Epic. Spectacular. Sensational. Best Day of the Season.

Originally, the plan for the weekend called for two days at Mad River Glen. Yesterday’s storm was good but less than I had expected at The Glen. Assuming Jay over reported Sunday’s snow totals, I considered both areas about even in Saturday snowfall. Sunday morning I opted to ski which ever ski area had a better report (with interpretation for the usual Jay Hype and artificial snow total inflation). Jay reported in with about double the snowfall that Mad River posted and I was feeling the Jay vibe. Great call on my part as we scored minimum knee deep untracked on almost every run today at Jay.

Met up with Dan after a few runs off the Jet Chair and we tore up the trees all day long. Halfway through a tree shot that I thought was not worth trying, we were skiing “only” boot to knee deep slightly tracked, and I turned to Dan and said “this is acceptable.” I had to laugh at such a statement considering any other day that shot would have been sublime.

I am going to put the two day total at Jay Peak at three feet even. We skied knee deep powder on almost every run with occasional thigh deep in the less accessible areas. Upper thigh is three feet on me, but it wasn’t deeper than that without drift or lee side fill in. Of course, we certainly went waist deep a few times due to such fill in. Quality of the powder was exceptional. While not true blower, it was about as good as you can expect it to get in the East.

I lost count of the face shots; on a single run no less, when they hit double digits. Getting a mouth full of powder is certainly a pleasant experience. Dan even reported a brief visit to the White Room. The best shots were those that we found completely untouched from the day before which collected the entire three foot ransom. At one point, I had the perma yell going on, screaming out verbal praise for the best snow of the year. Wow! I honestly can not think of a better day of skiing in my lifetime. It was that damn good. Crowds were very light considering it was a powder day and best day of the season. Though it certainly was not as light as the last big powder day that I reported from Jay Peak.

Unfortunately, I left the camera at home. Not that I would have stopped to take many photos had I brought the digital camera. And not that the pictures would have came out since it alternated between puking and heavy snowfall all day. Skiing in New England does not get any better than this.