This Uncrowded Ski Resort Gets the Best Snow on the East Coast-and You Can See 2 States and Canada from the Summit

""The Jay Cloud is completely a real thing," Rob Riedl, the resort's ski school director and a 17-year employee, later told me over the phone. He was referring to Jay Peak's prime location along the Canadian border, where big northern storms funnel swaths of moist, snowmaking air to the mountain unimpeded. Or, as the locals simply put it, the Jay Cloud creates massive powder dumps."

""There's a good progression of our glade network. We have glades for the first-timer who wants to go into the trees, where it's very, very easy with some of our lower mountain glades. As you move up into our more advanced glades, there's a path for progression," Riedl said. "That's something we take pride in: teaching the next generation that next step of getting into the trees.""

Jay Peak sits in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom and receives exceptional snowfall due to its location near the Canadian border, producing the locally known "Jay Cloud." The mountain offers abundant powder, extensive ungroomed terrain, and a liberal off-piste policy that appeals to both novices and veteran skiers. A well-designed glade network provides progression from easy lower-mountain tree runs to more advanced chutes, with emphasis on teaching progression into tree skiing. The resort pairs vast alpine forest exploration with numerous off-mountain amenities, while maintaining a small-town local community character.

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