Tim Kelley is back for winter 23+24 with his thorough, entertaining, and exciting weather reports. Watch this space for news about incoming weather and snow.
"The Best ~ Worst ~ Season Ever"
That's how one local mountain rider summed up our 2023/2024 snow season here at Jay Peak Resort.
We started out so strong... "BEST EVER" snow conditions before Thanksgiving!
Then that December 18 "WORST EVER" pre-Christmas warm windy meltdown.
The sun did not come out in January, but it iced and snowed a whole bunch!
We did see the sun a few days in February with a great mid-month few feet of snow - getting us back close to the best ever.
But a late month slide along with early March warm and wet - put us on the brink of the worst ever start to March.
Then boom! - a second week of March blizzard with nearly 3 feet of snow ~ got us back close to the best ever.
That good vibe hung in to April leading up to the BEST EVER weather for the Great American Solar Eclipse!
Since then we endured the first all rain event in months, followed by a nice spring snowfall on Sunday morning April 15th.
Going forward, we still have enough snow for riding in high elevation glades ~ who would have thought that on March 10th?
Now we have a cold front with a few flakes this weekend, a little chilly for late April, but nice!
And a colder pattern with a chance of more snow between now and next weekend.
Who knows what May will offer up.. but we remember 4 years ago what can happen in May.
So there is plenty more fun to go before we call it a season.
But this is the last of TK for now.
Hopefully, I am invited back next season.
I love this job!
Happy Birthday Jennifer!
SeaYa at the shore..
-TK
