Feb 16,17,18 - 2007 - AMAZING WEEKEND
My last Trail report on Jay, I was all giddy because Jay was about to get the biggest snow storm that it has gotten in years. But little did I know that it would start one of the best months for Northeast skiing in years. It seemed as if every weekend we skied MADPOW. The reports were so good for the weekend of February 16/17/18. That I couldn't wait. I had to head up on Thursday night and get my pow turns prior to the mad rush of Saturday. So I took off work (this is the reason I have been stockpiling vaca days for years). At this point I don't remember the ride up, so it must have been fine. Big Air and Keith had already jumped the gun and decided to get up there on Thursday. Their ride up was a little tougher. I think it took them 6 hrs and they didn't arrive until approx. Noon. Fortunately, all upper mountain lifts were closed due to high winds until 1pm so they didn't miss anything. Instead they were busy shoveling 3ft+ of windblown snow from the SS Jay driveway. ...