Nice mountain with great ski terrain. Can get crazy busy on weekends. They have the best zip line in the country. I highly recommend trying it. Definitely an adventure. I once saw 3 bears come out of hibernation in the spring right in between two ski trails!
No social distancing. Very few wearing masks and not enforced at all. 2 hours and 40 minutes to rent ski boots. Unhelpful as they just ask shoe size and give you equipment. No sizing or fitment. Very unpleasant experience. Extremely long lift lines and again, no distancing or enforcement. How is this remotely acceptable?
Best mountain in my great little town next door great slop to bring the kids and learn the art of sking great snow making amazing learning center
Had the perfect ski experience. Thank you for running a professional, efficient, luxurious resort.
Attended TAP for the 8th time. Kepps getting better
Great beginner slopes; good for practice.
However, the higher difficulty slopes were too icy.
That deteriorated my experience somewhat.
Conditions on 3/19 we're excellent great full day boarding
Great Ski Resort. Only issue is the Covid-19 lines they have set up not only don t effectively separate guests but also make getting where you need to go unnecessarily more difficult.
Awesome visit. Nice mountain with a variety of slopes for all ski levels. Cool views from the Peak.
Great blacks, but crowded! For blues and greens, try Belleare.
Going here in the Autumn and getting a chance to ride the ski lift up and down offer some of the most beautiful panoramic views of that Valley try to catch a Oktoberfest or some of the other festivities that they have up there on weekends and you won't be disappointed
After living and skiing here for over 20 years the mountain and its terrain still feels fresh. Home to knowledge, helpful and friendly staff. Weekends and especially holidays can get busy so it s always best to plan your trip in advance and arrive early.
Really packed. Ran out of skis for rent. Group lessons are huge with only one instructor. Long lines for everything. Once your on the slope though you forget about all the madness down at the bottom.
Great food options. There are a few beginner slopes
Me and my wife Kimberly and Jamira had a blast doing the zip line!!! Going back real soon
Got there 1st thing on MLK and everything, including ski school, looks very organized. By 9:30am the line was getting longer. I can't say anything about rentals or food since we brought everything with us
Out of a few places I have been to in New York, this one is the biggest but there are still not enough routes and lifts for beginners. When it's about to close at 4pm, there were still people lining to go up and one staff became rude.
Food here is a bit overpriced (as usual) but not too bad. It's a pain to walk up or down the stairs every time I wanted to go to restroom in ski boots though.
Good snow and runs. Long lines as insufficiently staffed.
Great facilities here, plenty space for parking. The food is great. It was very busy here on the weekend compare to Friday.
Taste of country is one of the summers greatest events at hunter mountain.
This was one of if not the best place to teach kids how to snowboard/ ski. Perfect choices for first time slopes with gradual increases in difficulties.
Crowded holiday weekends, but what would you expect being closest real mountain to NYC.
Came up for Oktoberfest this weekend and had a great time. Live music in two venues, food everywhere of all types with a general leaning toward the Germanic varieties,and beer. Beer beer everywhere! Plus some vendors, again with items from in and around Germany. Handmade beer steins, cuckoo clocks, traditional toys, and hats, as well as the same general items you find at any fair. It was fun, well worth the trip, and a beautiful day to be outside enjoying the Catskills.
Great place on weekdays. Way too crowded on the weekends.
Fun small big mountain with tons of side hits must be ready to make your own fun. Best ny mountain
DO NOT eat at the cafe on the top of the mountain. It sounds like a cute idea but the food is barely edible, and it s dark and smoky inside.
I visited on Oct 26, 2019. Fall season almost completed. Not seen good fall color. This place very famous in snow season. Ski available here.. Good to spend time with family once..
Cable car per head adult - $14, junior - $10.
Zip line available here.. Explore lot nearest falls and other attractions very good.
Nice site, efficiently operated, although not the latest equipment.
The long line was to rent the equipment.
Up a little icy ... but that's it today.
The weather was perfect.
Went ziplining and it was a great experience and very scenic too
2016 NYS Craft Beer Festival was incredible. Perfect venue for the event
Absolutely amazing ski resort. I've had a killer experience every time I've gone with my buddy's.
Really awesome place to visit whenever in upstate NY. My girlfriend and I went for their annual Oktoberfest and we enjoyed our time a lot.
It's never like windham always icy. Reminds me of Mt Creek. Also a dislike of mine. But what do you expect with wanna be snowboarders who spend 3000 bucks on equiptment they dont need. Posers!!! Enjoy your effing creek and this place. Blow some snow danmit. Windham got you beat. But what do i know im just a pool boy not a doctor danmit!!! Lmfao
Awesome mountain tons of vertical and nice swooping corners. This mountain is good summer and winter. Music festivals here are amazing.
Fabulous place! We went on weekdays so it was not crowded. Besides it happened to be lady's day so we got free snacks and beverage. Really happy with my first-time skiing experience.
One of best ski destinations, but when its crowded you will be wasting most of your time waiting for lifts.
Awesome!!!!! Such an awesome place to ride! So good!
The mountain is definitely geared towards complete beginners or very seasoned ski/snowboarders.
Great place. Had so much fun in the snow.
