What difference a week makes as while the weather in Montreal was rain and wet snow with no accumulation , dry powder was falling in the Laurentian snow belt . So this morning I convinced my son to come on a hike and make some turns with the promise that I would take him over to a chairlift in the afternoon after hiking /skiing in the morning . Conditions were mid winter as there was probably 2 to 3 feet that fell over the last few days. Busy day 