MissySki
Angel Diva
Well I made my first trip up to Jay Peak in Vermont this past weekend. I was definitely told I was 1 week late by everyone there, because last weekend they were 100% open and this weekend barely 25%, but I still had fun. It was an interesting experience to say the least. First off, they have a brand new building called the Tram Haus Lodge to stay on mountain, just opened in December of 2009 and it was fabulous. I am not used to such modern accomodations at a pretty reasonable price on mountain in New England, from where I have been so far anyway, I will definitely be booking there again next year (Earlier in the season though!! 
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Day 1: Holy Fog!! So DH and I decide to get right to it and take the Tram up to the top of the mountain on our first run, into blindness! I have never experienced this condition before, but I literally could not see 50 feet in front of me! I was terrified at first because I didn't know the mountain, there were tons of thin and bare spots which I am not really accustomed to yet, and I was thinking some fast skier was going to come plow into me from behind because they couldn't see me at all. Luckily, I got used to it, and we skiied like this for the better part of the day with no major hassels. It finally cleared up slowly over the course of the day. One issue was at the bottom of the mountain, snow pretty much didn't exist, so at the end of some trails you had to take off your skis and trek through mud (seriously squishy nasty smelling mud) to get to the lift, this was another first!! lol However, besides these weird, for me, conditions, the snow held up pretty good until the end of the day and I felt great!
Day 2: The fog was gone, the views were gorgeous, the sun was out. All in all, the snow didn't hold up nearly as well as day 1 and my legs were dying!!! Such heavy muck to turn in! So we called it quits around noon because we had a 4 1/2 hour drive home, plus DH chose this weekend to start breaking in new boots and apparently the spring conditions didn't really help that out too much from what I could tell, he was in pain!
So this was definitely my last ski days for the year. They were less than perfect, but I loved every second, even the burning pain!! I am a true believer in the whole motto of "a bad day skiing is still better than any other day!"
I definitely needed it too, I have been super stressed with a group I am working with in my last Capstone class of my MBA, skiing definitely did the trick in getting me out of my funk!
One big disappointment was that all of their glades were obviously closed. Jay Peak is supposedly very well known for their extensive glades in the East, so I am so looking forward to getting back there next year! They say they are trying to stay open until the first week of May, but I can't imagine you'd want to be there after this past weekend..
).Day 1: Holy Fog!! So DH and I decide to get right to it and take the Tram up to the top of the mountain on our first run, into blindness! I have never experienced this condition before, but I literally could not see 50 feet in front of me! I was terrified at first because I didn't know the mountain, there were tons of thin and bare spots which I am not really accustomed to yet, and I was thinking some fast skier was going to come plow into me from behind because they couldn't see me at all. Luckily, I got used to it, and we skiied like this for the better part of the day with no major hassels. It finally cleared up slowly over the course of the day. One issue was at the bottom of the mountain, snow pretty much didn't exist, so at the end of some trails you had to take off your skis and trek through mud (seriously squishy nasty smelling mud) to get to the lift, this was another first!! lol However, besides these weird, for me, conditions, the snow held up pretty good until the end of the day and I felt great!
Day 2: The fog was gone, the views were gorgeous, the sun was out. All in all, the snow didn't hold up nearly as well as day 1 and my legs were dying!!! Such heavy muck to turn in! So we called it quits around noon because we had a 4 1/2 hour drive home, plus DH chose this weekend to start breaking in new boots and apparently the spring conditions didn't really help that out too much from what I could tell, he was in pain!
So this was definitely my last ski days for the year. They were less than perfect, but I loved every second, even the burning pain!! I am a true believer in the whole motto of "a bad day skiing is still better than any other day!"
I definitely needed it too, I have been super stressed with a group I am working with in my last Capstone class of my MBA, skiing definitely did the trick in getting me out of my funk!One big disappointment was that all of their glades were obviously closed. Jay Peak is supposedly very well known for their extensive glades in the East, so I am so looking forward to getting back there next year! They say they are trying to stay open until the first week of May, but I can't imagine you'd want to be there after this past weekend..
