La Réserve - QC - may 22, 2004

Frankontour

Frankontour

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Ok, you'll say that I'm crazy with 3 ski reports in a row... but I effectively skied 3 mountains in 24 hours. <BR> <BR>After Tremblant, saturday afternoon, we tried the new road between Tremblant North and St-Donat. It's a fabulous road, a little bit looking like the roads of Charlevoix, passing close to 2000 feet of elevation. <BR> <BR>And we reached La Réserve around 8h PM, before the sun disappeared. <BR> <BR>We were supposed to just to 1-2 runs down the Loup-Garou canyon, especially as it's almost gone now, but the snow was soooooooo nice that we ended by doing 4 runs (before the sun completely disappeared) <BR> <BR>It was some nice corn, some of the best snow I skied this spring ! <BR> <BR>There was 150' high skiable, on about 600 feet long. Here is how it looked like... <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3974.jpg" ALT="Loup-Garou canyon"> <BR> <BR>I think there was more snow last year on june 1, but at least, there was still a connection possible in the middle of the patch (where you see it's thin). I also think that there was more snow in 2002, when I walked there on may 25 (when I learned that there was some snow soooo late in this canyon) <BR> <BR>Here is Christophe on the upper part of the trail <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3975.jpg" ALT="Christophe skiing"> <BR> <BR>And a pic of Chris and the menu right behind him <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3976.jpg" ALT="Christophe and the trail"> <BR> <BR>And finally, like always, a little video of our last run, done by Marie. <BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.zoneski.com/temp/res22mai.mov"> Skiing on may 22 at La Réserve on nice corn snow !</A>
 
I'll post this here because its the last of the three posts. But you truely do have a love for this sport that goes above and beyond most people. I give you credit for being able to ski as much as you do. AWESOME
 
Thanks Porter ! <BR> <BR>In fact, I just found another guy as crazy as me, this year, so it's even easier to have the motivation to go. <BR> <BR>And I think that next year, we would almost be able to rent a bus and fill it of skiers every weekend until there is simply no snow on the ground !!! <BR> <BR>It looks like there is more and more persons here that are willing to hike for turns after the chairlift's season is over !
 
I think it is not so much that people are not crazy enough to go skiing late season, its more the time restraints. I know for myself with lacrosse in the spring I hardly ever had a weekend day open that I could go skiing. It is really ashame. Hopefully next year with the start of college I will be able to do more spring skiing. <BR> <BR>porter
 
I hope so ! <BR> <BR>Hiking for turns is a wonderful sport ! Everyone who try it agrees, it's a totally different sport and almost all the persons that I know who tried it loved it !
 
It's sad to compare this report with the one of last year on may 22... <BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/2508/2402.jpg" TARGET="_top">http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/2508/2402.jpg</A> <BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/2508/2403.jpg" TARGET="_top">http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/2508/2403.jpg</A> <BR> <BR>It was still so beautiful and nice last year. This year really ended too fast... <BR> <BR>At least, I have the video of my last run of the season in the Loup-Garou <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">
 
Whoops, forgot to link the whole report... <BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/2508/2399.html?1053700440" TARGET="_top">http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/2508/2399.html?1053700440</A>
 
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