It was bike riding weather on Friday, but that night the weather veered back towards winter one last time.  We had a nice blanket of damp snow on Sat morning.  I went for a solo ski at Cap St Jacques at 11:30 am.  The trails had not been groomed, but several other skiers had already passed and had established tracks.  There were not too many bare spots, but there were some puddles to skirt around.  It was fun to be out at CSJ one last time.
On Sun at Mont St Bruno, four of us could not resist the prospect of an April ski outing.  The fact that we were able to ski this late in the season on the South Shore, instead of having to travel up north to the Laurentians, made it all the more special.  I know there were many more of you who would have wanted to be there if you had not been preoccupied with Easter holiday activities!

The parking lot and waxing room were much quieter than usual when we arrived at 10 am.  Amazingly, all 27 km of the classic trails and all 8 km of the skate trails were open.  The trails were all rated as “passable”.  The coverage was thin, Continue reading →