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Going to Mt St Anne... want info!
I am going with a group to XC ski at Mt. St. Anne in Quebec in a couple
weeks. Any helpful hints on what to expect? How cold is it typically? Do they have food at the warming huts? Should we ski the whole week at Mt. St. Anne or look at other places? What places are nearby? Good? Camp Mercier? gr |
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Going to Mt St Anne... want info!
Hi gr,
We haven't got relatively not much snow this winter season in the Quebec region (only 18 cm of snow in January!). Nevertheless, the xc- ski centres are doing miracles. Mt Ste-Anne is always great, among the best places for skating and classic skiing. However, the entry is quite expensive compared to other centres in the region (25$/pers.). If you are fond on skating, may I suggest you a couple great alternatives: Duchesnay, and Valcartier. For classic skiing in wild - but well groomed - trials, I like very much Sentiers du Moulin, one of the closest xc-ski centre of Quebec City. Of course, there are also well-groomed trials right in Quebec City on the Plains of Abraham (~10 km) that are accessible absolutely free of charge. My best tracks to train in the week evenings. You can have an idea of all xc-ski centres by looking at the following info: http://www.skidefondraquette.com/eng...phlet_1011.pdf. Temperatures are ranging from -2 to -15 in the day, perfect for skiing. Enjoy, R |
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Going to Mt St Anne... want info!
On 2/11/2011 9:13 AM, Ro wrote:
Hi gr, We haven't got relatively not much snow this winter season in the Quebec region (only 18 cm of snow in January!). Nevertheless, the xc- ski centres are doing miracles. Mt Ste-Anne is always great, among the best places for skating and classic skiing. However, the entry is quite expensive compared to other centres in the region (25$/pers.). If you are fond on skating, may I suggest you a couple great alternatives: Duchesnay, and Valcartier. For classic skiing in wild - but well groomed - trials, I like very much Sentiers du Moulin, one of the closest xc-ski centre of Quebec City. Of course, there are also well-groomed trials right in Quebec City on the Plains of Abraham (~10 km) that are accessible absolutely free of charge. My best tracks to train in the week evenings. You can have an idea of all xc-ski centres by looking at the following info: http://www.skidefondraquette.com/eng...phlet_1011.pdf. Temperatures are ranging from -2 to -15 in the day, perfect for skiing. Enjoy, R Thanks! I was beginning to wonder if anyone was out there in Usenet land. I am down here in Rochester,NY where we had great lake effect snow (Ontario) for December and Jan, so have had lots of snow this year (already within 8 inches of a full seasons average!). I think almost all the group are classic skiers, so skating is not an issue. Any info about Camp Mercier? It looks interesting. Any particularly neat adventures in the area I need to know about? Something like last year at a trip to New Hampshire (Bretton Woods)where they had a special lift ticket where you could ride up the down hill lift one time then ski down a groomed 6km long mountain road (pretty steep!). Thanks, GR |
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Going to Mt St Anne... want info!
Any info about Camp Mercier? It looks interesting.
Camp Mercier is a place of choice for classic skiing. You may encounter mooses, many bird species, even a lynx! However, it offers only a few km for skating. Being located at higher altitude, the weather may be more chilly than down in the St-Lawrence Valley. It all depends on the weather, so you may choose where to go skiing according to the snow conditions (at upper or lower altitude). Going 10 km further north of Camp Mercier in the Laurentide Reserve, you will find the Foret Montmorency ski centre (http://www.fm.ulaval.ca/PA/ski.asp). The ski trials are also wonderful up there. And the accomodation is great there (being at ~1h drive from Quebec City, it is nice to stay there a couple of nights). Snowshoing is becoming very popular also. Any particularly neat adventures in the area I need to know about? No particular adventure at this time of the year in QC aside the usual weekend loppets. One new venture comes up on March 26: the Sommet AMSF: a ~620 m climb of Mt Ste-Anne in the free style. Kind of crazy ride! "Only one hill" as some buddies say (http:// http://www.skidefondquebec.ca/nouvel...et_amsf.pdf ). R |
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Going to Mt St Anne... want info!
On 2/13/2011 8:34 AM, Ro wrote:
Any info about Camp Mercier? It looks interesting. Camp Mercier is a place of choice for classic skiing. You may encounter mooses, many bird species, even a lynx! However, it offers only a few km for skating. Being located at higher altitude, the weather may be more chilly than down in the St-Lawrence Valley. It all depends on the weather, so you may choose where to go skiing according to the snow conditions (at upper or lower altitude). Going 10 km further north of Camp Mercier in the Laurentide Reserve, you will find the Foret Montmorency ski centre (http://www.fm.ulaval.ca/PA/ski.asp). The ski trials are also wonderful up there. And the accomodation is great there (being at ~1h drive from Quebec City, it is nice to stay there a couple of nights). Snowshoing is becoming very popular also. Any particularly neat adventures in the area I need to know about? No particular adventure at this time of the year in QC aside the usual weekend loppets. One new venture comes up on March 26: the Sommet AMSF: a ~620 m climb of Mt Ste-Anne in the free style. Kind of crazy ride! "Only one hill" as some buddies say (http:// http://www.skidefondquebec.ca/nouvel...et_amsf.pdf ). R ^Thanks very much for the info... Camp Mercier sounds great! Also good to know the place to go if the lower altitudes have snow trouble (had that problem last year in a new Hampshire trip!) Gary |
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