reminiscent of the blue-blacks at Windham. Lastly, Minya Konka is a short black at the summit and is a great trail to be someone's first black. EXPERT TERRAIN- There are plenty of blacks and double blacks at Hunter and that is the main draw. Its expert terrain is unrivaled by any other nearby. Most people will automatically flock to Hunter West, which is a face of the mountain comprising entirely of double blacks. While there is excellent expert terrain here don't miss out on everything else. The the two blacks on Hunter North are my favorite trails on the mountain- overlook and twilight. Also, The Cliff, Hellgate, Jimmie Huega, Eisenhower Drive and K27 are fun blacks on the main face. Lastly, Racers Edge was a great double black and serves as a perfect transition from doing blacks to doing double blacks

For my boyfriend's birthday, I got us both two day passes to Hunter. We stayed two nights in a Kaatskill Mountain Club suite and we both loved it. The room was clean and was exactly what we had expected. The mountain was decent too for being open so early in the season. A little icy but we expected that since there was rain on and off all weekend. The ski patrol and hotel workers were great as well. However, we had two awful dining/bar experiences that absolutely pissed me off and ruined the experience... YOUNGER COUPLES BEWARE The bar at the base lodge looked so appealing from the start. My mom has been to Hunter many times and told us that we must go during our visit. Upon taking a seat at the bar, an old lady working looked absolutely disgusted to see us sitting in her section. I thought it was maybe because my boyfriend and I were the youngest looking couple there and that she assumed we were underaged (I'm 23 and he's 24 so, I get that). After staring at our IDs for an uncomfortable minute, she took our order. He got a beer and I got a rum and coke - nothing fancy. She handed us our bill and as I went to add a tip she said "18% tip is already included cant you read the sign?" and proceeded to walk to the end of the bar, pick up a sign that I very much could not see from where I was sitting, walked back, and slammed it down on the bar in front of my face. Whatever. My bad I guess. THEN, literally 30 seconds after I paid the check, my boyfriend was twirling the beer cap in between his fingers and this MISERABLE woman came up and ripped it out of his hands like he was a toddler. She didn't say a word, just turned around and threw it out. In hindsight, maybe he shouldn't have been playing with a bottle cap (lol) but he wasn't making a sound or disturbing anyone. And even if he was, miss Karen should have used her words like an adult. I've never felt an urge to throw my drink on anyone ever until that moment. Thankfully, we both brushed it off, finished our drinks, and walked away. I was so upset because I was really looking forward to just relaxing and having a few drinks after a long day of skiing. I cant think of any reason she treated us this way besides the fact that maybe we looked a little too young. She seemed to be friendly with everyone else. We had a similar experience the night before at the Van Winkle restaurant located at the resort. When we got there, we were seated and a younger waiter threw two menus down and said "what do you want?" When we ordered drinks, he also analyzed our IDs for an uncomfortable amount of time and rolled his eyes when he handed them back to us. Again, we look young, I get it. He was just rude and wanted us gone as soon as possible for the rest of the dining experience. He was going out of his way to make us realize how much he did not want to wait on us. He seemed to be friendly with his other tables though so I don't know what the issue was. The only thing I can come up with is that we looked too young to be drinking but I really don't know. My boyfriend and I are such quiet and shy people. We rarely experience situations like this and I've never felt obligated to write a bad review ever until now. I paid to be there, just like everyone else and I expect to be treated like an adult. I wish I could rank the hotel and mountain separately because I would give them both 4.5 stars. But these two incidences really threw off the whole experience.

Booked on line a 12/26/21 ski pass, for $99. arrived to location on 12/25/21. drove by resort and right away noticed that most of the trails were closed. very surprised about this, because Hunter used to be know for the best snow covering in the east coast. But since the original two Brother owners sold the place to Vail, that place is going down the drain. Vail are used to run places in the rockies and it probably works for them there, but the way they managed Hunter is not to standard, and by not using the snow machines enough, completely turned me off of Hunter now, I hope they don't screw up Stowe next! I be asking for my ski pass refund tomorrow Monday. Please people, go ski in Europe! Where I grew up in Courchevel 1850 the day ski pass is $50 for 528 acres, now Hunter is only 150 acres and they can't open all the slopes for a Christmas week end. Even if you have to get an airline flight ticket to Geneva airport it's still a bargain compare to any Rockies ski resort since you have to fly to those as well from the east coast. Rockies are three hours difference and Europe only three more... Last thing Courchevel is linked to the three vallées, meaning four ski resorts connected together making 370 miles of slopes for $88 a day pass! Do I need to say more?

So for a first time visit to the mountain with my wife and my family, we went tubing at the mountain. We found it to a great experience! Sure the lines were a bit long, and you had a little wait time to get a few runs in down the slopes, but it was worth it! Great family fun experience! Small "mini lodge" as compared to the main lodge for the skiers and snowboarders. Overall a great experience! Besides the winter activities they also offer summer activities as well. We may have to come back and check these out come spring/ summer. Besides that, great hiking trails in the region as well to explore as well as great restaurants in the village just outside the resort!

