Jay Peak anomaly

[guildhall]

many thanks for the replies. In terms of high natural snow and tendancy for ski areas to inflate totals, Jay peak has a little from column "A" and a little from "b" (albeit more "A")

 

[w7xman]

When comparing Mount Washington totals to Jay, it is interesting to note that there are alot of Cold Nor'Easters when Mount Washington is ABOVE the heaviest snowfall.

I remember in Dec 2003 skiing in nearly 60 inches of fresh powder at mid mountain on Wildcat (no exageration) and MWO only recorded 11 for the storm. Earlier this year, one of the October storms, MWO did worst than wildcat and Hermit Lake.

Nor'easters have suprisingly low clouds for such dumpers, and often times Jay and other high peaks will get it while the highest will not. Therefore I can see how Jay could have higher totals than MWO.

 

[peakbagger]

I cant comment directly about Jay, but I did a lot of snowshoeing on mountains just south of Jay last winter and consistently the snow depths were far more than what I would find in the whites. Pretty typical in the valleys, but once we got out of the hardwoods and into the spruce, the snow depth got very deep and very powdery. Kind of tough following a trail when the blazes are below the snow pack!

 

[cragger]

I skiied Jay Peak for 4 days over New Years 2001/2002. Clear blue skies in the town of North Jay all 4 days. But it snowed non-stop on the mountain all 4 days while I skiied at Jay Peak. There was knee deep fluffy dry powder all 4 days. A friend skiied Stowe and then Killington and then gave up and went home because their snow was so bad during the same time period. I don't know what their real snow totals are but I believe they get a ton more snow than other ski resorts in Vt.