Vermont's Snowiest Resort Is Hosting a Summer Rail Jam This Weekend

A full day lift ticket will cost $125, and include concert access. It will be $75 for a three hour lift ticket. On-snow tickets are required for all ages, including those under the age of 6.

Here's the schedule:

• Doors Open at 11 a.m.
• On Snow Starts at 12 p.m.
• Battle Of Bands at 4 p.m.
• Round Trip Band 9 p.m.

Five bands will be featured in the battle of the bands. Here's the schedule:

• Night Protocol - 4 p.m.
• The Shady Trees - 5 p.m.
• Turbo Cats - 6 p.m.
• Fred Willie Hill - 7 p.m.
• Kyle Chadburn & The Earthbound Spirits - 8 p.m.

It was a historic year for the independent resort in northern Vermont. The mountain was open until May 5, 2025, then had a bonus weekend and reopened on Friday, May 9, 2025. 

The resort had more than 400" of natural snowfall this season. That's more snow than many West Coast bohemeths. The resort benefits from a microclimate called "the Jay Cloud." Just ask any Vermonter about it. They'll brag about it for hours.

The resort mad national news recently when its general manager Steve Wright sat before the Senate Finance Committee and spoke out against President Donald Trump's policies. 

In response to a question Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, asked, he said:

"Specifically at Jay Peak, as you know, 50% of our topline revenue and 60% of our bottom-line profit is derived from Canadian business. And Canadians have a long history with Jay Peak, they don’t want to not come to Jay Peak. But a large index of the country’s been galvanized by that anti-Canadian rhetoric…The conversations that I had with these Canadian households who aren’t coming back next year—most of these Canadian guests I knew, so I had a very informal conversation with them—many had tears and were choking up over the fact that they just couldn’t, in good conscience, come to the states.”