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#1 · (Edited)
This is the place for local information, carpooling, hooking up with riding partners, carpooling and making contacts in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
 
#317 · (Edited)
Quebec city hills

Just moved to Quebec City. I hear Le Relais is the place to go for jumps (no jumps at RCR hills Stoneham & Ste Anne)
Massif-du-Sud looks like it has the best park in the region... it's just too far to ride at 3-5 days a week.
Also a little hill close to Val Cartier called Castor, says it has a park but I can't find more info...

Probably just going to buy a Relais season pass and then pay lift tickets elsewhere when it snows.
 
#318 ·
InfiniteEclipse, you live in Toronto? You're about 5hrs from some good mountains/snow in New York state. :thumbsup: Drive to Kingston, ON then head straight E-SE.
As far as within Ontario goes, you're shit-outta-luck, besides riding hydro lines. :thumbsdown:
Snowiest place in Ontartio? Wiarton (lots of lake effect, more snow than up north)
 
#319 ·
The north shore of Superior gets dumped on close to as much and tends not suffer as frequent of melts.Plus there are decent sized hills too like King mountain....only problem is they are all too heavily treed to ride and a pain to get to.
 
#323 ·
That is a good site! Those 2100ft peaks refer to Elevation, if you notice their prominence (aka Vertical) it's much less. A few around 900-1300 ft but most much much smaller yet.
I'm sure there would be some decent shredding to be had though. 1000ft vert is enough for some good turns, and on a good year the snow in Northern Ontario can be fairly deep and always cold.
Maybe you should go check a few out...
 
#325 ·
anybody ever driven from southwestern ontario to killington vermont? booked a trip there over christmas break, yea I know its gonna be crazy busy, but me being in college, I dont get much time to ride. Anyways just wondering if anyone has any tips or anything that would help me at all.
 
#326 ·
hey dude i've driven from port huron (sarnia) to stowe and mt. snow which are a little further south of killington. i still think you'd want to drive thru NY tho because there aren't really any good highways in northern NY. hopefully you have awd or 4X4 cuz a lot of VT's state highways are really mountainous and they're pretty rough when its snowin.
 
#328 ·
Oh yea I'm not worried, got my baby with me! haha 03 f150 fx4 so not worried about traction or anything!

the route iw as going to take was just I 90..... my girlfriends family when they went down a couple years ago went what appears to be outta the way taking I88 and then coming back up....but I90 is pretty much a straight shot.
 
#330 ·
yea especially coming from sarnia! thats brutal! haha I know the drive should only tak an hour and a half from just north of london but takes closer to 2 and a half just because of the horrible road system!

thats why most of the time we just go to moonstone because its just off the 400.... plus i got family in Orillia so usually stop by there after a day and have a good dinner then either head home or stay the night!
 
#332 ·
It's a slightly smaller hill, with just two lodges as the rental center and cafetaria. No touristy village like Blue or Tremblant. I like it cause it's 30 minutes closer to me than Blue and right off the 400, instead of crawling along some Barrie Police infested road at 80. It can be very decent when it's good.
 
#334 ·
alrighty good to know guys. might have to check it out sumtime. especially since their park is better cuz blue's park does kinda suck (at least when i was there). already have plans to head to blue next week before Christmas. hopefully they get some fresh lake effect before we show up!
 
#336 · (Edited)
It's actually been pretty good here around Quebec City. December was terrible, but we've made up for it with quite a bit of snow throughout Jan-Feb-Mar and almost no rain (until tomorrow at least, haha). Check out the depth map to see what I'm talking about: NOHRSC Interactive Snow Information
Even in the city there's quite a bit of snow on the ground: http://powderwatch.com/qzone/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC00665.jpg
Le Massif de Charlevoix & Le Valinouet have both been getting dumped on consistently (412/530cm date), both have deep snowpacks (140/180cm), and probably the best conditions east of the Rockies. Not to mention the fact that Le Massif puts every other hill in eastern Canada to shame! Here's a little blog I wrote this week about a day at Le Massif: Le Massif day trip blog
Massif de Charlevoix - that's my recommendation.
 
#338 ·
glad to see some people got to do some riding this year. only 15 days or something for me... pretty lame.

i'll have to do some road trips next year. this year was shit for me... not sure if it will be better or worse next, but i guess i'll have to wait and see.

and hi to any folks i haven't talked to in a while... howdy ho
 
#345 ·
I'm planning a trip to Mt Massif, and will be there for approximately 4 days. What are the other nearby mountains that are within an hours drive or so of Mt Massif? I want to have the option of exploring other ski resorts while I'm in Quebec.
Remember there are 2 Massif's in Quebec. "Le Massif de Charlevoix" is the better one, which I speak of, located on the north shore 45 min from Quebec City . "Massif du Sud" is smaller but still decent, located about 75 min SE of Quebec near Beauce.

Mont Ste Anne should be on your hit list, and it's on the way to Le Massif, only 30 minutes from Quebec. Other options i the region include Stoneham (good jibs), Le Relais (best park and has jumps), and for powder Valinouet near Chicoutimi (cheap tickets; best pow east of the Rockies)
Basically u want to hit up Le Massif for sure, probably MSA, and maybe another hill.
 
#350 ·
Remember there are 2 Massif's in Quebec. "Le Massif de Charlevoix" is the better one, which I speak of, located on the north shore 45 min from Quebec City . "Massif du Sud" is smaller but still decent, located about 75 min SE of Quebec near Beauce.

Mont Ste Anne should be on your hit list, and it's on the way to Le Massif, only 30 minutes from Quebec. Other options i the region include Stoneham (good jibs), Le Relais (best park and has jumps), and for powder Valinouet near Chicoutimi (cheap tickets; best pow east of the Rockies)
Basically u want to hit up Le Massif for sure, probably MSA, and maybe another hill.
I checked out both Le Massif and MSA booths at the show, and looking at their slopes, it seems like MSA has a much more varied terrain??

In your opinion, which mountain would be better for an intermediate to enjoy? Will most likely doing single blacks and lots of blues, and trying out glades as well (but pretty much zero experience in the woods)
 
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