Skiing around Montreal?

[WillowKat]

My wife might just take a new job that's headquartered in Montreal. She will visit every several months or so, more when she first takes the job. I see, that there may be some skiing out there!!!! I am sooo excited.

What can you guys tell me about Mont Tremblant, Saint Bruno and Mont Saint-Sauveur? They're all close to the city.

 

[MarzNC]

Short answer is that Tremblant is a full-blown destination resort, with plenty of slopeside lodging and restaurants in the "village" that was built by Intrawest. Can ski all sides of the mountain when all the lifts are running. It's on the Ikon multi-resort pass.

Mont Saint-Sauveur is a day trip area with lots of lights for night skiing. There are quite a few lifts along a ridge so the trails are short and pretty similar from what I remember the one time I skied there when visiting a friend who is a Tremblant pass holder.

 

[WillowKat]

Short answer is that Tremblant is a full-blown destination resort, with plenty of slopeside lodging and restaurants in the "village" that was built by Intrawest. Can ski all sides of the mountain when all the lifts are running. It's on the Ikon multi-resort pass.

Mont Saint-Sauveur is a day trip area with lots of lights for night skiing. There are quite a few lifts along a ridge so the trails are short and pretty similar from what I remember the one time I skied there when visiting a friend who is a Tremblant pass holder.

do they speeky the Engli?

 

[MarzNC]

do they speeky the Engli?

Yes. I take it you don't speak any French.

The small towns in Québec, it helps to know some French. The high school kids working at the fast food places away from the big cities aren't that good in English. At least that was true a couple decades ago around Québec City. Montréal is much more of a mix between French and English speaking folks. Most of the people in my company's office spoke English without a French accent. Happens that my best second language by college was French, which can come in handy when traveling in Québec and France.

 

[Warp daddy]

Tremblant is a world class resort don't mess with the rest.

The Quebecois are delightful and the cuisine is magnifique. !

I also took French college and was in the French club and found that it was useful in certain cases, but by and large you'll have no trouble The service people and restaurant staff speak English

 

[WillowKat]

Tremblant is a world class resort don't mess with the rest.

The Quebecois are delightful and the cuisine is magnifique. !

I also took French college and was in the French club and found that it was useful in certain cases, but by and large you'll have no trouble The service people and restaurant staff speak English

Oui Oui!!!!

 

[D.B. Cooper]

Sauveur is about 45 minutes north-ish of Montreal, depending on traffic, when you live, etc. It's the heart of the Laurentians. Sauveur is the king of the small resorts - there are many within 15 minutes or so from there. Bruno, as you probably know, is east of Montreal. A little further is Bromont, maybe 45 minutes from the Champlain bridge? I'm not so sure about Bruno, but the others, Bromont and the Laurentians, are busy (due to proximity) and almost all have night skiing.
Tremblant is a mini-Whistler with no night skiing. Intrawest must have photocopied the Whistler layout when they were doing the development. Totally different target market.
As for English? I think the younger crowd are better (due to the internet/texting, etc.) and more urban is, generally, exposed to more English. I don't think you're going to have a discussion on Shakespeare, but you should be able to get by with directions, buying gas, etc.

 

[Brownski]

Hmmm. If only we had an expert on Canadian ski areas to give us the low down. Too bad ML turned his back on us lo those many years ago. It still stings - a little each day but still….

 

[x10003q]

Montreal is a great hub for some big time skiing and some awesome local skiing that is pretty close.

18 Ski Resorts near Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The area near Montreal is home to many ski resorts including quite a few not more than an hour away from Quebec’s largest city. The two primary areas for skiing are the Laurentian Mountains and the Monteregian Hills.

www.lavidanomad.com

 

[MarzNC]

Tremblant is a world class resort don't mess with the rest.

I took an advanced beginner to Mt. Saint Sauveur for night skiing and she had a blast. She was from the midwest and didn't care that the runs were short. She liked going fast so having a short, wide trail with no one else on it and a decent run out was the perfect setting.

The next day my friend drove us to Tremblant. She was a retired instructor so could provide some tips that made it easier for the mid-westerner to get down the much longer trails there.

The OP might move to Montreal. That's a different situation than planning a ski vacation to Québec.