Former ski areas of Quebec

The Canadian province of Quebec has many ski areas no longer in operation. These include alpine skiing resorts and cross-country skiing stations. Some of these are quite famous or historic.

List of ski areas

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Eastern Townships

Mont Shefford

Mont Shefford was a ski hill on what was originally Quebec Highway 1, now Route 112, close to Ski Bromont.

Laurentians

Les Pentes 40-80

Les Pentes 40-80 (previously Côtes 40-80, 45°57′18″N 74°08′45″W / 45.9549041°N 74.1457133°W / 45.9549041; -74.1457133) was a municipal ski hill in Sainte-Adèle.[1] It catered to novice skiers.[2] The ski station was one of the first alpine ski station in the country, and was very popular in the 1950s.[1] The ski station was deeded to the municipality by Charles Bronfman, with a clause saying that it needed to stay a ski slope.[1] With the closure of the station, demolition of the base chateau and removal of the ski lifts, the area remains a public park with accessible ski runs but no lifts or services.[1]

At the end of the station operating history, it was composed of a base chateau, four ski lifts, three T-bars and a magic carpet, five pistes, two green (runs 40, 60), a blue (run 80), a black diamond (run 100), and a glade double black diamond (run 120 or "Bois joli").[3][4] It had a 100 m (330 ft) vertical and the longest run was 600 m (2,000 ft).[5] At one time, it was the cheapest lift ticket in the Laurentians.[6]

Le Chantecler

Le Chantecler (45°56′43″N 74°08′32″W / 45.9451467°N 74.1423288°W / 45.9451467; -74.1423288) was an alpine ski hill on the south side of Mont Chantecler in Sainte-Adèle, on the north side is the still open Ski Chantecler. The resort hotel portion of the ski station is still open, as are the tubing, cross-country trails, and horse-drawn sleigh routes.

Gray Rocks

Main article: Gray Rocks

Gray Rocks

Greater Montreal area

Mount Royal

Mount Royal Park, the grand central city park and hill of Montreal once hosted alpine skiing runs and ski jumps; it now only hosts cross-country skiing, and sliding.

Universite de Montreal

UdeM, the university on Mount Royal, once hosted two runs, a ski jump and a T-bar.

Ignace-Bourget

Verdun's Ignace-Bourget Park once hosted a T-bar to allow for skiing.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 (French) André Bérard. "Fermeture de pentes 40-80:une pente impossible à remonter". Accès Laurentides.
  2. ↑ Quebec. Ulysses (Hunter Publishing). 2006. p. 249. ISBN 9782894647110. ISSN 1486-3502.
  3. ↑ "Les Cotes 40/80 Ski Trail Map" (published 2008). 13 March 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Montreal & Quebec City. Frommer's (2006 ed.) (John Wiley & Sons). 20 March 2006. p. 183. ISBN 9780471787709.
  5. ↑ "The Laurentians: At A Glance". Skiing. Vol. 39 no. 2. October 1986. p. 14. ISSN 0037-6264.
  6. ↑ Association Touristique des Laurentides (January 1988). "The Laurentians". Skiing. Vol. 40 no. 5. p. 152. ISSN 0037-6264.

See also

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