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Rime ice on Jay Peak
Rime ice on Krumholtz evergreen trees atop Jay Peak , Vermont . Facing east. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Rime ice on Krumholtz evergreen trees atop Jay Peak , Vermont . Facing east
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Jay Peak
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Jay Peak.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Jay Peak Resort is an American ski resort located on Jay Peak in the northern Green Mountains, between Jay, Vermont and Montgomery centre, Vermont.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Jay Peak before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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1957
A route reaches Jay Peak
That same year, the resort purchased its first ski lift, a T-bar, and in January 1957 it opened for skiing.
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Jay Peak Summit Panorama - panoramio
Jay Peak Summit Panorama. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Jay Peak Summit Panorama
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
1957
Winter becomes organised
The resort opened for skiing in 1957 and later expanded to year-round activities.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Jay Peak is recorded at 44.950° N, 72.524° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 1,175 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Rime ice on Jay Peak
Rime ice on Krumholtz evergreen trees atop Jay Peak , Vermont . Facing east. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Rime ice on Krumholtz evergreen trees atop Jay Peak , Vermont . Facing east
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
TODAY
Jay Peak now
Jay Peak has the largest average annual snowfall of any ski area in Eastern North America.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
Sources for this chapter
Artefacts in order of appearance
Rime ice on Jay Peak
AOD.US.JAY-PEAK.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
Jay Peak Summit Panorama - panoramio
AOD.US.JAY-PEAK.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Jay Peak Resort overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.