My skis were STOLEN from a rack by the main entrance. I stepped 20 feet away to change out of my boots, came back 3 minutes later, and the skis were gone. Apparently Hunter has a major theft problem, as indicated by the other comments online. And yet it still has no cameras and has apparently taken no steps to address the issue. This came after a day of lousy skiing in icy conditions on an overcrowded mountain. Won't be back to Hunter, even with replacement skis.

I came to Hunter Mountain on a Saturday around 10am and it was super packed, like omg it took a really long time to get the ski rental because of how long the lines were. However I purchased the package that includes the lesson and the instructor was super helpful and determined to teach the group. I definitely felt more confident skiing afterwards. In addition the snow was powdery which was great since icy pistes can be intimidating for newbies scared of falling like me. I would totally return!

While I'm very new to skiing I find this resort to be great! Awesome learning terrain and the lessons I have taken in the past have been very beneficial. They have a lot of deals, especially for lessons that help you save money. The mountain has a ton of slopes at varying levels. The ski lodge itself is nice and has a good cafeteria as well as a bar. There is a hotel on site, however I have never stayed before. I have also been here for Taste of Country Music Festival in the summer and camped on the mountain. Very fun experience. I really enjoy this mountain and as a beginner enjoy a lot of the learning amenities they have. They also offer zip lining tours which I have been wanting to try but haven't gotten around to. Definitely something for everyone to do here.

New management acting like grubby loonies. Closed the mountain down early during a storm, turned off their precious equipment to protect it, but their customers? The families that come here and trust them, well they can POUND PAVEMENT because in order to transfer the ridiculously overpriced tickets to another day we had to walk (or better yet DRIVE) in the violent lightening storm to their main desk. No thank you, not trying to put myself and my kids in danger because of Hunter Mountain's greed. Come in the next day to grab the discount? NOPE, don't let the door hit you on the way out, should have risked your life and made the trek yesterday. You'd have to be loony tunes to think this place cares about you and your kids. If they care so little about your safety during a storm, how much care do they put into their lifts and trials I wonder hmmm?

Have been skiing this mountain since I was a little kid and returned this week for the first time in about 6 years. Had an awesome time with some pretty great conditions. Had a great first day skiing and the second was made even better when I decided to take a snowboarding lesson (first time). My instructors name was Josh. He was absolutely awesome! He was very patient and knowledgeable and has a knack for teaching! I'm excited to keep snowboarding after 18 years of skiing thanks to him! Haha

Not what it once was. I made the mistake of going to Hunter Mountain on President's day weekend. It is probably the busiest weekend of the year so you should expect long lines to get rentals and get on a lift. But I was not ready for how slow and how much waiting, and little skiing there was. Pre-Purchased tickets with rentals. I got to the mountain at 12:00 to avoid the rental lines, but it was not to be. It took 45 minutes to get skis for me and my girlfriend. The worst part was that once we got outside, the bindings on the skis did not fit either of our boots. It was incredibly frustrating. Went back inside and walked up to the front of the line and waited another 15 minutes to get back on the snow. Once outside, strapped in and on the beginner slopes (my gf is a beginner) the line to get on the beginner's lift was another 20 -25 minutes. Conditions on that first run were bad, light layer of snow over ice. My gf did one run and went to the lodge - frustrated and disappointed. (I was not too upset, I was going to get to do some runs) I left the small hill and tried to go to the top of the mountain but their main lift was down. The lift that was running had a huge line and another 20 minutes waiting to get to the middle of the mountain, not even the top. Its a busy weekend and you should expect delays but the rental did not have to take that long, there were 3 people handing skis to what looked like three hundred people waiting online, and with the main lift down, you would think that Hunter would consider giving the people suffering and experiencing half the experience, a half ticket or something. The lodge was fun as always, but I was disappointed with was always my favorite mountain in the north east.

DO NOT RENT EQUIPMENT HERE.... The most inefficient rental I've ever experienced. Over 2 hour wait, only two people at register and you don't even get the paperwork to fill out until you get to the counter. It's absolutely pathetic that they are running a rental place at a busy mountain like this.

The skiing was surprisingly decent, given how little snow there has been. It's not going to be great; this is still the Catskills we are talking about. The reservation system is a pain, but that's due to COVID and anybody complaining needs to read better so that they understand why it is happening. Most mountains are doing the same thing. On the subject of COVID...if they are limiting capacity at Hunter to promote social distancing, it certainly doesn't show. The place was packed and the lift lines were long even on a very, very cold day. Staffing seems too light for the number of guests too, which meant that people were bunching up in the lines and in the pavillion. Social distancing was a suggestion that was lightly enforced--it seems to be more of a case of everybody looking out for themselves. I'd rather fewer people and more distancing, but YMMV.

I've been skiing Hunter for 25 years. I have been trying to contact customer support to buy a military ticket, which you can no longer do at the lodge, via their phone number that no one answers. This was day 5 of trying to get in touch with person, any person. No response via Facebook, email, phone, Facebook messenger. Veil resorts has ruined this poor once family owned mountain.

The board shop hooked me up and fixed my binding in 5 minutes when my ratchet broke off. Such nice people and great service. Didn't even take long enough for the snow to melt. I appreciate you guys!!!