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Big Jay is Closed!!!

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JaySkier107
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Okay so its not entirely closed but the Green Mountain Club and Jay have built a fence at the base of the back side of the mountain to stop people from getting there. At the so called "Informational Meeting" the speaker said that you could still go there if you wanted to skin 2-3 miles form the road. The whole organization is going crazy about that illegally cut trail that was cut by a couple of dumb asses during the summer. They said that there are serious erosion issues and instead of just closing off what they refer to as the "gash" they would rather ruin backcountry skiing in the Northeast Kingdom. The guy wouldnt even give us a timeline for when it would be reopened. Said it could be next year or it could be 20. the way these guys are going about the problem my bet is on 20 years.

Just thought those of you who heard about it but didnt know what was going on, would like to know what it going on.

Really pisses me off but with the amount of snow we're getting that fence will be buried in a month.
Dec 20 2007 9:16PM
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fluff
Posts: 1471 - Karma: 221
that sounds like the move those hill hippies would make.  I haven;t lived up that way in a while, but they really go off the deep end when this kind of thing happens.  Although, why cut that many trees? 

Good luck jay people, and ski the green beret / valhalla woods for me... you bastards!

Dec 21 2007 9:53AM
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skiEER
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is there any way you can climb over the fence
Dec 21 2007 11:25AM
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Lineskiah11
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wow that really sucks. i can understand them being upset but they should just punish those guys. they shouldnt have ruined it for everyone because i bet almost all of the people willing to hit big jay are not going to hurt the environment or leave stuff behind.
Dec 21 2007 12:45PM
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scurry4
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I dont get ehy they cut so many (or any) trees in the first place, idiots...
Dec 21 2007 7:45PM
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JaySkier107
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my thoughts exactly.

They are assuming that all backcountry skiers are as stupid as the two who cut the trail.
Dec 22 2007 7:38AM
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Treestman
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true story, i was at the season passholders meeting about this, so jay isnt really that good anymore
Jan 7 2008 10:02PM
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salomonskiier12
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are there other ways to get in though?  Like at the top of andres paridise and off of ullrs dream?  Thats just what i heard.
Jan 14 2008 7:11PM
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Benedetto.
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could you explain what the deal in a little more detail, i'm confused on what you mean. i go to jay  a few times a year

Jan 15 2008 12:13AM
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salomonskiier12
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just google it. theres tons of pics and stuff
Jan 15 2008 1:48PM
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Benedetto.
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fuck it i'm confused
Jan 15 2008 3:18PM
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JaySkier107
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yes if you want to skin in from the road you can
Jan 21 2008 5:13PM
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VT_scratch
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when we get enough snow lets have an NS booter sesh right over that fucker!
Jan 21 2008 8:30PM
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gawd
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I was reading the sign at the way in big jay and a guy that works at jay came over to me and was like, i wouldnt do that if i were you, there are cops that drive by the walk out area a lot now. so if you do it watch out for the cops, and the people that work there. i wasnt going to do it any way i was just reading the sign but damn it isnt worth it any more.
Jan 25 2008 4:34PM
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salomonskiier12
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really? they must patrol the parking lot down below.
Jan 25 2008 5:54PM
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HeathR
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yes but there is more then 1
Jan 29 2008 10:29PM
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Treestman
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build a booter over them
Jan 30 2008 9:10PM
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