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    11-30-2008 :: JAY PEAK, VT

    POSTED THIS ALSO ON OTHER BOARDS... but tought i'd share with everyone here too: One great weekend on and around the mountain! Great snow... not enough yet to call the backcountry season open because stuff lies around all over the place... Riding slowly is crucial! On the mountain it's a...
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    Jay, VT :: May 19th 2008 w/ pics

    My last day at Jay was on May 3rd. I had plans in the afternoon in Bromont (Mountain Bike advocacy party and movie premiere of "Seasons") so i could only be around until noon... I made 6-7 runs all over stateside but did not get my fix because it rained and it was pretty cold for early May...
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    Jay Peak :: 4-26-2008 --- Party up!

    Well, the folks at Jay really put on a nice show for this weekend. First off, tickets were 25$ for both days... Hmmm. So i brought 4 friends along for a day of corn in the sun. Then, there was still plenty of snow to kick around in some glades like Hell's Wood, Kitz' wood and a very slim...
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    Jay Peak - Feb 2nd :: Very good!

    After a little solo trip in the backcountry looking for new lines, i got to the mountain at about noon. I was in no rush to get to the slopes... I wasn't expecting much... First run down the can-am seemed like a mistake for the first few slides on pure ice... but then i got under the chair and...
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    TR - Big Jay, VT 1/20/08

    Northern Vermont has received more then 30in of snow in the last week... 6-10in at a time, things pilled up in the backcountry. Since it was the first "good" weekend after the major thaw that has spread over the East Coast in early-mid January, we figured we'd beat the crowd on the mountain and...
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    Big Jay :: Man arrested for cutting down trees on state land

    Got this in the mail: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps ... /-1/NEWS05 They've openend lots of backcountry and out of bounds stuff in the past years... Too bad for them! I've known Paul for quite a while now... Die hard skier!
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    Round Top (Sutton, Qc) -- 03/20/07

    What a day! I've been sitting at home for the past 2 months watching snow storms coming in and leaving blankets of white all over the mountains. I was out since February after getting surgery on my right shoulder and only had permission to snowshoe on gentle slopes and small mountains...
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    Jay Peak: 1.5-2 Hours wait at customs! (8AM)

    Got a call from Jay this morning... At 8AM there was at least 1.5H wait to cross the border! Customs are just ridiculous! Jay will loose money in the end... That's for sure! Before it was the speed traps and now it's the customs... Jay Peak does not know how to make people feel welcome when...
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    Jay Peak: Jan 27th -- End of season ;(

    We went up to Jay today even tough it didn't snow much this week... Like River said, all lifts had problems at some point of the day... Jay needs to take care of that... At one point, ALL lifts were down... We were in the freezer and the chair stopped... We looked and could see the Tram bouncing...
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    Jay backountry - 21/01/07

    Lots and lots of snow... Way above knee deep while riding... Unfortunately, wind blown... so not as light as expected... Very Very cold... but climbing keeps you warm. Location: Sorry, can't tell Review: Not sure it was worth the trouble... even tough it looks very accessible... Above...
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    Sutton - Dec 10th 2006 - Powder again!

    Day no5. Vertical gain: 3231 ft After the day we had at Jay, i had to get some more. Sutton was far from being fully open... so they had excellent coverage! We climbed from the parking lot (yellow) and did 3 runs. The first run (purple) was down a steep pitch with mixed cover... THere was snow...
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    Dec 9th 2006: Jay Peak, VT -- pow pow returns!

    What a great day up at Jay today! It snowed this week and it shows compare to what they had last weekend (euh... yeah... well... there was NOTHING last weekend!). We got up there and decided to use the chairlift in the morning and try what stateside had to offer... Lots of people on the slopes...
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    Nov 12th ---> Le Massif, Qc

    It was raining in Montreal on saturday when Art told me it was snowing east of Quebec city... Sunday morning, 3 nut jobs woke up at 6AM for a 3hour drive to Le Massif: _Arthur _David _Eric All the way there it was raining... 10 minutes before getting there there was almost no snow on the...
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    Jay Peak: 11-05-2006

    I posted a complete report on our website: http://www.clubveloepic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10592 Here's some of the stuff we had the pleasure of riding:¸ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Well, the snow season started 2 weeks ago... and after last weekend's...
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    Jay fires the snowguns!

    As seen on their website, they posted 6 pics of the snowguns blowing on the Jet and Haynes. The mountain and surrounding areas look pretty white. I'll be there sunday and will bring back some pictures! http://www.jaypeakresort.com/en/jay_pea ... 2006-11-03 :lol:
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    Oct 22nd: Sutton, QC --> Back on the board!

    After a day of hiking in the snow at Mt. Mansfield yesterday (kicking myself for not bringing a board), i had to check out the snow at Sutton. I read report of a solid 8in and up to a foot of snow in some areas. October snow is my favorite snow... so i had to sample that stuff! So after a few...
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    Oct. 21st: Stowe, VT

    I was going there for a hike w/ my girlfriend... the thing was planned for 2 weeks. I tought there'd be snow... An inch or two... I wasn't checking the weather maps... We got to the base at 11AM. Solid snow on the ground... 4in. As we climbed on the long trail, things got more and more...
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    Anyone seen snow in Vermont?

    I saw that Jay got some snow Friday and sunday... Today they posted a picture of someone playing golf with snow in the background... pretty good picture! Anyone else found something? I'm going to Camel's Hump on Saturday... could be sweet to see some snow!
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    Jay Peak shuts down it's online forum

    One of the first public forum on a ski resort website was shutdown yesterday has Jay Peak updated there new website. Jay Peak has always been a leader in web design and were amongst the first to include ski report with daily pics as early as 1997-98. They open their message board soon after. It...
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    Jay Peak Feb. 25-26th ---> Heaven! (with pics!)

    After being covered in ice last weekend, Jay Peak was blessed with the best snow they had since december. Over the last week, more then 24-28in fell over the mountain. This weekend was going to be promissing... very promissing. We got to Jay on saturday with one goal: Virgin Powder! Since the...
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