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Since our ski season finally started this season with the snowstorm on Dec 29, there have only been a couple of wet days where we could not ski. The skiing has been fine, but most days have been gray and… Read more2016 01 24 Mont St Bruno : 24 Enjoyed an Excellent Day at Mont St Bruno
The weather conditions for this year’s ski clinic were the best we have had in years! It was a cool -15 C in the morning, but by the time we started the clinic at 1 pm it was -9… Read more27 BTers at the Morin Heights Ski Clinc
Wow, what a great weekend! It was our third year in a row holding the Mont Tremblant Weekend at the Hotel du Lac. And it’s only getting more popular — we had 52 people take part this year, a new… Read more2016 01 15-17 A Boffo Tremblant Weekend!
The forecast was for 1 or 2 C, with rain arriving mid-morning. But who knew how long it might be before we could ski again. So 11 skiers turned out at CSJ last Sat at 9 am. Most were on… Read moreJan 09– 11 Skiers Before the Rain at Cap St Jacques
After one of the warmest and greenest Decembers on record, we made a very abrupt and very complete transition to winter on Dec 29 when we got a dump of 39 cm of snow! After not being able to ski… Read moreBTNSC Holiday Skiing (& Eating) Round Up — Dec 30 to Jan 3
We have been walking so many Sundays that we are running out of new places to go. Going to Bois de Liesse was something of an afterthought. How interesting could that be? But it’s close by and who has a… Read moreSun Dec 20 — A Nice Walk in the Woods at Bois de Liesse
It was the second year in a row that we had our holiday party at Bitoque, the Portuguese BYOB on Notre-Dame, near Atwater. Last year we were upstairs in a space shared with other diners. But this year, we had… Read moreLast Sat — 56 Revellers at Christmas Party
We like to have a range of different Sunday hikes during the fall months while we wait for ski season to arrive. Some are long, some are hilly and some are both. And then sometimes we have a hike that… Read moreSun Nov 29 — Three Dozen at Île Bizard!
It was a splendid day for hiking at Prevost — sunny and 5 C. After a delay due to the late arrival of our hike leader (me!), 12 of us finally set out at 10:20 am. It’s sometimes difficult to… Read morePrevost Nov 8 — Where’s the trail?
The day before the Sun Nov 1 hike the weather forecast for Mont St-Hilaire was for rain and wind. Like many of you, I reflexively thought, “We can’t possibly hike in the rain!” But then I thought, well, why not?! … Read moreMont St-Hilaire — What? Walk in the Rain?!?