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Kingsey Falls Nature Park Cap Saint-Jacques

Caprices of winter forcing, I just make two trips in quick succession at the nature park Cap Saint-Jacques. Conclusion: If I had arms on a foreign tourist wishing to discover the joys of skiing on the island of Montreal, is where I would send.

And I'll take care of sending a Saturday or Sunday. Because otherwise it would lack the two main attractions of the place: the sugar shack and Château Gohier, which are open only on weekends.

The park has eight miles of trails cross country skiing that can go around the park to stop at interesting places. We are not tired, because you can ski on flat terrain on trails very easy. But we still have the taste to stop because it's fun.

There is the sugar shack where they serve pancakes with maple syrup and ham. There's organic farm, where you can see some animals, make a sleigh ride pulled by a horse and wander in a kind of general store. And there's Château Gohier, a building stone in which to sip coffee in a large circular room dominated by a fireplace.

bad the snack menu is not up to this scene because otherwise the place would be really special. Next time I'll bring my lunch.

But back to skiing. As I already wrote, the most beautiful trails in the quality of parks is that they are leveled and they do very little snow to make them operational.

Maintenance is done with light equipment, but it is adequate. The park is very rugged, then climbs and descents are rare and very short. But as the tracks are wide and not too crooked, it can go fast and you never get bored too. Too bad they are - unnecessarily, in my opinion - one way because we have even more fun to walk in the park if it was not the case.

Of all nature parks, Cap St. Jacques is where we made the best skiing. Even if we can get there by bus, it feels very far from the city. The chalet park is large and contains a rental shop.

As seen on this first photo, my son Arthur made his official debut in cross country skiing at Cap St-Jacques at the age of three years and four months. We had fun on a good 100 meters. But just after we took this picture, he lost patience, has been dropped and we served a nasty bout of nerves. But he had to break the ice ...