"By now, we all know the storyline that has dominated the early-season ski news: the East Coast is having an early-season for the history books, while the West Coast ironically is off to one of the worst starts in the past three decades. This storyline is no better exemplified than by Jay Peak, which, not only averages to be the snowiest ski resort on the East Coast, but, removed from all of this context, is having a blockbuster year on its own."
"While the snowfall sounds like it is from a ski resort out West, Mother Nature has recently brought weather more akin to back East. While recent snowfall has offered incredible powder skiing in recent weeks, the glory of the season has been mellowed out a little by a freeze-thaw rain cycle that has compressed the snowpack into much more typical early-season conditions (which, at Jay Peak, is still fantastic)."
Jay Peak has already received 200 inches of snowfall this season, compared with an average annual snowfall of 359 inches—the most on the East Coast. The resort offers 81 trails across 385 skiable acres, a 2,153-foot vertical drop, nine lifts, and a terrain mix of 20% beginner, 40% intermediate, and 40% advanced. Recent storms produced exceptional powder but a subsequent freeze-thaw rain cycle compressed the snowpack into more typical early-season conditions. Hurricane-force winds accompanied recent storms, scattering trees and branches across trails. Onsite amenities include an indoor water park, cross-country trails, a rock-climbing gym, and other recreational facilities.
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