It’s always tough to decide where the club should go skiing when the conditions are poor on the island and the reports from the off-island ski centres are decidedly mixed.  But when I saw that the trails at Gai Luron… Read moreSurprisingly Great Conditions at Gai Luron (Again!)

Brr, whichever way you look at it -17C is cold, but not if you are laying a nice warm bed with just your nose exposed. Yes -17C is cold, who on earth would want to go skiing. Then you notice… Read morePesky Peer Pressure : Gai Luron

Looks like New year was a good time for skiing and snow shoeing. The local ski areas where in good condition with Bois de Liesse attracting a good turn out on New Year’s Eve. New Year’s day , it had… Read moreA new year start

Report by Jan W We had 21.5 two-legged hikers (Ken hiked only the middle half of the trail with us…) and two happy 4-legged canine hikers covering the 13.5km trail Le Haut-Lieu, starting near the Sucrerie de la Montagne, south… Read moreMont Rigaud – L’escapade Hike – December 4, 2016

Talk about getting the outing off to a good start.  Unbeknownst to us, Mont St Bruno was having an Open House / Portes Ouvertes for this one day.  It was designed to get people looking forward to the upcoming ski… Read more2016 11 27 Mont St Bruno — 20 BTers had a Splendid Hike

A fine day if still a little windy, but isn’t it always windy at St Hilaire. Arriving just before 10 we found the parking lot crowded just like at Val David. I am getting suspicious that someone is using the… Read moreScattered in the wind — Mont Ste Hilaire Nov 13

Wonderful, an extra hour in bed, what to do, I know lay awake staring at the clock waiting for the time to get up. Then it was, is it cold, is it raining, what to wear for our Val David… Read moreSlipping and a sliding Val David Nov 6

Great at last a walk that should be fun, a walk on a Greek Island no less, could be Kefalonia or even, yes even Rhodes. Maybe meet some relatives. Odd though the journey to the Island only took 30 mins… Read moreIt all Greek to me.

Let’s run through the reasons why people might have skipped the hike at Mont St Bruno on Sunday morning. Rain — It was supposed to rain.  But the forecast was revised overnight and the system left the area before 8… Read more2016 10 23 Mont St Bruno —  Guess What? A Great Morning for a Hike!