Jay Peak

Today we traveled to Jay Peak and it was probably the best hard hat tour so far. Jay is currently doing a huge expansion with a new ice area, water park, and hotel. The lighting in the buildings are on dimmers so they will dim and save energy when the sunlight is providing enough light to the facilities. It was awesome to get a behind the scene look before everything is done. If I end up going there next semester, which hopefully I do, I'll already of had a good preview of where I am going to be working. Walter showed us Jays master plan and it was great to see what is going to be happening in the future. They are adding a whole new section of terrian called the west bowl. They'll also be building more condos, but they are going to have to change in the location for the condos because they cannot disturb the bear habitats. I really like how Jay staying envirormental safe and sticking with there motto "If you can't hack it, don't hack it." They're adding more glades, but they are barely going to touch the woods...the way glades are supposed to be! The new tram house lode was neat and I liked the theme they had in the bar. They used pieces of the old haul rope and had them up in the beams. It was cool how they could still use parts of the lift. I really hope I go there in the for one of my practicums...it is the place to be.