Jay Peak

This past Thursday we got a hard hat tour of the incredible new expansion going on at Jay Peak. Nearly every facet of the mountain is changing in an effort to make it even bigger and better than it already is. Trails wise Jay's planning on expanding a whole new face in West bowl dedicated mostly to glades, and expert terrain. With the possible expansion of West bowl in the near future it would definitely give off the feeling of riding out west with its expansive terrain. But the real progress is being made on the grand hotel, water park, ice rink, and condos. The waterpark is massive, and it makes Jay Peak incredibly unique by installing it, and the amenities included with the hotel and tram lodge are seemingly endless. From the multiple buildings we walked through there was no shortage of places to relax, and services to partake in. The new bar in the tram lodge stood out to me in particular for obvious reasons. The use of old lift equipment and view of the main face and base area make it an awesome place to be before, during, or after taking your runs. The hockey rink as well as the water park sets Jay apart from nearly every other mountain on the east. It's state of the art, and is home to the North American Hockey Academy already. With a hockey rink, waterpark, grand hotel, golf course, amazing skiing and riding, and everything else Jay has truly become a full fledged year-round resort. In an effort to put it all into perspective Jay Peak is giving its best effort to become a national destination and they are destined to succeed.