Hunter Mountain also features four terrain parks and holds freestyle events throughout the ski season.

During the mid-'50s a group of local businessmen, including Orville Slutzky, Karl Plattner Sr. and Israel Slutzky, developed plans to revive the area's economy after the Great Depression, World War II, and the decline of Catskills tourism had caused long-term economic distress.

After a failed lobbying attempt to get the state to develop a new ski area on Hunter Mountain, the group contacted Denise McCluggage, a sports editor at the New York Herald Tribune.

The area was given to the group to operate with two stipulations: that it be called "Hunter Mountain Ski Bowl" and that it has snowmaking capabilities, which was a relatively new technology at the time.

The old Starr Hotel served as the first base lodge, located just below the old Ski and Snowboard School administration building.

When the Hunter Mountain Development Corp. went bankrupt by the middle of the 1961/62 season the Slutzky brothers took over the operation.

Over the next several years, many new trails were cut, including the opening of the Belt Parkway and the construction of the Upper Shop, and more snow-making was installed.

In 1980, Hunter Mountain became the first ski area in the world to feature snow-making on 100 percent of its trails.

In the summer of 1987, The SnowLite Express Quad was built along with the West Wing and CopperTree Restaurant addition to the base lodge.

The system installed on Racer's Edge by York International was and still is operated remotely from the Upper Shop.

In late November 2015, it was announced that Peak Resorts would acquire Hunter Mountain, ending the 50+ year run of the original owners.

The expansion increased Hunter Mountain's skiable acreage by 33 percent, and also adds an entirely new entrance and parking lot with space for up to 250 more vehicles.

As of its debut, Hunter Mountain's increase in acreage and terrain was reported as the largest ski resort expansion on the east coast of the United States in over 15 years.

Each grooming machine is equipped with flexible roto-tillers which produce a more consistent, smooth surface than straight tillers.