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Added some pics from last Friday ( April 6 ) , the most noticeable feature was how dry the valley landscape was and how low the water levels are for this time of year . No surprise that there is a grass / brush fire warning out as lots of sand and old leaves blowing around in the valley ...

Down in NH as family wanted to go shopping and the idea of hanging around outlet malls all day was appealing as waiting for the Doctor so tossed my skis in the car and said drop me off at Wildcat . Arrived at Wildcat today at high noon just as the clouds broke up resulting in clear...

Yeah and the rain continues,spent the day in Montreal with the live butterflies :shock: at the Montreal Botanical Gardens instead of skiing. Now nothing against butterflies but this is prime ski time. My wife just says get over it winter is done ,move on.

After the week long heat wave that saw temperatures reach close to 80 F things have settled down to just above average temps in the 40'S with thick overcast blocking out the sun . Unfortunately , the damage is done as natural snow skiing is over , trail count on all list serviced hills still...

With overcast and rainy weather in the forecast for the weekend , I just might do the unthinkable and call it a season by March 24 ! Now that is a record as usually crank out about 30 days going to the end of April or the beginning of May , this year 18 . Natural snow is all gone in our...

I agree , the wheels have fallen off this season . Great skiing if it was late April but mid March . You gotta be kidding !!! Temps in the Laurentains + 23 C in the shade if you can believe it . Snow not even corn as temps above freezing on continuous 24 hour cycles so without a freeze...

Not sure of the the timelines for lifts in the off the trail sector but the real estate plans for development are to be released this year as this ski area wants to be a resort and to be a resort your need on site lodging . Today , most of their customers are day skiers /riders from the area...

Follow up to my previous first post after completing two great days of skiing at "Le Massif " . Great snow , as even a cynic like myself could not believe how deep the snow was at the local level as down south at Mont St Anne just a few inches. The upper ridge offers the best skiing as...

Currently at the Massif and can report this area received almost 2 feet of dry snow over the last 36 hours. We were at home watching the weather and noticed the potential for heavy snow accumulation in the Charlevoix region so it was time to finally bust out of the Laurentians and head north...

Start of the HS , Primary school break in Quebec and didn't want the younger generation sitting at home playing call of duty all day so used up a vacation day to take them out on a Friday . A few inches of snow fell on Thursday ( March 1 ) setting up decent natural snow conditions this...

Friday night we hovered over the computer screen watching the colour enhanced radar images of the developing storm to decide where to go . Do we bust out of the Laurentians and drive 2 plus hours or stay local as haven't spent this much time at home in over 30 years . Made the call to...

Garceau it is , headed over wednesday morning as they picked up all snow and $18.00 lift tickets. The trails on skiers left is where the pics are from. More snow in the forecast . Did you ski at this place?

With 3 kids at separate levels of education they are all off at different times for their school vacation . This week is the University week off so took the oldest skiing today . Once again , we were faced with the same weather problems of the rain /snow mix scenario . Where to go to...

As another skied dad , best wishes for a quick recovery.

Since last week , we picked up a couple of inches of snow, which on top of a deep base ( you can bury your poles in snow ) makes a big difference. This morning , the key was where to find the new snow as in the valleys not much but in the higher elevation areas , things looked better . We...

Time for a quick update as it is a good news /bad news set up for natural snow skiing First the good news , there has been no rain or freezing rain since the last snowfall , now the bad news there also hasn't been any measurable snow in over a week . So the base is deep but the trails are...

Hey James , Should be fine as almost 4 feet of base in the woods ,so not a bad snow year in this area. A snowfall of even a few inches goes along way when the base is deep. Don't be alarmed at the limited amount of snow in the Montreal area and points south as the snow pack builds up the farther...

Now into February and still have not ventured more than a hour from home in pursuit of fresh tracks. Looks like the skiing northeast of Quebec city looks good as over a foot fell last week. As the winter moves along the areas north of the St. Lawrence are pulling ahead of the regions to the...

Since last week we have had all kinds of weather ,starting with freezing rain ,followed by snow then rain and finally back to snow. With all this weather we headed out on Saturday to ski about 4 inches of new snow but with a crust. By doing you own grooming the skiing got better as time went on...

Spent the last two days hiking and riding the lifts of the local 600' vertical hills. Saturday we skied in over 2 feet of powder but we had to hike for it so big workout. Today we rode the lifts and skied tracked up snow with still some fresh stuff. Conditions should take a turn for the worse...