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Jacqui Davis

Writing, & shredding the northeast with family and friends, out of Brossard, QC, Canada.

When the Lift Stops: Inside the 2024-25 Mechanical Lift Failures Affecting the Ski Industry

Every soul recreating in the mountains has faced some degree of anxiety before when it comes to their alpine passions. It is part of the draw. That moment when nervous anticipation pivots into a rush of adrenaline? It is addictive. We accept certain risks in these environments: avalanches, tree wells, collisions, serious falls—dangers inherent in charging down steep snow-covered terrain in […]

Jacqui Davis | May 9, 2025
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Jay Peak, VT, Report: April POW and New Friends for Life

Report from Wednesday, April 9, 2025 My friend Veronique and I headed down to Jay Peak, Vermont, on a snowy Saturday and ended up meeting some ladies on the mountain who are now friends for life. Norma, who was snowboarding with her fiancé and didn’t join our girl gang that day, messaged me early in the week to ask if […]

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Jacqui Davis | April 14, 2025
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Jay Peak, VT, Report: Power, Packed Powder, and a New Girls’ Crew

Report from Saturday, March 29, 2025 I’ve been Jay-dreaming all winter. Jay Peak is the closest resort to me in the U.S. on the Indy Pass, and it holds a special place in my heart. My girls’ grandparents had a chalet here throughout their childhood, and it’s where I honed my skills and fell in love with snowboarding. There is […]

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Jacqui Davis | April 5, 2025
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Bolton Valley, VT, Report: Fast Snow, & Bluebird Skies on a Solo Weekend Adventure

Report for Sunday, March 23, 2025 With milder temperatures and lots of rain, March has been an interesting weather month in the northeast. We hit double digits in the city, so one weekend, I headed to the Laurentians for fat biking on a trail that links to the golf course in Rawdon, Quebec. It was my first time and crazy […]

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Jacqui Davis | March 30, 2025
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Saddleback Mountain, ME, Report: Stellar Conditions on Spring Break Girls’ Trip, Part II

Report for Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 The 2024-25 ski and ride season in the Northeast has been one of the best in recent memory. Last week’s trip to the lake district of northwestern Maine and Saddleback Mountain Resort—#2 in the East and #4 in North America in Ski Magazine’s 2025 reader’s poll—was no exception. My two daughters and I visited […]

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Jacqui Davis | March 12, 2025
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Titus Mountain Family Ski Center, NY, Report: So Much Snow

Report for Saturday, February 22 Titus Mountain Family Ski Center has been having one of its best seasons in recent memory. My daughter Dylan and I visited the resort before Christmas and had an amazing time. I’ve been following its daily updates on socials, and, like much of the northeast, it has been hammered with snow for weeks. I knew I […]

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Jacqui Davis | February 26, 2025
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Bolton Valley, VT, Report: Midweek Powder Laps Under Blue Skies

Report for Wednesday, February 12, 2025 I love Bolton Valley. It is cozy and welcoming, and it suits my vibe to a tee. I started coming here a decade ago when they offered night skiing on weekends after 4:00 p.m. for $19. A friend worked in their main restaurant, and we would do power runs from the summit before dinner […]

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Jacqui Davis | February 14, 2025
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Mont Sutton, Quebec, Report: Saturday Powder, ‘Sous-Bois’

Report from Saturday, January 11 I celebrated yet another turn around the sun this past weekend. One of the rare pleasures of an early January birthday is that it lines up nicely with the ski snowboard season. For years, whenever anyone has asked me how I want to celebrate, my answer is always the same: go snowboarding. Gratefully, the rain […]

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Jacqui Davis | January 17, 2025
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Titus Mountain Family Ski Center, NY, Report: Getting Away from it All

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Conditions report for Saturday, December 14, 2024 My youngest daughter Dylan and I headed to Titus Mountain Family Ski Centre for its opening weekend. Working in the city through the week can drain on a natural mountain-dweller such as myself, and high school can drain on a teenager. We needed to get out of dodge for a day or two, […]

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Jacqui Davis | December 20, 2024
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Mont Rigaud, QC, Canada, Report: Another Great Addition to the Indy Pass

Report from Saturday, December 7, 2024  It never fails; the days leading up to the first day out on the mountain each season are a frenzy of emotions, mostly excitement and gratitude. Why we ride down snowy mountains on freshly waxed wood, seeking natural features to launch ourselves from, sometimes eludes explanation. The most accurate thing I’ve heard is that […]

