Michael Pfaff: Saluting a Legend

It is with about as heavy a heart as we can hold that we try to process the sudden passing of Michael Pfaff, the head lift operator at The Bonnie.

Michael has been at Jay Peak nearly 10 years, and since 2014, has been both as literal and figurative a presence at Jay Peak as nearly anyone I can remember. He not only embodied the free spirited, dedicated, irreverent, and slightly anachronistic side of what Jay Peak is he, in many ways, both strengthened and helped create it.

While details will likely continue to come together, at this point they aren’t particularly important. Only that a friend and teammate has passed, and we should all do what we can to support each other, and especially his family, through a process that will be different, though very difficult, for all of us.

In the days to come, we here at Jay Peak will celebrate and mourn and grieve and we invite all of you who knew him to do the same, either separately, or with us. This GoFundMe can be an outlet, if you have the means, and will support, in some small way, his partner Sandrick and their daughters who are grieving his loss in ways that are beyond what any of us presently feel, despite our connections to him.

Thank you all, for supporting Michael, his family and the Jay Peak community.