TR Jay Peak 4-10-10

[DiMe]

Jay Peak was absolutely incredible today! I woke up pretty early, took a look outside and seen a fresh inch on my windshield and more snow falling got dressed and left for Jay Peak at 8am. As I passed the Town and Country Inn I seen Doug's car was still covered and snow. At 9:30 I pulled into the Tram side parking lot, got my $2 discount for having a Camelback seasons pass and headed for the tram. I waited no more than 5 minutes boarded the tram and was off to the Summit. I ended up at the Bonaventure Quad took that back up and headed over to Tram side since Doug was about 20 min away. We met up and unfortunately didn't make the Tram before it was closed for the day on wind hold. We spent the rest of the day mostly over on the Jet & Bonaventure side since the Flyer is done for the season and the Metro quad only goes a short way up. Around noon it turned from a Cloudy cold day to a bluebird spring afternoon!



Stoke market was rising at an incredible pace as everything turned whiter and whiter in my travels up route 100.

Strapping in at the top for my only possible Tram run of the day.

Plenty of fresh and windblown fresh from edge to boot deep.

Riding up the Bonaventure Quad

Cloudy chilly

Some fresh in the woods off the Haynes from the top of the Jet.

Clouds starting to break up and blue sky showing

From the Bonaventure quad heading back Tram side. We also hit the woods off to the right for our last run of the day.

Headed Tram side

Poaching Kitz Woods from the Bonaventure. GREAT DECISION!

Last run back to tram side after finding our way out of the Kitz Woods. Doug pointed out a good entry point, thought twice warned me that it may be steep and thin but I wanted to try regardless.

On the drive back to Stowe all the snow has melted in the lower elevations. I have never seen Vermont so green the views on the drive back were breathtaking. The Green Mountain State is some beautiful country and Jay Peak is still my favorite mountain in the north east having returned 6 years later. All in all JADIP! :rock

 

[Mikey1]

Nice report and pics. Realistically, if the weather is decent, how much longer do you think they will be open?

 

[DiMe]

Nice report and pics. Realistically, if the weather is decent, how much longer do you think they will be open?

They have a good amount of snow still on several trails. It can't even be compared to what Stowe has now, Stowe is practically bare for the most part, I'll post pics in another TR from yesterday later.

They stated today on the snow phone that they will be open through next weekend and will make a decision for the weekend of the 24th at that time but noted it's looking very positive and likely. They also posted on their website they plan to stay open through April possibly into early May. If you have some time to get up here, it is definitely worth the trip for some great spring skiing/riding on what is likely the best base depths that you will find anywhere in the state of Vermont right now.

 

[TheBEast]

I've never seen a photo of Can Am like that...neat.

Looks like Jay's got the goods!! Surprising to see Saddleback this morning reporting 6" up top too!! Crazy!

 

[BigJay]

Fun to see that at 1PM we were riding super dry singletrack in the valley below.

Got 2 more inches on sunday... made runs at the mountain... Soft stuff. Great on the Jet and Haynes. Didn't feel like exploring.

Hoping for more warmth and sun!