jamesdeluxe
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After two straight storm days, it was great to see the sun again and even better to see it shining on this view from our room at Le Manoir Richelieu in La Malbaie. I wish I’d had one of those panoramic cameras that could capture the other two-thirds of the river to our left.
Breakfast was equally photo-worthy:
Heading north from La Malbaie to Saint Siméon along the St. Lawrence was even more stunning, if that’s possible. No pix of that — I was driving.
I’ve had this particular itinerary on my radar since reading Marc Guido’s articles back in the early 00s. Took me eight years to get around to it, but I’m glad I did. I originally had Le Valinouët on the hitlist for this trip, but I’d heard that it was suffering through an abnormally bad snow year, and shelved that idea. According to local reports, quite a few Chicoutimi skiers who would normally go to Valinouët turned to Mont Edouard this season. As it was, I put 550 miles on my rental car in six days.
Mont Edouard is a really fun hill in the Saguenay Fjord region that skied bigger than its 1,500 vertical feet would indicate. It’s been on my to-do list for many moons and I was glad to scratch it off. We got the best weather and conditions of the trip: cloudless skies, perfect temps, and beautiful snow everywhere:
Our guide Marc Durepos took us all over the mountain — from soft groomers:
To nice leftovers in the trees from the 10 inches that fell during Monday’s storm:
Scenery included L’Anse Saint-Jean, a cove in the Saguenay River, a few miles away:
We called it a day at 3:15 with drinks on the patio. Another great one in Quebec.
But moving in from the west was a big line of black clouds. An hour later, the sun was gone, the temperature dropped and it started snowing hard.
Breakfast was equally photo-worthy:
Heading north from La Malbaie to Saint Siméon along the St. Lawrence was even more stunning, if that’s possible. No pix of that — I was driving.
I’ve had this particular itinerary on my radar since reading Marc Guido’s articles back in the early 00s. Took me eight years to get around to it, but I’m glad I did. I originally had Le Valinouët on the hitlist for this trip, but I’d heard that it was suffering through an abnormally bad snow year, and shelved that idea. According to local reports, quite a few Chicoutimi skiers who would normally go to Valinouët turned to Mont Edouard this season. As it was, I put 550 miles on my rental car in six days.
Mont Edouard is a really fun hill in the Saguenay Fjord region that skied bigger than its 1,500 vertical feet would indicate. It’s been on my to-do list for many moons and I was glad to scratch it off. We got the best weather and conditions of the trip: cloudless skies, perfect temps, and beautiful snow everywhere:
Our guide Marc Durepos took us all over the mountain — from soft groomers:
To nice leftovers in the trees from the 10 inches that fell during Monday’s storm:
Scenery included L’Anse Saint-Jean, a cove in the Saguenay River, a few miles away:
We called it a day at 3:15 with drinks on the patio. Another great one in Quebec.
But moving in from the west was a big line of black clouds. An hour later, the sun was gone, the temperature dropped and it started snowing hard.
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