Valinouet- Qc - April 16-17th 2005... The Paradise !!!

[Eric312]

Wow !!

This was an awesome weekend in Saguenay . I really enjoyed the weekend from the beginning 'till the end. This is now my favorite ski area in Quebec.

We had nice weather. 2 days of sunshine with temps in the upper 40's and with lights winds too. Why ask better ?

First of all, the Valinouet has no snowmaking 8) so there are no ice. The glades are some of the best in the east such as the Gauthier and the Fontaine. Also, I think they have the best moguls trails in the Province

We stayed for 2 nights in the alpine village. Sort of a Ski-In, Ski-out lodge 8) . A really nice place but most of us didn't like the owner...

I hope Frankontour will had some comments of his weekend :wink:

Awesome views !!

Nice long glades. This is the middle Fontaine

Nice moguls trails

My favorite moguls trail

The Gauthier, Very nice glade compare to what I'm use to ski

Somewhere else in the Gauthier

Nice Sunset

Saturday night, we hiked the mountain to go do a run before dinner. It took us about 45 minutes to hike the mountain from a blue run, The Dufresne. We went down by the Ruisseau but the snow was frozen. It's still pretty cold at night overthere

Here his some nice pics of sunset

Frank during our hicking

Almost at the summit

The gang !!

 

[Eric312]

I'm trying to upload some videos clips but it doesn't seem to work

Is it possible?

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[Admin]

I'm trying to upload some videos clips but it doesn't seem to work

Is it possible?

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards ... es.php?f=2

Not really -- attachments have a 60kb maximum size. The best way to handle those is to link to their location on another server if possible.

 

[Frankontour]

There is a very big video which is coming on Zoneski in the next days... I'll link it here, although it will be extremely big I think.

As Eric said, it was a wonderful weekend, with a lot of snow, some extremely great bumps and some terrific off-piste skiing (ouch my arm !)

I really loved the place. I remember Marc was talking of a lack of steepness. Ok, the place is not super steep in general, but there is still a 45-50 degrees pitch on the lower part of the trail #6 (Gagnon) (what a super nice moguls trail ! nice !!!)

This will hit my top 10 best ski areas for sure !