A wacky week at Jay continues. I had expected the winds to be lighter than yesterday accompanied by significantly more snow. But the opposite happened.

The day started with all lifts on hold. After many ski days of bringing my touring gear as back up and not needing it, I didn’t bring my touring gear today and I did need it.

After a few hours, they finally got the Taxi open. But upper mountain lifts would never open. Jay reported two to four niches, which checks out with my observations.

I did a few laps through Buck Woods via Taxi and then I hiked up a bit to Buckaroo and the Bonaventure glades. I was impressed with the conditions given the wind and limited new snow. But wind exposed trails were blown clear down to frozen hard pack.

Overall, Jay had an incredible recovery this week following the rain/freeze event. Though, it was a shame that the wind was so brutal.