Owl's Head - Fakta om skianlegget
Anyone who has been to Jay Peak has probably gazed upon Owl's Head Resort without realizing it. That's because all the slopes and trails are out of sight on the north and east facing aspects of the mountain. From them you can look down on the frozen panorama of Lake Memphremagog, which stretches from Newport, VT to Magog, PQ.
Terrain
There's a notion that the Eastern Townships are flat, but that simply isn't true. The Appalachians don't know about international borders, and north of Jay Peak they stretch through the townships, rising to over 3600 feet in places. Owl's Head features a vertical drop of 1772 feet from a 2450 foot summit, almost down to the lake (not too many ski areas have