What's New At Hunter Mountain This 2018-19 Winter Season

Hunter Mountain has remained quite busy since closing day of the 2017-18 winter season. Aside from hosting incredible events such as the Outbound Collective's Pursuit Series, Taste of County Music Festival, our ever-popular TAP NY Craft Beer and Food Festival, four weekends of Oktoberfest and much more, we have been busy this spring, summer and fall improving for the upcoming ski season.

On April 16th, 2018 after securing all necessary and proper permits from governing officials, Hunter Mountain began work on its monumental new expansion project, Hunter North. This expansion project has grown to be the largest development of any northeast ski resort in over 15 years, adding 80 new skiable acres to Hunter Mountain and increasing available terrain by one third. Hunter North's new terrain is located on the northern-most face of Hunter Mountain between the Main Face and Hunter West. The new Hunter North terrain branches off existing intermediate trails on Belt Parkway and Way Out.

5 new trails, which are predominantly intermediate terrain, and 4 new glades which are expert level terrain, greatly expand the variety of terrain Hunter has to offer. Four intermediate blue squares named Sleepy Hollow, Overlook, Twilight and Rip's Return, offer long sweeping runs for an exciting ride back to Hunter North's new base area. Rusk Road, Hunter North's only green circle trail, is located at the bottom of Hunter West and provides a leisurely connector trail with access to the new terrain.

In keeping with Hunter Mountain's renowned snowmaking capabilities, Hunter North features 100% snowmaking coverage across all its new terrain including SMI's fully automated Super PoleCat fan guns, as well as HKD Impulse towers and Snow Logic's Lightweight Rapid Deployment Nozzles. This new equipment is a welcome addition to Hunter's already impressive snowmaking arsenal.

Hunter North's terrain will be serviced by a new high speed 6-passenger detachable chairlift, appropriately named "The Northern Express". With the addition of this new 6-passenger chairlift, Hunter will be the first ski resort in New York State to feature two high speed 6-passenger chairlifts. The Northern Express is an updated model of Leitner-Poma's high speed 6-passenger chairlift. It is 3,200' long, features 11 support towers, is able to move 2,400 passengers per hour across 1,000 feet of vertical, and will have a ride time just over 3 minutes. Guests will be transported from the new base area to the top of Hunter North at the intersection of Belt Parkway and Way Out.

In addition to the brand-new terrain on Hunter North, our expansion also features an entirely new entrance, and parking area. Hunter North's new entrance on Deming Road is located 2 miles west of the main entrance of Hunter Mountain. The new parking area for the expansion has capacity for up to 250 vehicles and features an inspiring atmosphere nestled under the beautiful mountainside landscape of Hunter North. Beyond the parking lot, the Hunter North base area will include ticketing, bathrooms, and a selection of casual food options.