Welcome back, it's hard to wrong up there.
My first visits to Jay were in the early 80's armed with my 75 Rabbit and about $100 in my pocket I would drive from S CT on Fridays searching for fresh snow. On one occasion I reached Stowe only to find it 36 deg and raining. Got back in and drove my first trip North of Stowe. It rained the whole way, even in Troy, and then, on the mountain road, it started to mix and then went completely white out. It had been snowing the entire storm and they had 2' of fresh. Slept in the back of the VW in a heap of blankets for the next three nights. Been going back ever since.
Over the years I have managed to head out West and do a few seasons (WY, OR, WA). Utah was cool to visit but the Pacific NW was, and is IMO, the best. It just plain snows all winter. In 98/99, Mt Hood Meadows had 800+", Mt Baker, WA had 1150 !. After that winter I would always hear..... "We'll ya those places get snow but it is not Utah, Colo, WY snow, etc" and I couldn't help but
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It is snow dummies. Wet, dry, white, black. It is snow. Not rain, not dirt. SNOW.
That is why it rips in friggin RI when it snows. I moved back east and recalled not go to the hip spots and to go to the "cool" spots. They snow
Stowe is a great place and many times it snows there as much as Jay but the parking doesn't lie now does it Sandman.
Feb. is my plan. But it still all depends on the snow
