Jay Peak 2/17

[ccskier]

Started out the moning on 1st tram. Third person with their skis on. Skied green beret, nice and soft, but extremely windblown as expected. The small drop in the middle of the trail had a great landing. From there we skied over to the Jet took a run into the ''orchard'' great snow, still a few untracked lines. Took the same run again and a few more times after 3rd run is when all hell broke loose. I don't think I have ever seen such bad lines at the Jay. The red chair had a few tech difficulties and the jet was the only lift running stateside. We then skied the dip, very nice. Snow on the bottom descent to road was deep. Someone is going to get killed there by one of these aholes blowing through there in their p.o.s. minivans, they seemed to be the fastest. We then stood in line again solid 20-25 minute wait. Days like today they should have the guy with coco pump on their back getting people to think about something else. People were analyzing cost/run. Got real cold after working up a sweat on the way down. Took one more in the dip and called it a day. WAY TOO MANY people. My car was in the upper lot tramside, took a good 15 minutes to get out of the resort. I don't think I have seen so many cars at Jay ever.

Here is the bad part. The Jay Peak marketing dept did their job getting people there this weekend, too many. The road ways were littered with cars. Their advertisement of 60'' is a little far fetched, 40+ yes. It was a mess single wide accesss everywhere, reminded me of all of the ski areas I try to avoid. Bill S. was out there dealing with traffic, I think he should have been meeting and greeting at the lift. There is not even enough lodging in the n.e.k. to house all of the people.

 

[joegm]

why in god's name people ski on this particular weekend/week, i just can't fathom...
wouldn't it be better to make the kids do homework this week and go the following or previous week... wouldn't it be better to do anything other than standing in line for that amount of time?.. i just don't get it

 

[riverc0il]

why in god's name people ski on this particular weekend/week, i just can't fathom...

i completely agree with joegm. even if jay had not hyped this storm it would have been bad. if you wanted to ski great snow with no lines, you should have gone to places like saddleback or burke.

don't dump on jay about 60" man. you are three days late! you missed a lot of the snow which had been packed down over the last few days (that is a three day total). the snow consistency makes it look like less than it really is. as i mentioned in my report yesterday, 60" may have been a slight exaggeration, but not by much. by the way, everyone is quoting this 60" number... but to be fair... jay did provide a range and i think 54" was their low end and much more accurate.

a president out of his office directing traffic? sounds like someone hands on that really cares to me. i understand your frustration, but what i don't understand is your expectations. i took great pains to get three mid-week days this week when i thought there was no way i could get out. weekend crowds always happen this weekend and they always happen after a huge dump. even if i hadn't tweaked my shoulder and was skiing today, jay was the last place i was going.

 

[ccskier]

I do also believe Bill S. does his job, not knocking that. Yes I am 3 days late. I did not make any remarks on snow conditions, just amounts. It is hard to get up here when you live 300 miles away and have obligations to jobs and family. This forum about peoples observations. Sure it is not the best weekend to be here, but I come up as much as possilble. The only other time I have seen it somewhat as bad was Jeep Day in 01 or 02.

My comment on snow accumulations was based on what friends and
family who live here told me. I try and report how I see it. The Marketing dept had been pretty good this year, but I thought it was a little exagerated.

 

[decomobi]

Their advertisement(Quebec market)of 8''plus(25cm)
Is the real marketing dept sucess!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(http://www.2pour1.com)
it is a 2 for 1 promotion with 8inch of powder!!!

P.S a hands on executive,is somebody that makes all the necessaries to assure they reliability of they equipment!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Patrick]

Here is the bad part. The Jay Peak marketing dept did their job getting people there this weekend, too many.

It could have been worst, you could have been stuck at the border. :roll:

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards ... php?t=2842

It would seem that Jay and all ski areas affected by this storm had a very good few days revenue wise, which is certainly welcome news after the terrible start of the season.