Jay makes Outside's list of best resorts

I've been to every resort on that list except Revelstoke and Alyeska. Jay Peak is a nice East Coast hill, but doesn't belong in the same sentence as the others.

@RS, SKI THE EAST! Skiing in the west is different because of the terrain and the type of snowfall, and the resorts are bigger to accomodate the thruput of skiiers. If you don't like the east, by all means keep going west to ski. I prefer to ski with people who are happy to be on the mountain, not folks who wish they were elsewhere.

Thanks, Outside, for recognizing the northeast. I'm suprised Tremblant didn't make it onto the list as well.

Breckenridge doesn't belong on that list either. Substitute Copper or even Vail instead. Sugarbush & the castle rock chair runs are much better than anything at Jay Peak.

Jay rules and certainly belongs in the same sentence as the others - you just probably have never had the cajones to get there after a dump and venture into the backcountry. if you had, you would certainly rescind that statement.

@DW - Copper over Breck? Really? Maybe A-Basin, but Copper = meh.

And while we're at it, how about Big Sky?

Squaw is missing too. Can get real steep and deep there too.

Jays glades are the best in the East, but,if people don't believe Outside Magazine,it is ok because there will be more snow for us to ski Bruce Gillers

"It's not your typical warm, wet East Coast snow. The storms stick around for a few days. We might not get Utah's four-foot dumps, but the glade system maintains the snow longer—there are skiable pockets for days after the storm if you know where to go..."

Laughable! All the pockets are GONE after a few HOURS, not days.
Also laughable - How is Jay the best RESORT!? They have the crappiest lodges, the crappiest hotels, crappiest bars and restaurants , and the crappiest lifts. They're terrain is decent but not the most challenging on the east coast.

I do agree with him about Staircase, and even, Everglade, which I finally had some very good, memorable runs on last year (always the first "pocket" to go on a powder day).

Castlerock is the ONLY decent chair @ Sugarbush, the rest of that mountain blos.

Boston1, more parochialism as usual from the East Coast set. This wasn't an Outside article about 'Best East Coast Resorts', it was an article about 'North America's Top 16'............and nowhere on the East Coast belongs. I'm happy that you're happy to ski here (as am I), but don't delude yourself into thinking it is in any way comparable to the West. Perhaps its the abundance of local accents and Celtics/Bruins discussion that makes you feel comfortable. Either way, just like the Red Sox aren't the best team in baseball (this isn't up for discussion), the East isn't the best skiing in North America.

Jay is just far enough from New York that it's a rarity to see idiots in Giants parkas and jeans snowplowing over people's skis in the lift lines. I'd rather ski with Canadians any day. Who cares about the lodge.

What is this ongoing "parochialism" diatribe? Clearly Outdoor is throwing a bone for the Northeast, but Jay is deserving mainly because of the high overall quality of skiers it attracts (unlike Breckenridge which is a bunch of novices from Kansas and Texas). These lists change every year just like the "top 10 cities in the U.S." and "top 10 beaches in the U.S." lists. Keep in mind that the best skier in the history of the U.S. Ski Team grew up at Cannon Mtn.