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Jacqui Davis | December 13, 2024
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Bolton Valley, VT, Report: Perfect Snow and Blue Skies on the Eve of Totality

Report from Sunday, April 7, 2024 Bolton Valley, where I started going maybe a decade ago for night skiing operations, became one of my go-to resorts this season on Indy Pass. I love it here, and I have only really started to explore their terrain. I already have a list of what I want to experience next year – mainly […]

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Jacqui Davis | April 14, 2024
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How James Nestor’s “Breath” Provides Real Tips for Improving Your On Mountain Performance Through Ancient Methods

James Nestor’s Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art has been widely reviewed and praised for transforming lives. Released in 2019 on the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, Breath spent eighteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller and has been translated into over thirty-five languages. Nestor previously wrote on freedivers, real-life aqua men and aqua women who go three hundred […]

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Jacqui Davis | April 1, 2024
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Jay Peak Resort, VT, Report: Sunshine and Soft Snow for the Best Day of the Season

Report from Monday, March 25, 2024 When I’m not chasing snow to mountain destinations with my snowboard, I’m a book publicist at McGill University. I’ve worked with many talented writers for the past eighteen years, and many have become my good friends. Writers are similar-natured. We’re often adventurers, gypsies, and truth-seekers. We tend to gravitate towards one another. Recently, I […]

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Jacqui Davis | April 1, 2024
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Jay Peak Resort, VT, Report: Bluebird & POW

Reports from Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Good things come to those who wait. Thanks to Indy Pass, this season, I’ve rediscovered my love for Jay Peak Resort, Vermont, where I learned how to snowboard in the 90s. Before this season, it had been about a decade since I’d snowboarded at Jay, but I remembered that the Jay cloud had a […]

Jacqui Davis | March 18, 2024
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Saddleback, ME, Report: Maine’s Favorite Mountain

Report from Monday, March 4, 2024 I am just back from a whirlwind road trip with my daughters to snowboard at Saddleback Mountain in the Rangeley Maine Lake District and I am binging Kurt Russell movies. Tombstone is one of my all-time favorites. Russell, known locally as “Snake,” has a place here in the mountains. His father was born in […]

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Jacqui Davis | March 11, 2024
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Bolton Valley, VT, Report: Let the Sun Shine In

Report from Sunday, February 4, 2024 Like all my Indy Pass adventures on the weekend, I decide where to snowboard Sunday the Saturday night beforehand. One of the many benefits of an Indy Pass is all the options. Bolton Valley won the coin toss this time. I am joking, of course; there’s no coin toss, but I love this resort, […]

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Jacqui Davis | February 6, 2024
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Jay Peak Resort, VT, Report: A Return Under Bluebird Skies

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Reports from Sunday, January 21, 2024 The stories I could write about Jay Peak, Vermont, might fill a book. It’s that kind of place, and I’ve spent many years of my life there. In the late 90s, I moved from eastern Ontario to Montreal. Though I was born in a big city, my growing up happened in the most beautiful […]

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Jacqui Davis | January 26, 2024
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Chasing Snow to Upstate New York: Happy Vibes and Picturesque Lines at Titus

Reports from Saturday, January 6, 2024 Thanks to Indy Pass – and a locals’ tip from some folks I met on a camping trip to Meacham Lake this summer with my youngest kiddo – I’ve recently learned about a family-owned and operated ski resort that after only two early season visits has made it near the top of my list […]

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Jacqui Davis | January 10, 2024
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[Gear Review] 2023-24 Nimbus Goggles from Khuno Sports

Khuno NIMBUS Goggles

I am a snowboarder of a certain age who makes my living as a writer. Why do I mention this? Because I can’t see very well in most circumstances, never mind blazing down a snowy trail. Apart from the board strapped to my feet, the most important piece of snowboarding equipment is an excellent pair of goggles. I ride mainly […]

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Jacqui Davis | December 21, 2023
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Bolton Valley, VT, Report: Fast Lines and Surfy Side Hits for Opening Weekend

Report from opening weekend, November 26, 2023 When I was planning my 2023-2024 snowboarding calendar, I knew that I wanted to stay on the Atlantic coast. This El Niño winter could bring some big snowstorms to the northeast, and one of the best things about where I live on Montreal’s south shore is access to ski resorts in Quebec, New […]

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Jacqui Davis | November 30, 2023
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