Anthony":185u1s1i said:
Wow , Vallee Bleue also for sale and you are correct same family. When the kids were young we used both areas ,one for the lessons and one for the adventure. As a kid my home base was long gone Christie (currently carved up for housing ). Who knows what the future will be for the Laurentian ski scene. Tremblant and MSSI. Honestly, running out of cheap local places to go for powder turns. Val David banned parking at the base of Plante ,Alta will be gone soon . Avalanche has some interesting terrain but is limited . Last year noticed more guys at Avalanche on Friday mornings as they do not open mid week.
The dynamic of the ski industry in the Laurentians could make a nice thesis subject. Since I started writing on FTO 10 years ago, the Laurentians have seen a few closures: Cote 40-80 (Ste-Adèle), Gray Rocks (St-Jovite) and now Mont Alta (Val David).
Who is remaining (only Laurentians corridor / St-Donat not included as it is official in Launaudière)? (South to North)
St-Sauveur and vicinity
Mont Avila (owned and connected to MSSI)
Mont St-Sauveur (MSSI)
Mont Habitant
Morin Heights (MSSI)
Mont Olympia (MSSI)
Mont Gabriel (MSSI)
Mont Avalanche (now owned or partially owned by Coop and/or municipality of Ste-Adolphe)
Ste-Adèle and vicinity
---Cote 40-80 (closed)
Chanteclerc (only Mountain 4 still in operation)
Val Morin and Val David
Belle Neige
Vallée Bleue (for sale)
Mont Alta (for sale for redevelopment)
past Ste-Agathe
Mont Blanc
---Gray Rocks (closed - same ownership as Mt Blanc)
Tremblant
I've only skied once in memory (since 1981) at Vallée Bleue, same for Alta and Avalanche. Mont Avalanche is a very very local oriented. Vallée Bleue is a less commercial Belle Neige. Great beginner hill.
I was working on my blog the last few days and noticed that ZSki had the count of Quebec ski areas at 77. That number used to be over 100 30 years ago.
Lost Laurentians hill in the last 30 years not mentioned above (I might be missing a few). The Townships hasn't had a deep rooted history of the North of Montreal and didn't have that many ski areas to start with. In the last 10 years it has also seen 3 areas closed : Glen, Shefford and Montjoye.
Mont Christie (near St-Sauveur) ...
http://madpatski.wordpress.com/2011/10/ ... ki-centre/
Mont Alouette (Ste-Adèle)
Auberge Yvan Coutu / Cochand (Ste-Marguerite)
Sun Valley (near Val Morin)
Mont Sauvage (near Val Morin) ...
http://madpatski.wordpress.com/2012/05/ ... t-sauvage/
Mont Plante (near Val David)
Mont Ste-Agathe (Ste-Agathe)
Mont Castor (near Ste-Agathe)
Mont Belmont (in Labelle)
Redevelopment of land/lot on/near runs : that is the case for Christie, Alouette, Castor (?) and Mont Sauvage which is looking to reopen with a lift for private / owner of property. See link above.