All things considered, we have had a pretty decent ski season so far this winter. We have had some thaws and bouts of rain, but it has never been enough to wipe out the ski conditions entirely, at least not for more than a couple of days. Most days we have been able to ski and the trail conditions are often surprisingly good. Yesterday’s club outing was a case in point. The ten BTers who were at Parc des Campeurs in Ste Agathe had another very good day of skiing!
It turns out that on Friday night up north they had a good dump of snow. In Ste Agathe, they got 15 cm. So all the trails at Parc des Campeurs were open and in great shape. As we drove north on Sun morning, it began to snow as we left the city. When we arrived at the ski centre, we found that they had received another 
four cm of snow and it was still falling lightly. The temp was -8 C and there was no wind. They had groomed all the trails on Sat and they decided not to re-groom them on Sun. This was fine with us as it gave us a thin layer of fresh snow to ski on.
After getting our skis and gear ready, buying our ticket ($14, not bad!), we took the group photo and set out at 10 am. We broke up into a few groups according to speed. In my group, we skied on a good variety of the intermediate and difficult trails. We took Continue reading “Lots of Snow and Good Skiing at Parc des Campeurs”