jamesdeluxe
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- Jul 17, 2020
After yesterday’s afternoon at under-the-radar Massif du Sud, we headed to high-profile Mont Sainte-Anne, only 25 minutes north of Québec City:
The skies were blue, the temps warm, and MSA’s three distinct faces allow you to work the sun all day long, resulting in a near-perfect spring day. Our mountain guide, Marc Levasseur, did a great job taking us to the right trail at the right time. We started on the south and west sides, which have impressive views of the St. Lawrence River and 20-mile-long Island of Orléans:
Then we headed to the backside, which faces north, and did soft laps all afternoon:
The 80s-style base village ain’t my cup of tea, but no question, MSA has an extensive selection of terrain with long, consistent runs (2,000 verts), lots of glades, and three high-speed lifts to help you rack up vertical. Locals are understandably unhappy that conditions are three weeks ahead of schedule (the natural-snow trails and trees on the south side are already toast), but tomorrow’s forecast of 6-8 inches should help things out. And regardless, the north-facing lift-accessed trails will stay open through late April.
On our way out of the base lodge, we ran into this inspired sign. I think I could make a small fortune revising the goofy translations I find throughout the province.
The skies were blue, the temps warm, and MSA’s three distinct faces allow you to work the sun all day long, resulting in a near-perfect spring day. Our mountain guide, Marc Levasseur, did a great job taking us to the right trail at the right time. We started on the south and west sides, which have impressive views of the St. Lawrence River and 20-mile-long Island of Orléans:
Then we headed to the backside, which faces north, and did soft laps all afternoon:
The 80s-style base village ain’t my cup of tea, but no question, MSA has an extensive selection of terrain with long, consistent runs (2,000 verts), lots of glades, and three high-speed lifts to help you rack up vertical. Locals are understandably unhappy that conditions are three weeks ahead of schedule (the natural-snow trails and trees on the south side are already toast), but tomorrow’s forecast of 6-8 inches should help things out. And regardless, the north-facing lift-accessed trails will stay open through late April.
On our way out of the base lodge, we ran into this inspired sign. I think I could make a small fortune revising the goofy translations I find throughout the province.
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