Jay, Vermont – As of Feb. 23, 2026, northern Vermont is already at (or above) full-season snowfall totals.

If you’ve been looking around this winter thinking, “Wait… is this what it used to be like?”—you’re not imagining it. Jay Peak is flirting with ~348 inches before March, and Stowe is already around ~252 inches on the season as of Feb. 23, 2026. In a region where winters can be a coin flip lately, this season has been a good one, a real good one.

By the numbers (Feb. 23, 2026)

Jay Peak

  • ~348” season-to-date (Oct. 1–Feb. 23)
  • ~305” average full season

Stowe

  • ~252” season-to-date (Oct. 1–Feb. 23)
  • ~224” average full season

How does this compare to recent winters

Stowe is basically already at last season’s final number, and Jay is already past what many recent seasons finish with—and March hasn’t even shown up yet. Snow totals for Jay could reach over 400″ when it’s all said and done.

La Nina has had a big impact on the 2025/26 ski seaosn.

Why has it been so good

A ski season can see big snowfalls and still be poor if thaws and the r-word keep eroding the base. That hasn’t been the story this year. The Northeast has been getting real storms with real follow-through, including today’s blizzard/nor’easter that brought widespread whiteout conditions and big totals in parts of the region (though it did not provide much snow for Northern Vermont). These are the kinds of systems that build a base deep enough to keep the woods in play all season.

Zoom out and the background pattern has helped too. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has been tracking La Niña conditions this winter (with a possible transition toward neutral later), a setup that can keep more cold shots in the mix for the northern tier. Combine that cold with a storm track that keeps reloading moisture, and you get the kind of winter that feels like it came straight out of an old ski film.

What to watch next: March is the multiplier

If northern Vermont keeps anything close to this pace through March, we’re not just talking about “best season in a while”—we’re talking about a winter that will be remembered for a while.

Vermont’s Jay Peak Has Seen More Snow This Season Than Alta & Jackson Hole

Tim Konrad is the founder of Unofficial Networks and a passionate skier with over two decades of experience in the ski industry. In 2006, he launched the blog from Lake Tahoe with his brother John, evolving...