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Jay Peak Resort, the Glossary

Jay Peak Resort is an American ski resort located on Jay Peak in the northern Green Mountains, between Jay, Vermont and Montgomery Center, Vermont.^[1]

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Hotels established in 1957

Aerial tramway

An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, telepherique, or seilbahn is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion.

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Backcountry skiing

Backcountry skiing (US), also called off-piste (Europe), alpine touring, freeriding or out-of-area, is skiing in the backcountry on unmarked or unpatrolled areas either inside or outside a ski resort's boundaries.

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Burke Mountain Ski Area

Burke Mountain Ski resort is a mid-size ski resort open to skiing and snowboarding in northeast Vermont (aka Vermont's "Northeast Kingdom"). It is located on Burke Mountain and is home to Burke Mountain Academy, a ski academy.

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Burlington, Vermont

Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County.

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Camelback Mountain Resort

Camelback Resort is a four season resort located in Tannersville, Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

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Canada–United States border

The Canada–United States border is the longest international border in the world.

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Cannon Mountain Ski Area

Cannon Mountain Ski Area is a state-owned ski resort located on Cannon Mountain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States.

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Chairlift

An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel wire rope loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs.

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Cross-country skiing trail

A cross-country skiing trail or loipeFrom Loipe or Langlaufloipe, pl.

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Detachable chairlift

A detachable chairlift or high-speed chairlift is a type of passenger aerial lift, which, like a fixed-grip chairlift, consists of numerous chairs attached to a constantly moving wire rope (called a haul rope) that is strung between two (or more) terminals over intermediate towers.

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Doppelmayr USA

Doppelmayr USA, Inc is an aerial lift manufacturer based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and a subsidiary of the worldwide Doppelmayr Garaventa Group.

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Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group

Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group is an international manufacturer of ropeways and people movers for ski areas, urban transport, amusement parks, and material handling systems.

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EB-5 visa

The United States EB-5 visa, employment-based fifth preference category or EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program was created in 1990 by the Immigration Act of 1990.

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Glade skiing

Glade skiing (also known as glading) is alpine skiing through trees off-trail or on a defined woods trail.

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Green Mountain Club

The Green Mountain Club is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Vermont's Long Trail.

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Green Mountains

The Green Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Vermont and are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Hall Ski-Lift

Hall Ski-Lift Company was an American manufacturer that built and installed rope tows, t-bar and chair lifts for the ski and resort industry.

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Jay Peak (Vermont)

Jay Peak is a mountain located about south of the Canada–US border, in Jay and Westfield, Orleans County, Vermont, of which it is the highest point.

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Jay, Vermont

Jay is one of the northernmost towns in Orleans County, Vermont, United States, located on the Canada–US border.

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Leitner Ropeways

Leitner Ropeways is a business that manufactures and distributes products and equipment for ropeways, snow groomers, urban transportation systems, and wind energy in Italy and internationally.

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List of New England ski areas by vertical drop

The following is a list of ski areas in New England by vertical drop.

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Long Trail

The Long Trail is a hiking trail located in Vermont, running the length of the state.

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Mont Saint-Sauveur International

Mont Saint-Sauveur International, often abbreviated to MSSI, is a company which owns several ski resorts in Canada, most notably in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains.

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Montgomery Center, Vermont

Montgomery Center is an unincorporated village in the town of Montgomery, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.

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New England

New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Orographic lift

Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain.

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Park City, Utah

Park City is a city in Utah, United States.

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Partek

Partek Ski Lifts, commonly known as Partek, is a chairlift manufacturer based in Pine Island, New York.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Plastic card

Plastic cards usually serve as identity documents, thus providing authentication.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Radio-frequency identification

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects.

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Raymond James Financial

Raymond James Financial, Inc. is an American multinational independent investment bank and financial services company providing financial services to individuals, corporations, and municipalities through its subsidiary companies that engage primarily in investment and financial planning, in addition to investment banking and asset management.

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Receivership

In law, receivership is a situation in which an institution or enterprise is held by a receiver – a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights" – especially in cases where a company cannot meet its financial obligations and is said to be insolvent.

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Ski lift

A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill.

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Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports.

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Sugarbush Resort

Sugarbush Resort is a ski resort located in the Mad River valley in Warren, Vermont, owned by Alterra Mountain Company.

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Surface lift

A surface lift is a type of cable transport for snow sports in which skiers and snowboarders remain on the ground as they are pulled uphill.

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the military engineering branch of the United States Army.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Von Roll Holding

Von Roll Holding AG is a Swiss industrial group that operates worldwide that was founded in 1803.

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Water park

A water park (also waterpark, water world, or aquapark) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming, and other barefoot environments.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Peak_Resort

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