{ Trips } NYC | Hunter Mountain

Our Most Popular Hill, for Beginners and Experts Alike

Hunter is our home away from home and our Urban Sherpa riders’ most popular hill. Why do New Yorkers flock to Hunter each weekend? First, Hunter is arguably the closest big hill from the city: just two and a half hours on our Urban Sherpa coaches from NYC places us on Hunter’s varied terrain. Next, Hunter has led the industry in snow-making technology for years, so when Mother Nature fails, Hunter performs. The terrain at Hunter includes vertical, parks, moguls, and run-outs for experts and gradual lines for beginners.

Official Burton Learn-to-Ride (LTR) Center

With Hunter One, an independent training mountain enhanced by its own user-friendly lifts and specially designed terrain within the larger resort, beginners at Hunter easily master a sequential series of skills, gaining confidence at each level. Hunter’s new, state-of-the-art Learning Center streamlines the learning process by combining cutting-edge equipment, unique teaching methods, and a dedicated beginner mountain with a new facility designed to make getting from the parking area to the slopes as effortless as possible.

Hunter has inspired Burton to designate the hill as an official Learn-to-Ride center. What’s that? Burton engineers have innovated Learn-to-Ride (LTR) products specifically designed to accelerate learning. Developed in conjunction with the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI) and major resorts around North America, the LTR methodology assists people to link turns—actually feel what it’s like to snowboard—in the first lesson. Coupled with the LTR learner-specific products, it’s a methodology that makes learning to snowboard fun, easy and painless. OK, not painless.

Hunter Mountain has recently been recognized by the National Ski Areas Association for its dedication to the growth of snowsports, earning the industry award for having the Best Program to Grow the Sport to New Participants.

Lastly Hunter has performance camps and workshops all winter long: Women Learn to Ride, Mogul Workshops, Slalom Workshops, and Park and Pipe Seminars.

There are many more reasons to ride Hunter, but the best way is to discover them for yourself—ride its perfectly groomed slopes, drink in one of the many popular pubs and eat from the area’s many restaurants.

Trip Packages | Pickups & Departures

• Please arrive 15 minutes early.
• Bring water and weather-appropriate clothing.

Pickup/Dropoff Locations

• Times Square (NYC)
  42nd Street between Seventh & Eighth Avenues, New Victory Theatre
• Union Square (NYC)
  Fourth Avenue & 14th Street, Walgreens
• Upper West Side EMS Store (NYC)
  2152 Broadway & 76th Street

	Union Square	Times Square	UWS EMS Store
Depart	6:15 AM	6:30 AM	6:15 AM
Depart Hunter Mountain			4:30 PM
Return	7:30 PM	7:15 PM	7:00 PM

Permissions Slip for Minors

A parent or legal guardian must complete and bring along a Minor Permissions Slip for each child age sixteen (16) and under.

How do I select the correct snowboard stance?

Your bindings settings usually follow your batting stance. If you are right-handed and bat right-handed, then you will probably feel most comfortable with your left foot forward (regular). If you are left-handed or bat “lefty,” then you will likely feel right foot forward is more natural (goofy).

These are just guidelines to start. We can help you find the right fit for your ride.

What type of skier are you?

Determining your ski ability is your responsibility!

Your ski ability, height, weight, age, and boot-sole length are used by the shop to determine the visual indicator settings of your ski bindings. Be sure to provide accurate information, as any error may increase your risk of injury. Consult the skier type descriptions to select your classification. These descriptions are compatible with ASTM and ISO documents.