Knee-Deep Powder at Huntah, er, Hunter
Monday, March 1, 2010 at 06:27PM Deep, fresh powder in New York's Catskills is a rarity, so when the weathermen started talking about a big storm headed that way the night of February 24th, I headed upstate to be in position to hit Hunter, Windham, or Belleayre. There was, however, a fatal flaw in my plan: there was just too much snow, and I got my car stuck. So as inch after fluffy inch fell--from just before midnight Thursday through late in the day Saturday the accumlation was over 30 inches--I could only watch and wait. (Well, that's not entirely true: I did a lot of snowshoeing and even managed a few sketchy tree-skiing runs in the woods behind my brother's house. And once the power went out, it was a perfect hermitage, just the kind of unplugged, snowbound retreat we all dream about.) When I finally broke out Sunday morning and got to Hunter, the snow had compacted and been tracked up on much of the mountain, but back in the trees it was still fluffy and knee-deep. I was lucky enough to hook up with a local, Jim Stracka, who showed me the right spots to duck under the fences and barriers, ditch the crowds, and get some fresh tracks. That's Jim skiing in the video above and, as you can tell, it's not exactly a managed forest--things can get a little hairy in there, and branch-to-head collisions are unavoidable. But on a day like that, it's well worth it. Check out more pics of my Hunter day here. More photos of my three days as a snow-bound hermit to come.
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