jamesdeluxe":1t1yzupb said:
Tony Crocker":1t1yzupb said:
crank":1t1yzupb said:
Not sure why Massif du Sud would have more snow than Le Massif. The latter supposed gets "lake effect" from the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Massif du Sud definitely gets less annual snowfall than Le Massif de Charlevoix, but as Jason observed during Xmas week, it has a tiny fraction of the skier traffic despite being the exact same drive time from Quebec City.
Not really James.
Massif du Sud receives more snow than Le Massif de Charlevoix. MdS is part of the Appalachian and get snow of those storm that come from the south. According to ZSki and ASSQ, MdS average over a 6 year period is 67cm greater than Le Massif. It is also noted from people that look at this, that Le Massif data is collected near the top lodge.
Below is the list compiled by Frankontour for the Zoneski guide. He mentioned that it's a 6 year average based on numbers from the ASSQ (Association des Stations de ski du Québec). Mt Miller and Grand Fonds aren't rated due to missing data.
source: Zoneski:
http://www.zoneski.com/vivelaneige/tops2.php#quatre
Voici les 10 stations les plus enneigées du Québec. Cette liste a été réalisée avec les données de l'Association des stations de ski du Québec des 6 dernières années. Prenez note que le mont Miller et le mont Grand-Fonds n'ont pas été classés pour manque d'informations. Réalisé par François Massicotte.
1-Val D'Irène
Avec une moyenne de 640 cm de neige par saison.
2- Le Valinouët
Avec une moyenne de 627 cm de neige par saison.
3- Le Massif du Sud
Avec une moyenne de 620 cm de neige par saison.
4- Le Massif de la petite rivière st-François
Avec une moyenne de 553 cm de neige par saison.
5- Mont Comi
Avec une moyenne de 547 cm de neige par saison.
6- Mont Sainte Anne
Avec une moyenne de 503 cm de neige par saison.
7- Mont Édouard
Avec une moyenne de 487 cm de neige par saison.
8- Mont Sutton
Avec une moyenne de 453 cm de neige par saison.
9- Mont Orford
Avec une moyenne de 448 cm de neige par saison.
10- Stoneham
Avec une moyenne de 437 cm de neige par saison.
Tony Crocker":1t1yzupb said:
Yes, but they face south and had thus lost cover when I was there in March 2003. Having your steep runs face south is not a recipe for reliability, especially if you don't have 370 inches of snow to compensate like Jackson does.
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You said it yourself, one visit in March doesn't represent squat. I've skied the south side runs a number of times in March and April. Jackson doesn't have the climate that Ste-Anne does either. We discussed this before, I'd rather really having a south facing terrain at Ste-Anne than North facing terrain at Sutton for my late season skiing. You have to look at the climate also. Generally those Ste-Anne South facing slopes have snow as long as the North facing Sutton.
Tony Crocker":1t1yzupb said:
And I thought the north side was quite flat. I'm not sure why Patrick is so impressed with the place. Nice to see those views from Le Massif.
The overall topography of Ste-Anne is way better than Le Massif. I love areas with consistant fall line skiing which is what MSA offers in the South side. North isn't that flat, I've seen worst. North side only represents a portion of the ski area terrain. Best overall terrain and challenge in Quebec in my books.
Le Massif has long flats with the exception of the area around the old 42/Charlevoix trails.
Tony Crocker":1t1yzupb said:
Massif du Sud seems to impress most people. I don't know if I'll get back to Quebec again, but Massif du Sud should be a priority if I do.
You have to look at it historically. Skiing has always been really close from those living in Quebec City. Le Relais, Mt St-Castin (lost), Val Cartier (lost), Stoneham and Ste-Anne, all these areas are within 30 minutes from downtown. Both Massif are close require between 60-90 minutes to get to.
Le Massif is big compared to MdS and more established.
MdS is also south of the city which would be probably more favoured by the people living on the south shore of the St.Lawrence river. There is only one place to cross the river and Quebec and most of the population live north of the river.
jasoncapecod":1t1yzupb said:
As we all know the weather can be kookie . Sud had 30% more snow than Massif and 100% of the mountain was opened.
Quebec City, like Ottawa is far below the average snow accumulations numbers. I got this second hand from a friend in Quebec City, she mentioned that she didn't see so little in the 8 years she's lived there. Besides the Appalachians in the southern part of the province, snow numbers are way off everywhere including the Gaspe.
jasoncapecod":1t1yzupb said:
Do you really want me to give a run down of the nice shopping and restaurants? 8)
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Nice shopping mall. :lol: :lol: :lol:
