Camp Fortune - January 17, 2022
by Paul Gordon
Welcome to the white room. Over 40cms dropped in the Ottawa/Gatineau area on Monday and Camp Fortune got a lot of it. The drive up was a white knuckle ride in…
Camp Fortune - December 29, 2021
by Paul Gordon
Night mission to Fortune! Night skiing started on Dec. 27th and Camp Fortune has managed to open up most of the trails on Skyline. Considering the lack of snowfall and the up/down temperatures,…
Mont Gleason - December 27, 2021
With the day off today, I managed to get away to Mont Gleason for the morning. I arrived at the mountain at 8:45 with the temperature of -9 degrees, and no wind. It…
Mont Orford - December 10, 2021
The start of my 2021-22 season began today at Mont Orford. I arrived at the mountain at 8:15 to a cloudy sky with some lingering flurries, and the temperature was…
Mount Pakenham - December 4, 2021 (Opening Day)
by Matteo C
Last week, Ski Mount Pakenham announced that they would be open on the weekend of the 4-5 of December. The cold nighttime temperatures allowed them to make enough snow to…
Mont Ste Marie - March 17, 2021
by Paul Gordon
Last season my last day of skiing was March 14th, the next day everything closed and went into lockdown. Well, it's March 17th, 2021, and spring skiing is in full effect. The…
Camp Fortune - February 24, 2021
by Paul Gordon
Wow, a sleeper powder day! What a way to end a workday. The snow started coming down heavy in Gatineau around noon and didn't stop. By the time I got to the…
Camp Fortune - February 5, 2021
by Paul Gordon
Have they cut down all the bush near the road? The view is a lot better. Friday morning at Camp Fortune was a great way to end the week. The…
Mont Orford - January 27, 2021
Well, my Day 2 of this extraordinary ski season is in the books. An outing to Mont Orford today was absolutely needed as it had been over a month since…
Sommet Saint-Sauveur - January 1, 2021
Finally, 2021 has arrived! After having spent NYE enjoying a three-course fondue and celebratory drinks, I spent most of the day relaxing at home with plans to catch the last…
Mont Orford - December 24, 2020
Well my 2020-21 ski season has begun....finally! The weather recently in the Townships has not been the best, and upcoming weather reports aren't any better. So off to Mont Orford…
Camp Fortune - December 20, 2020
by Paul Gordon
I rolled into Camp Fortune around 8:45am on a snowy Sunday. This was my first day of the season and probably my latest start in years. Warm weather in November,…
Sommet Saint-Sauveur - October 31, 2020 Opening!
Skison 2020 got its official start on Friday, October 30, 2020 with Sommet Saint-Sauveur's soft launch opening, and while I was not quick enough on the draw to participate, I…
Mont Tremblant - March 8, 2020
by Paul Gordon
Sunday and the last day of March Break in Quebec. The time change was painful but the mountain was perfect with all 102 trails open. Temperatures in the morning were…
Station Touristique Stoneham - March 3, 2020
Today while visiting my sister in Tewkesbury just north of Quebec City, I took some time to go to Stoneham to ski some laps for the morning. We had received…
Mont Gleason - March 1, 2020
It is the start of the March Break week in Quebec, and to kick it off a visit to Mont Gleason was in order. I had been in touch a…
Camp Fortune - February 27, 2020
by Paul Gordon
Well, we didn't quite get the snowmageddon that was hyped but the skiing at Camp Fortune was great regardless. 10cms of wet snow had fallen overnight and it would snow…
Vallée du Parc - February 17, 2020
With the forecast of a sunny day today, it was off to discover a new area, and that choice was Vallee du Parc in Shawinigan, just north of Trois Rivieres.…
Mont Ste Marie - January 26, 2020
by Paul Gordon
What a difference a couple of weeks and a couple of big snowfalls make. Mont Ste Marie was in peak "Winter Wonderland" mode on Sunday. Over 10cms had fallen overnight…
Mont Sutton - January 21, 2020
What a difference a couple of weeks make. The week before, warm and rainy, enough to make everything in town brown again, icy and sloppy in the mountains, then a…