Another fabulous day at Tremblant. I'm what you would call an average intermediate skier, so I have a good feel as to which black diamonds are managable for non-experts at Mont Tremblant. As usual, snow conditions make all the difference when it comes to skiing, so the following information should only be taken as a rough guide.
The black diamonds on the Le Soleil side tend to be a little more difficult that most others, but depending on the snow conditions, Tiguidou is likely to be the easiest of them all. It also provides a more convenient route than the blue Toboggan run to the little lodge halfway down.
South side: the easiest runs are McCulloch, Kandahar, and Taschereau. Attempt the rest only after mastering these three.
North side: the easiest runs are Geant and Duncan Haut. Variable conditions can occur on the other runs so be careful.
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Saturday, March 04, 2006
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Condo at Mont Tremblant
It was a weekend well worth remembering. Lots of great fun on Mont Tremblant. And the condo we stayed at as a group was just phenomenal. Jardin du Village it was called. Great location: short drive to the slopes, cross-country trail at the door, ski rentals across the street, skating on the lake just a short walk away, and the local grocery store down the street. Great interior: fireplace, full kitchen, lots of room, what more can you ask for. Well, there was only one shower even though there were two bathtubs and three WCs. Surely it would not have cost that much more to install a second shower.
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Happy New Year! I'm back from the hols.
That was some vacation. First, some observations about Toronto.
(1) You need to queue to get into LCBO on Christmas eve. Someone commented, "This is new to me, I just moved here from Winnipeg." Right, it's new to me too. After all, it is possible to get alcoholic beverages from every grocery store and depanneur across the river in Gatineau.
(2) Best Buy's boxing day sale starts at 7 am, and by 7.30, the queue to get into the building was already snaking round the back. By the time we got in, the Sony wireless speakers were sold out.
Next, some observations about the strike in Mont Tremblant. I had lots of fun despite it.
(1) Rent gear from Yves' Sports in the "old" Mont Tremblant village (opposite the post office) instead of at the "Intrawest" pedestrian village. It's less expensive and there is no queue picking up gear the afternoon before.
(2) Someone commented that Intrawest has been moving people from hotel to hotel as they are short on housekeeping staff. Well, we had our own chalet and did our own housekeeping, so it's irrelevant to us.
(3) The direct-to-lift SkiMax tickets came in really useful. Not only are they cheaper, you don't have to queue.
(4) While the strike is on, the number of people per day is limited to 6000 in order to prevent ski lift overload. That's about a third of the usual number visiting this time of the year. As a result, the queues at the ski lifts were acceptable even though many lifts were not operating.
(5) An impressively large number of runs were still open, but the "Edge" and "Le Soleil" were closed. There was fresh snow over the weekend, so conditions were excellent for the most part. Later in the week, extra care had to be taken on some slopes as snow making was not operating, and some were not machine-groomed the night before. But there were signs warning you of possible ice for those.
(1) You need to queue to get into LCBO on Christmas eve. Someone commented, "This is new to me, I just moved here from Winnipeg." Right, it's new to me too. After all, it is possible to get alcoholic beverages from every grocery store and depanneur across the river in Gatineau.
(2) Best Buy's boxing day sale starts at 7 am, and by 7.30, the queue to get into the building was already snaking round the back. By the time we got in, the Sony wireless speakers were sold out.
Next, some observations about the strike in Mont Tremblant. I had lots of fun despite it.
(1) Rent gear from Yves' Sports in the "old" Mont Tremblant village (opposite the post office) instead of at the "Intrawest" pedestrian village. It's less expensive and there is no queue picking up gear the afternoon before.
(2) Someone commented that Intrawest has been moving people from hotel to hotel as they are short on housekeeping staff. Well, we had our own chalet and did our own housekeeping, so it's irrelevant to us.
(3) The direct-to-lift SkiMax tickets came in really useful. Not only are they cheaper, you don't have to queue.
(4) While the strike is on, the number of people per day is limited to 6000 in order to prevent ski lift overload. That's about a third of the usual number visiting this time of the year. As a result, the queues at the ski lifts were acceptable even though many lifts were not operating.
(5) An impressively large number of runs were still open, but the "Edge" and "Le Soleil" were closed. There was fresh snow over the weekend, so conditions were excellent for the most part. Later in the week, extra care had to be taken on some slopes as snow making was not operating, and some were not machine-groomed the night before. But there were signs warning you of possible ice for those.
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