jamesdeluxe
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With a seven-hour drive ahead of us on our departure day, we decided to ski until noon and then hit the road. After asking around for suggestions on where we could make some final turns, the aforementioned local expert directed us to a small hill that I had never even heard of before we arrived: Morin Heights.
The name sounds more appropriate for a gated community than a ski area; however, I knew that Morin Heights served as Rush's homebase for recording seven albums (1980's Permanent Waves through 1992's Roll The Bones) at nearby Le Studio. Many other artists had recorded there too including David Bowie, Keith Richards, April Wine, Cat Stevens, Celine Dion.
A fair number of the trails twisted intriguingly down the hill’s 720 vertical feet:
We did multiple laps on a nice long glade along the far skier’s right, Fritz's Fling:
Mont Olympia across the valley
Morin Heights felt like a good place to bring small kids while keeping the adults happy, and a lot of other people we met on the lift that day thought so too.
As always, my wife made friends with the ski area's house dog:
The name sounds more appropriate for a gated community than a ski area; however, I knew that Morin Heights served as Rush's homebase for recording seven albums (1980's Permanent Waves through 1992's Roll The Bones) at nearby Le Studio. Many other artists had recorded there too including David Bowie, Keith Richards, April Wine, Cat Stevens, Celine Dion.
A fair number of the trails twisted intriguingly down the hill’s 720 vertical feet:
We did multiple laps on a nice long glade along the far skier’s right, Fritz's Fling:
Mont Olympia across the valley
Morin Heights felt like a good place to bring small kids while keeping the adults happy, and a lot of other people we met on the lift that day thought so too.
As always, my wife made friends with the ski area's house dog:
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