It takes forever to get all the equipment, and for beginners a little hard to understand the sequence of getting the equipment. There should a lot more help signs on what to do next. Needs to get more organized from that side. Some people from the staff were really helpful, I personally didn t like our trainer. He needed to cheer us up a lot more. At some point I felt he was just in automatic giving instructions and not caring about us really learning. I saw others instructors trying to encourage the students not to gave up.
Nice place to visit in the summer as well as the winter.
It's a great place to ski and snowboard! Also it's a great place to hang out if you don't ski or snowboard.
Very nice ski resort in a day-trip range from NYC. It was not too crowded and there was some good snow in the beginning of the day, getting a bit worse (scrappy) towards the end. I went on Tuesday after presidents day, so don't take my "not too crowded" into account if you plan to go on a weekend or holiday.
This is a best place to have fun, come to visit this place
Hunter is a great mountain for skiing and snowboarding. It has varied terrain from beginner to true-expert. It is enough for a skier to progress their ability or just have fun! Not forgetting to mention, live music, fun DJ, great bar and tubing!
Expensive and crowded. To be fair, it would be difficult to solve both problems because lowering prices would make it more crowded. Be prepared to ride or ski on ice especially in the afternoon. Good snow making facilities.
Right... Okay, it is important to note, I've skied out west, in Europe, all over the east (lived in Killington as well). This mountain is fine for a quick fix from Metro NYC. It is however, boring AF if you can really ski. The trails are okay, the terrain is okay... But, the layout of the mountain makes it repetitive... Furthermore, asked for a waitstaff sort of burger and a beer joint (on mountain), was given conflicting information and this is terrible. Guest services should know the mountain, you have one job! Lastly, Tannersville midweek equals ghost town (oh, and go midweek if you actually want to ski). I hadn't been in years.... Will probably return strictly because I live in the NYC area.... Would not go otherwise, but hey, it is what it is.....
Hunter is probably the closet "mountain" to NYC. It's small, but we'll set up. Good lodge/eats/rental set up. The snow wasn't great today, but that isn't Hunter's fault. Great mountain at which to learn or to make a few turns before you go to a real ski area.
Challenging, fast riding. Crowds can be bad in weekends. Lots of jerrys
Hunter Mountain was the 20th ski area I've skied at...and it was by far my least favorite. I've avoided coming here because I've heard the lines are horrible, but I thought with "reduced capacity" it may be alright. If 2021 is "reduced" I shudder to imagine what it was like in other years. Lines are a complete joke....how is it possible (or ethical) to jam that may people in a resort? What in the world are reservations for...it certainly doesn't appear that there are any limits. It's pretty obvious the Vail corp is pushing profits over everything, I will avoid all Vail resorts in the future. If they had any business sense they would realize that actually limiting the crowds would make a more loyal customer.
We got to the mountain around 11 and stayed until 3:30. During that time we went on THREE runs. We didn't stop for lunch, bathrooms and we had our own skis.
I will give them one star for what I felt was a decent set-up for social distancing. Lift lines are spaced so you aren't standing directly by people in an adjacent line. I did see employees ask skiers to pull masks over noses, so that was encouraging.
Definitely the best ski area in southern NY. Really good snowmaking and lots of varying terrain. Food in the cafeteria is home made style and there is a nice selection of beers in the bars.
some lifts are down. lines mad long. still full price
I like it because the Mtn is using Covid prevention measures that at first are pretty annoying- reservations to the Mtn to ski/ride, reservations to eat, spaced out tables, lift chair rules, masks, etc. But the strict rules will keep it open. I've never seen it so empty. As always and not Hunter's fault, the weather is warm and it has rained. There is a top to bottom run as of early Dec 2020. It'll get there. The restaurant, the Market Place, serves even worse food than ever. Why did they revert to the 90's quality of food? I'd rate it at a 1. When we went this time, it was warm. What happens when it is bitter out and we need a warm up? Reservations to warm up? I think they need a plan to allow tailgate style set ups so we can be outside and safe. Let us bring a canopy and chairs? Propane grill area?
Only suggested on non holiday weekdays. Other times loaded with morons.
Mountain trails were extremely fun and the wait was minimal.
First experience of skiing in my life. Sincerely appreciate.
Staff checking in at the rental center was amazing helpful and friendly. A fun afternoon!
Short day of skiing but the conditions were perfect and the lines were very short. Nice Mountain
Wonderful place to celebrate our 15 year Anniversary! The room was comfortable and well-equipped. Had dinner in the restaurant at the resort and it was delicious.
Don't come here to Hunter, NY. The town gives out outrageous parking tickets. Budget an extra $100 for parking tickets.
Equipment of good quality overall, friendly staff, 3 stars only for the exorbitant prices
Not as laid back as Windham, but the runs are a little trickier. Tons of snowboards.
Great time ziplining at Hunter today. Our guides were awesome. Thank you for the great experience, Amanda, Kevin, and Steven! We definitely recommend the mountain top tour!
Lovely pool and tubs, great restaurant and what a view
Highly recommend as a wedding venue ! It was a dream come true from the beginning to end. Highly recommend hotel and zip lining also!
I've gone here with my family every winter to snow tube since I was a baby. This recent time that we went, there was a huge incident that unfortunately wasn't taken care of by the staff properly. AnnaMarie, I believe is her name, she was very kind and more helpful than the others.
Not for family, my daughter was hit and cursed by a snowboarder who was clearly high. No security, I didn't see any ski patrol.
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