Consider staying at the Frontenac (sp?) c’est formidable. You’ll have a blast. So will the kids
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Consider staying at the Frontenac (sp?) c’est formidable. You’ll have a blast. So will the kids
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I had to look up the Carnaval dates and learned this is the 69th year they've done it.
Le ski aujourd'hui était des plus agréables
Attrapez-le avant que le vent du sud n'arrive
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Ya got black out drunk the night before down in Waitsfield with some Quebecois and woke up north of the border???Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
There is a brunch at the Frontenac, maybe only Sunday, which I highly recommendQuote:
Originally Posted by charlesj
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I ate at a place called Voodoo just outside the old city that I really liked at the time...but that was 20 years and 2 wives ago, so who the fuck knows now :tongue:Quote:
Originally Posted by skinipenem
We toured it and found the common areas are pretty great (a little stuffy though) but the rooms were dated. We’ve had that experience staying at Trapps and the Mt Wash hotel too. The Frontenac seems like the kind of hotel that folks with money stay at because it’s the “fanciest” hotel in town. Tromping through in sweaty ski clothes is likely to get you some sideways looks.Quote:
Originally Posted by charlesj
There are lots of boutique and pocket hotels in the Old City that are incredibly affordable and comfortable for a family of skiers to stay at.
edit - I just checked the Front. website and it appears that the rooms shown are more updated than when we were last there. That being said, they are 2x+ more expensive than where we have stayed in the past.
Just remembered - if you are going with kids I think there are a couple (more than) decent places to ice skate in QC. If you own some you might as well throw them in the car. Didn't have shit like this in NYC:
Patinoire Place d'Youville
Parc de la Pointe-aux-Lièvres
Took a little chance, hitting Little Big Mac. They aren't super rigorous about reporting snowfall, and they only had three trails listed open.
Watched the radar over the weekend and thought they might have something new. Very few ropes anywhere (maybe 70% "open"), it was a great day on low angle pow.
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Early Adk start
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Great day.
https://nyskiblog.com/mccauley-to-the-rescue/
Looks sweet, Harv! McCauley is going on the list. Someday.
good call Harv. the place is definitely on my radar...Quote:
Originally Posted by Harvey44
hope to bump into you at platts one of these weekends
3-4” in montreal but currently changing over. tomorrow should be fun for powder skiing up north and the weekend looks good for day drinking.
^^ nice stretch up your way, even if end is near.
we'll be approaching 50s with rain.
a window for composting...woot!
^Harv bringing the stoke....
Was trying to decide if this pic should go in the skintrack stoke thread but I don't think those western folks would get EC humor.
Took a group of 6 up the off-trail uphill route at Magic today including 2 that had never skinned. They did great (they're young so that helps!). They picked a pretty technical day to pop those cherries.
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Sadly, the ski down wasn't much better....
At least it was interesting. Some adventure skinning there
Anyone ski Massif du Sud?
Tyx all for the great beta on carnaval!
Trip report to come.
Look for a segment in Charles skis America of he makes it ;).
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Could be a good weekend to make some soup...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEh8coBlYQ
Magic was solid good skiing, though you needed to be alert, ironically more on the flats than steeps. Sorcerer was ROTD - some years it never gets as good as today. Talisman great, Witch very good, Blackline technical (and outright dangerous if you didn’t know the trail). East side good too. Pic is sorcerer. Attachment 440359
low angle tree pow in Val David was primo today [emoji1362] Got up to 5C in the sun (41F)
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Everything slatham said is true. Can't believe we didn't cross paths. With the sunshine, today may have topped last Thursday...Quote:
Originally Posted by slatham
wut can I say? skiing is fun. :ski:
nice! yes today was the day. was stuck at work, viewing webcams hurt. glad to hear it was good though.Quote:
Originally Posted by slatham
Man_o_man that looks dreamy.Quote:
Originally Posted by slatham
Next to last day of spring skiing 2022
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Bottlewoman gives good Christmas gifts. And not that way you pervs!
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Particularly so when you are lucky enough to be riding with The Best Skier On The Mountain!Quote:
Originally Posted by akokskis
Is this second or third Spring? Nice soft turns at Saddleback today and the trees are in for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
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Many Springs have been Sprung unto us in Two/Two, lost count.Quote:
Originally Posted by singlecross
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Road rash alert day if you're skiing in a t-shirt.
Might be a good day to pack it in early and head to the store for soup ingredients.
Decided to torture myself by revisiting a video of The Bottlewoman skiing the bus route from a few years back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpkQrWBqvsM
Hint: it's not going to look like that out there today:(
Not even a littleQuote:
Originally Posted by Bottleman
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meh, arm flail...
It will look like that somewhere today. Somewhere a few thousand miles away.
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^ Yep. Check out the Jackson thread and look for UpAllNight's posts...
Bottlewoman sez “duly noted.”Quote:
Originally Posted by m2711c
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Looked good to me.
really?!Quote:
Originally Posted by m2711c
looked like some very solid skiing to me, but then again, i'm pretty meh mehself.
well, the compost bed finally loosened to full depth. can't say that most winters.
happy new year all and may we soon see more of that stuff we could *almost* take for granted as normal two weekends back!
The Bottlewoman knows how to turn em better than most;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Harvey44
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clearly a ski off is in order.
I call right lane.
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loser pays for the soup…