tnt Posted April 2, 2015 Report Posted April 2, 2015 ....aaaaaand back from Canada. Great trip. Tremblant. First time for our family. Arrived Saturday in time for me and oldest daughter to grab a few runs - youngest was zonked from car ride and a cold. Wife stayed with her. Things were a little scratchy and frozen and I was really worried that our 5 days would be like that....but you know, it was blue bird and we were on vacation.... Sunday started the same but sun came out and by noon, things on the.....Solie? (I guess the french word for sun) lift were nice and soft. We found an awesome glade after a little hike up a hill, and had another nice section off some trail or other....point being, it was nice and soft over there. And good thing we hit those because the next day,. that lift closed for the season. And then it started snowing. They were expecting 1-3, they called it 4, it seemed like 5-6. Monday just got better and better and Tuesday was an absolute blast. Found another nice glade that was low angle and nicely spaced, so super fun for the kids, and the soft snow let them tackle the steep bump runs, so we were on the good stuff all day. Which was great - they get to push themselves and get a taste of some really great ungroomed, narrow and steep trails, trees, full on bump runs and what not. It was awesome. My kids are 12 and 15, and have been skiing since they were about 6, but we're in central jersey, so the real goods are hard to come by regularly. This trip really delivered. Last day we skied till about noon then headed home. It froze up overnight and was colder still (15-ish in April!) We found another great little glade section after a little hike, but it was a little scratchy....small complaint after two killer days. Be happy to name trails if anyone is interested in what I thought was good up there. Didn't find any stashes per se. I think everything we skied was on the map. It's a nice mountain. Top to bottom skiing, plenty of lifts, variety of every chair. North side had the best stuff, but found some great winding ungroomed stuff on the front side as well... The village is nice. Food is good not great, with a few clunkers in there as well. Hotel was trail side. Place was empty after Sunday. Only issue was the beer choices. Everything was Molson and Molson's 'craft' brand - forget the name....Kenny's? Something... Found a brew pub in the village with some better choices on the last night, but still, not much in the way of a god IPA....mostly varieties of lager and red ales.... All in all a great trip though. Hope to go back. Returning the kid's rentals today. Good season done. 6 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 2, 2015 Report Posted April 2, 2015 Great report!!! I've never skied Mont Tremblant but its on my list. I spent alot of time in Montreal when I was in college and visited Quebec City as well and really like the French candadian culture!!! It's crazy that you drive hours and hours through remote country and then all of a sudden a huge cosmopolitan city Quote
tnt Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Posted April 2, 2015 Yeah, it's kind of crazy. From Jersey, we get on 287, and don't see a traffic light till almost Montreal! (barring gas stops of course). One long highway drive for most of the 8-1/2 hours..... Quote
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