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 Gatineau and Ottawa area has gone into a bit of an up-down meltdown. The beginning of March looked promising with a decent snowpack. January and February had brought the goods after a slow start. Now it looks like we might not even make it to Easter. So get out and ski! I hit up Mont Ste Marie midweek. The conditions were a carver's delight. All the groomed trails were open and it was a bluebird day with temps rising to around 7C by the afternoon. The grooming team at Mont Ste Marie should be commended for keeping the trails in great shape. When you look down into the fields below it's brown grass and grazing deer. I was hoping the glades would still have some coverage so I ducked into one-off Carrousel. They were skiable but you're going to wreck your skis. The snow has m...
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Looks to have been a fantastic day Paul. The weather has been quite nice for skiing lately and great to see the slopes in excellen... Read More
Friday, 19 March 2021 09:19
Sounds like an amazing day and looks like there weren't a whole lot of people up there! Conditions should hold like this through t... Read More
Sunday, 21 March 2021 23:01