Jiminy Peak, MA Jan 20, 2015

Just got back from Jiminy Peak in Hancock, MA. After the rain and freeze, I was a bit hesitant - but I have always had a good skiing day there after a rain/freeze cycle. With a $35 E-ticket, plenty of sun, and temps in the 20's - it had the makings of a great ski day. And sure enough, Jiminy didn't disappoint.

Later Sunday, the rain did change to snow on the upper 1/5 of the mountain, dropping 1-3" of snow. This area had more packed powder, while the rest of the runs were groomed, a mix of packed powder and granular. Only a few blue ice seepages could be found - it just kept you on your toes. Otherwise, the snow was quite edgeable, excellent for high speed cruising. Only Whitetail was tricky to ski, due to a lot of ice balls, so I only hit that once. Jericho, the steepest trail on the mountain, was in great shape and is an excellent fall line steep cruiser.

I usually ski Jiminy 1-2 times/year, and I usually set a goal of skiing every nook and cranny in one day, including every connector trail. It is a fun way to say that you have "skied the entire mountain". Here's a Google Earth map of the runs today:



Overall, an excellent day - 28 runs, 28,000 vertical feet, and 30 miles of skiing!

If you want to hit up Jiminy, be sure to check out their site for E-ticket deals, as well as Liftopia.

View of the mountain from the lodge


From Upper Slingshot, view of the Triple Chair and Brodie Mountain (lost area) in the background


Panorama, with views of Mt. Greylock in background


Scenic section of Nor'Easter


Raccoon's Den


Round-a-Bout


Jiminy has at least a half dozen signed and named trails that are not on the trail map, like the new Joan's Way at the bottom of John Hancok. Most appear to be named after/for important people to Jiminy. At other mountain's they would definitely be on the trail map!

Great report! Thanks!

What do you use to track onto Goog maps?

Alpine Replay, now known as the Trace Snow app. An excellent tracker!

JD

Nice report. I grew up skiing at Brodie and Jiminy, and have a lot of fond memories of those places.

Nice report Jeremy, but it looks like you missed a connector or two.
You'll have to go back.

nelsap wrote

I'm impressed that you skied all that terrain with such minimal cover. That is CORE!