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The big storm was on Thursday. Environment Canada recorded 45 cm of snow in Montreal . The largest single day snowstorm ever recorded at the airport . We headed out on Friday to the Western Laurentians where about half the Montreal snow total fell . Which is ok as the base was already...

We also thought of going to VT today but bailed on this as the hassle factor plus crowds chasing the POW could result in limited ski time compared to the 5 hours round trip of driving. Hit obscure Laurentian hills with boot deep snow so not so bad . Lot of branches down from the heavy snow...

Yeah ,went skiing (x country ) in the Montreal metro area today, appears to be almost 2 feet. Crossed over city streets and parks -great stuff urban pow! Felt like one of those turn of the century winter outings that you read about .

What a storm , 24 hours ago just a coastal storm then it began to switch to the west . Now all eastern skiers are getting dumped on. In Montreal and can't even get out. Already over a foot of snow and still pounding. No matter where you go you should have between a foot and 3 feet of snow ...

Just came in after another 4 hours out in the Lower Laurentians . Temps dropped overnight so the tracked out ungroomed runs were chopped up and hard . Hiked deeper into the woods and found our usual powder spots that last about 20 seconds going down but what the heck will take the 20 seconds...

Could not miss out on this storm but like Patrick and everyone else around this time ,too much to do. Had 6 hours off today so had to make the best of it. Headed out to Olympia which is close by and had not been open all week. Good choice as Olympia in the Southern Laurentians received 3 feet...

Should be epic in the Laurentians and I do not use that word lightly. Will be out there tomorrow morning heading for the old haunts. Already this morning reports are of 6 ". Ski season has begun -Finally :-D

I think I should have my head examined for being down in the Townships when it is dumping in the Laurentians ](*,) . Down at Bromont for a family reunion. My wife tells me it is not about the skiing. Anyway went over to the hill last night for night skiing after spending the day in the...

We had the fist powder day of the season today as took advantage of the storm earlier in the week and skied natural snow trails thru the Laurentian snow belt. Powder had a bit of crust on it but once we tracked it out it skied better as chopped up snow. Base depths are about 20 inches on...

A average of 15" of new snow in the lower Laurentians today ,less farther north. Have 2 vacation days (Thursday/Friday) so time to hit it. If you cherry pick your days now is the time. Tomorrow would be the best but have to work.

Since last week there was about a inch of new snow (last Monday Dec.10) followed by rain then sub zero temperatures setting up a groomed frozen granular surface on the machine made snow surfaced trails. Natural snow depths still about 3" to 4 " inches of rain soaked frozen over snow. Official...

Having skied extensively in Quebec and Northern Vermont ,will agree with Tony that the Laurentians do not receive the snow that Northern Vermont does . Laurentian snow on average falls in small quantities that builds up over time instead of having epic storms like Northern Vt. Historically ...

Took advantage of the Laurentions largest snowfall of the season (2" :shock: ) and finally started my ski season close to home spending 3 hours yo-yoing up and down 600' vertical covered in machine made with 2 " of natural on top. Skied across some natural snow green trails on 2" of snow with...

Well , last weekend dropped 2 of the kids off for their mandatory ski instructor refresher course and took one look at the hill and said f... it . The " WROD " just doesn't do it . Currently pouring rain out with temps in the 50's . On the bright side , not like were loosing all this...

Depending on how long you have been skiing ,we are either off to a typical season start or a late season start. Back in the 70's and early 80' by early December the season was up and running on natural snow, today the season limps to the starting gate on few machine made snow runs. As of this...

I would agree with the North East stat as 79/80 being on par with the 2011/12 as the worst ski season ever. Having skied through both of these seasons , can remember how bad the 79/80 season was with the limited snow making that was available at the time .

As a long time road biker , I have been told to try Mountain Biking as the next best thing to tree skiing in the summer . We just returned from a 3 day stay of Mountain Biking at Burke. Trip was during the week so the lifts were not running but for $15.00 had access to the huge Kingdom...

Have attached a pic taken with the cell phone camera that details the new snow on a natural snow trail prior to merging with a snow making trail . Notice the new snow in the hills in the back ground . By Saturday the snow was isolated to the high elvevation areas while valley locations were...

Jaypeak reported 18 " of new snow mid week so we headed over today to see what was left . The Jet chair , flyer and Tram were running offering skiing from the summit in heavy wet snow mixed with corn . Skied off the flyer and Tram on skiers left and right . Took one run down a glade but new...

On Friday ( April 6 ) they were reporting 15 trails open and 2 lifts turning. Basically there were 2 options from the summit. Your choice of 2 meandering trails , one on skiers right and one on skiers left and as you approached the bottom half you had a few more options to head back to...