Vermont Ski Resort Is Making Snow This Month To Keep the Season Going Into May

If you're a ski resort and your goal is to stay open into May, relying on more than what Mother Nature offers never hurts.



That's exactly what Jay Peak, Vermont, is up to this Monday, firing around 30 snowguns at 1,200 gallons per minute. The April push is Jay Peak's latest sizable snowmaking effort in history and, according to the resort, will rebuild the base and reinforce thinner areas.



The snow guns also got a boost from four to six inches of natural snowfall overnight.



"Of course, we could always use more snow, especially since we'll be skiing and riding into May," Jay Peak wrote in a social media post.



Due to snowmaking, the Jet Triple is the only upper-mountain lift operating today. Normal operations are expected to return tomorrow.



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Last season, Jay Peak made it into May, too. It also hosted a summertime rail jam with real snow in June.



With those plans on the calendar, the resort is among the few East Coast (and Western, for that matter) resorts planning to stay open beyond this month.



For Vermonters, Killington is another strong late-season contender. Typically, that resort keeps the lifts spinning into May or just beyond. Last season, Killington was open until May 11. Before that, it hit June 1 during the 2023-24 season. The resort's also hosting the Superstar Showdown event on May 16 this year.



Meanwhile, a new spring skiing haunt has emerged in Pennsylvania. Camelback has already set the record for its longest season and previously announced plans to stay open into May. Like Jay Peak, Camelback is making snow today, April 20.



All those mountains continue to establish that even as the Western ski season got cut short in many places because of warm weather, the East is still going strong.



Jay Peak's 400-plus inches of snowfall this season-a total that puts it ahead of several powder magnets like Mt. Bachelor and Alta Ski Area-surely helps.

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This story was originally published April 20, 2026 at 11:24 AM.