Jay will be hit or miss. To be honest with you, I have been a season pass holder there for the past 4 or 5 years and have maybe used the lodge a handful of times, as far as the hotel, don't know, doesn't look too hot. I would definately look to a slopside condo if I were you. Best value, newer buildings and most room.
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Sell me on Jay Peak
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It will be just the 2 of us, so a condo might be overkill,. but I will check VBRO
Hey,
My wife and I have stayed at hotel Jay several times...but that was before Matt was born 15 years ago. Rooms are decent. Convenient ski locker room. The dinners were, and from what I hear, are still the thing there. Dinner was a long drawn out affair and was quite good, which was absolutely fine because there is nothing else to do around Jay. The local restaurants are not very good. The Lago Trattoria in Newport (about a 20 minute drive) is extremely good and very reasonable.
I have skied with you and I think you will enjoy the place. Even if the tram is closed there is plenty of good skiing.
I still ski Jay Peak at least one weekend every season, but now it's me and Matt (wife no longer skis) and we stay off mountain at cheaper motels and such.
My wife and I have stayed at hotel Jay several times...but that was before Matt was born 15 years ago. Rooms are decent. Convenient ski locker room. The dinners were, and from what I hear, are still the thing there. Dinner was a long drawn out affair and was quite good, which was absolutely fine because there is nothing else to do around Jay. The local restaurants are not very good. The Lago Trattoria in Newport (about a 20 minute drive) is extremely good and very reasonable.
I have skied with you and I think you will enjoy the place. Even if the tram is closed there is plenty of good skiing.
I still ski Jay Peak at least one weekend every season, but now it's me and Matt (wife no longer skis) and we stay off mountain at cheaper motels and such.
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Suggestions for nice places that are a value?
It depends on your definition of nice.
We've stayed at the Newport City Motel which is clean and cheap and there are plenty of pizza joints nearby.
We've stayed at a place called Snowline lodge which is the closest off mountain lodging. It's also a motel with small old musty rooms and a really good sit down breakfast included for somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 per night.
And last year we stayed at Alpine Haven condos, about a 3-mile drive towards Montgomery (west). We stayed 6 nights in a 1 bedroom condo with a gas fireplace in the living room and a small but serviceable kitchen for $700 for the entire stay. Good points: clean, good shower, ski closet, park right in front of unit's door. Bad points: No cable tv and no dvd player or stereo. We brought our own dvd player and Ipod docking station. We did have a wireless internet connection though. Some of the condos have locals living in them so I think we were getting someone's uncoded signal. If you're looking to save $ it's a good option. If your looking for a luxe, romantic vacation none of the places I have been staying fit the bill.
Note: everyone will tell you the Bellfry is a good restaurant. It's not. It's cozy and crowded and has some ambiance, but the food is not at all good, acceptable at best, and the service is on island time.
As others have accurately stated Jay is hit or miss, but, if you hit it - it's addicting. You will be drawn back time and time again. May the cloud be with you!
We've stayed at the Newport City Motel which is clean and cheap and there are plenty of pizza joints nearby.
We've stayed at a place called Snowline lodge which is the closest off mountain lodging. It's also a motel with small old musty rooms and a really good sit down breakfast included for somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 per night.
And last year we stayed at Alpine Haven condos, about a 3-mile drive towards Montgomery (west). We stayed 6 nights in a 1 bedroom condo with a gas fireplace in the living room and a small but serviceable kitchen for $700 for the entire stay. Good points: clean, good shower, ski closet, park right in front of unit's door. Bad points: No cable tv and no dvd player or stereo. We brought our own dvd player and Ipod docking station. We did have a wireless internet connection though. Some of the condos have locals living in them so I think we were getting someone's uncoded signal. If you're looking to save $ it's a good option. If your looking for a luxe, romantic vacation none of the places I have been staying fit the bill.
Note: everyone will tell you the Bellfry is a good restaurant. It's not. It's cozy and crowded and has some ambiance, but the food is not at all good, acceptable at best, and the service is on island time.
As others have accurately stated Jay is hit or miss, but, if you hit it - it's addicting. You will be drawn back time and time again. May the cloud be with you!
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Jay's terrible, no one should ski there. It's soooo cold and windy, little to no on mountain amenities, Everyone speaks french, and they never groom down the fresh snow after a storm.
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I get it, you are saying this so people won't come there. Oh, you are the clever one. :roll::roll:
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