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William Blackmore
May 15, 2025, 5:30:21 AMMay 15
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Im posting this a week after the fact. I had a 5 day window to go up to the Chic Chic Mountains in Quebec, May 5 thru the 9th. My wife was visiting family. So I rented a car and took the dog along. I drove 9 hours Monday and stayed in Riviere du Loup. It was 4 hours the next morning to get to Gaspesie National Park, where the highest mountains and deepest snow is. One had to go to about 2000 feet elevation to find consistent snow cover that was enjoyable to ski. I found great skiing on Mont Ernest LaForce, which is also the most accessible backcountry skiing zone it seems. Wide open snowfields and sparse trees a little more than a mile from the car. Probably a 4 foot base or more. The snow still covered everything. It was 48 degrees and raining off and on, but the turns were nice and soft. The last day, I tried something a little more challenging. I saw some open trees on Mont Joseph Fortin and started up a hiking trail there. Almost 2 miles in, there was abridge that was impossible to cross with a raging stream swollen with snowmelt. There was no way around. I had to go off trail, uphill and parallel to the stream. But soon the trees started opening up. It really got wide open up around 2400 foot elevation and the glade was quite extensive. Fairly low angle, maybe some intermediate cruiser stuff, but to my liking. Turns were still soft. I will try to put some videos in a comment ill make from my phone. Thats the only way I can think of doing it. I had an off grid cabin rented for 2 nights in Riviere a Claude, near the coast. This area is spectacular withe mountains coming right down to the sea with waterfalls coming off the cliffs. Well worth the long drive and I think can say I have closure to this ski season.
Cant complain. Got to the Hoosac range a lot in March. Also got to West Virginia when they were getting hammered. Powder day April 17 on Mont megantic just over the Quebec and New Hampshire border.
William Blackmore
May 15, 2025, 5:39:37 AMMay 15
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On Thu, May 15, 2025, 5:30 AM William Blackmore <blackmor...@gmail.com> wrote:
Im posting this a week after the fact. I had a 5 day window to go up to the Chic Chic Mountains in Quebec, May 5 thru the 9th. My wife was visiting family. So I rented a car and took the dog along. I drove 9 hours Monday and stayed in Riviere du Loup. It was 4 hours the next morning to get to Gaspesie National Park, where the highest mountains and deepest snow is. One had to go to about 2000 feet elevation to find consistent snow cover that was enjoyable to ski. I found great skiing on Mont Ernest LaForce, which is also the most accessible backcountry skiing zone it seems. Wide open snowfields and sparse trees a little more than a mile from the car. Probably a 4 foot base or more. The snow still covered everything. It was 48 degrees and raining off and on, but the turns were nice and soft. The last day, I tried something a little more challenging. I saw some open trees on Mont Joseph Fortin and started up a hiking trail there. Almost 2 miles in, there was abridge that was impossible to cross with a raging stream swollen with snowmelt. There was no way around. I had to go off trail, uphill and parallel to the stream. But soon the trees started opening up. It really got wide open up around 2400 foot elevation and the glade was quite extensive. Fairly low angle, maybe some intermediate cruiser stuff, but to my liking. Turns were still soft. I will try to put some videos in a comment ill make from my phone. Thats the only way I can think of doing it. I had an off grid cabin rented for 2 nights in Riviere a Claude, near the coast. This area is spectacular withe mountains coming right down to the sea with waterfalls coming off the cliffs. Well worth the long drive and I think can say I have closure to this ski season.Cant complain. Got to the Hoosac range a lot in March. Also got to West Virginia when they were getting hammered. Powder day April 17 on Mont megantic just over the Quebec and New Hampshire border.
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Joe Jewett
May 15, 2025, 8:11:39 AMMay 15
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Love the pic of the headline. I’ve been there 4x. Best skiing was Mt. Lyall.
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William Blackmore
May 16, 2025, 5:38:04 AMMay 16
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