Jay Peak summit elevation

[thetrailboss]

Maybe Les sold that 50' to Jay Peak to shrink some debt :wink:

I bet when Win sold Jay "the Snail" which became the Metro Quad the deal included the 52 vertical feet.

 

[soposkier]

My conclusion (Quebec has very little mountains (not even talking ski areas) that would have the topography and FIS minimum to hold a Men Downhill, the exception being in the Torngats in Northern Quebec. I also believe that Whiteface is the only place that such a race could be held in the East.

could be mistaken, but I believe Sugarloaf can host a FIS Downhill.

 

[MadPatSki]

could be mistaken, but I believe Sugarloaf can host a FIS Downhill.

Requirements for Men: between 800 and 1100 meters (2625' and 3609').

Women: 500 to 800 meters (1640' to 2625').

Sugarloaf is at 2820', however that would include the lift below the lodge. So theoretically it might be possible..Sugarbush is the other one that just above the minimum.

The course also needs a consistent pitch (ie. eliminating places like Killington or Smuggs).

 

[SIKSKIER]

While were on this subject I'll call out my home mt and threecy will love this.Cannon suddenly shrank last year to 4080.Its always been 2146 vert but has grown to 2180 because the base went down from 2000 to 1900.To be fair the mt stats does put the mt elevation with a qualifier as (ski area) as 4080.

 

[luvinjaycloud]

Jay on Sat.

Jay on Sat. wasn't exaggerating about the 3-4 fresh that fell the night before. softened things up nicely for the morning.

 

[Steve@jpr]

Elevation 4000

I think referring to the Tram Haus top as Elevation 4000 is more colloquial than anything else. If we were marketing the term as a competitive advantage I'd agree (Come check out the canless soda machine perched high atop our Elevation 4000 warming hut-the highest canless soda machine in the East!).

I'll take a look at what our *real* elevation is and if it's not 3958, we'll certainly update. if I'm being completely honest, we've taken what's been posted the previous year and rolled with it-at least as long as I've been here. I think.

steve

 

[MadPatSki]

I'll take a look at what our *real* elevation is and if it's not 3958, we'll certainly update. if I'm being completely honest, we've taken what's been posted the previous year and rolled with it-at least as long as I've been here. I think.

Thanks for chipping in Steve.

I know I have a Jay Peak brochure here somewhere stating an actually summit altitude of 4001' (mid 1970s), which I think predates your employment with the ski industry. I didn't see that number in a while, because I don't go and look at these things (although some might have). Like I mentioned above, Tremblant exaggerated their altitude to 3001' in the same period which they corrected at one point.

On the attraction factor...I admit it, as a kid (around 4th grade), I bugged my mom to go to ski Jay because the summit was above 4000', regardless of out cottage near Tremblant.