Today was a great day at the moutain.
First off, there is LOTS of ice on the mountain. You might not be able to see it but it lies under 6-10 inches of fresh snow and makes it almost impossible to ride the glades and woods of Jay Peak.
We started our day on stateside and the Jet was great! There was some good snow to be had and carving down was a lot of fun. I was having a blast riding the ridge of the jet and going from powder and ice to the groomed stuff... a real workout!
Every trail on state side has a good coverage and while there is ice, there is always some loose stuff to make it good anyways.
In the afternoon, we went on tram side where the ice was less present. We first went down the Ullr's to see if we could ride in beaver pond and it was open, what a shock! There was some ice in there but if you look in the right places, you were able to find 10-12in of loose and untracked snow with no ice underneath (at least, it didn't affect the riding).
The best snow was definately from the green mountain boys all the way to the ullr's. There was less ice and the snow was deeper then on state side.
In all, it was a great day and we had fun and we were able to find snow without doing anything stoopid!
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I've heard about many accidents that happened over the week. First, a guy fell in the Haynes and broke his spine and is still in coma after sliding without control after loosing a ski. The first ski patrol that went to help him also fell and broke both ankles and one wrist.
Also, 10 teenagers went into Hell's wood (stoopid!) and they had to rescue ALL 10 of them because they all got injured by sliding into a tree!
And speaking of stupid, there was a guy who went down in the Can-Am... That guy could have killed himself! First, he dropped into upper upper and hit the rock on the landing... Then, before the tower, he hit lots of rocks... then, after hitting the little drop, he almost hit the boulder where the upper-upper merges with the Can-Am... Then you could see all the slides he did all the way under the lift line... That was really stupid!
It was nice though to see virgin/untracked snow on the mountain... something you don't see much anymore! At least, most of the locals understood for the snowpack (and personnal safety) to leave the fresh snow untouched!
Great riding anyways... keep fingers crossed for this week!
First off, there is LOTS of ice on the mountain. You might not be able to see it but it lies under 6-10 inches of fresh snow and makes it almost impossible to ride the glades and woods of Jay Peak.
We started our day on stateside and the Jet was great! There was some good snow to be had and carving down was a lot of fun. I was having a blast riding the ridge of the jet and going from powder and ice to the groomed stuff... a real workout!
Every trail on state side has a good coverage and while there is ice, there is always some loose stuff to make it good anyways.
In the afternoon, we went on tram side where the ice was less present. We first went down the Ullr's to see if we could ride in beaver pond and it was open, what a shock! There was some ice in there but if you look in the right places, you were able to find 10-12in of loose and untracked snow with no ice underneath (at least, it didn't affect the riding).
The best snow was definately from the green mountain boys all the way to the ullr's. There was less ice and the snow was deeper then on state side.
In all, it was a great day and we had fun and we were able to find snow without doing anything stoopid!
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I've heard about many accidents that happened over the week. First, a guy fell in the Haynes and broke his spine and is still in coma after sliding without control after loosing a ski. The first ski patrol that went to help him also fell and broke both ankles and one wrist.
Also, 10 teenagers went into Hell's wood (stoopid!) and they had to rescue ALL 10 of them because they all got injured by sliding into a tree!
And speaking of stupid, there was a guy who went down in the Can-Am... That guy could have killed himself! First, he dropped into upper upper and hit the rock on the landing... Then, before the tower, he hit lots of rocks... then, after hitting the little drop, he almost hit the boulder where the upper-upper merges with the Can-Am... Then you could see all the slides he did all the way under the lift line... That was really stupid!
It was nice though to see virgin/untracked snow on the mountain... something you don't see much anymore! At least, most of the locals understood for the snowpack (and personnal safety) to leave the fresh snow untouched!
Great riding anyways... keep fingers crossed for this week!
