I went to Sutton as soon as the highway reopened on Friday, and conditions are extraordinary for this time of the year - if you're willing to hike. <BR> <BR>Its funny how Granby, a nearby city, got virtually nothing, while so much snow has fallen here. About 35-40 cm (14-16 inches) fell, though the strong winds made it such that coverage varied from 2 to 50 inches... <BR> <BR>On Friday, it was late when I arrived, so I only hiked to the top of chair #2, and went down Sutton-Ik. It was a bit deceiving, as the depth of the snow and the gentleness of the slope made anything other than straight line too slow. <BR> <BR>Today, though, was a completely different story. A further 2-3 inches fell during the night and the morning, and provided much better gliding. <BR> <BR>I got to parking Alt. 520m at 1:30PM, only to find that there were about 25 cars already there. It was o.k. though - the mountain is big enough for that many people when lifts aren't running. I did two runs: one was Dynamique-Sousbois V-Alpine, and the other was Escapade-Iroquois-Sousbois Miracle. Both were superb: plenty of snow to play with, with some drifts to go through. I hit the earth a few times though, but that's why rock skis exist... <BR> <BR>And as a general info, snowmaking has started on Sutton-ik and Allouette-Cascade. Today, this didn't all seem that important.
Sutton - QC - Nov 13-14, 2003
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Frankontour
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Wow, how much days already skied, Max ? 5-6 ? <BR> <BR>I think 116 days will be easy to reach if you continue like this !! <BR> <BR>I'm going back to MSS tomorrow... to ski on the ice, though ... <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT="
"> but at least, it should have more snow than last time. <BR> <BR>I hope that the Red Bird will be open... would be cool, although I'm not sure if it would be a great decision considering the high temps for next week <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=""><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=""><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=""><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=""><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=""><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT="">
"> but at least, it should have more snow than last time. <BR> <BR>I hope that the Red Bird will be open... would be cool, although I'm not sure if it would be a great decision considering the high temps for next week <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=""><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=""><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=""><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=""><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=""><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT="">
Frankontour
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Yeah, on my side the end of term and the weather will not allow me to ski more than once before dec-16 at the end of my term. <BR> <BR>Next time I go, I will call you in case you can come... and in case we have better conditions in the north than in the townships 