A Season To Remember: Vermont Ski Resort Hits 300 Inches of Seasonal Snow

Amid the winter storm that slammed into states from Texas to New York, a Vermont ski resort, Jay Peak, slid past a significant milestone on Monday: according to the mountain, 300 inches of snow have fallen since the season started.

That means Jay Peak is pacing ahead of the winter of 2000 and 2001, when 581 inches of snow piled up, per BestSnow. And given that it’s only January, there are plenty more months for Jay Peak to hit that watermark (or snowmark?), which might now be in reach. 

“It’s an all-time winter, and this will go down as one of the keystone days of this gloriously deep season,” the resort wrote in its Monday morning snow report.

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The wintry barrage started early for Jay Peak in November. That month, thanks to ample snow, the ski resort opened about a week early. By the end of November, Jay Peak had already hit the 100-inch mark.

A more recent period of wintry weather helped push the mountain to 300 inches. Sixty inches of snow have fallen in the past 16 days, according to Jay Peak, and only two days of that period haven’t seen any measurable snow. 

Jay Peak wasn't the only beneficiary of this latest cold front.

While Olympian Shaun White was snowboarding in the streets of New York City, mountains across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic were reporting heaping snow totals. One resort in Maine, Saddleback Mountain, even jokingly “apologized” for the stress the powder might cause (as in: debating whether or not to ditch work). 

A Tale of Two Seasons

It has, overall, been a memorable start to the week for the East. It’s also a reminder of this ski season’s duality. While Jay Peak is happily counting flakes, western resorts, for the most part, are anxiously waiting for more snow to show up. 

That’s borne out by the snowfall totals ski resorts have shared. Alta Ski Area, Utah—typically one of the nation’s snowiest resorts—is sitting at 141 inches, or about half of what Jay Peak has. Jackson Hole, Wyoming, another traditional powder magnet, is reporting 219 inches at its summit and 150 inches at the mid-mountain.

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