Stouffers In Solonohio

Center cross-country ski trails in the Esterel

Because I like discovering new places to ski, ski resorts where I will at least once a winter count on the fingers of one hand. There are trails Île Perrot, because it is my home. There Rigaud Mountain, which is not far and I really like. There is the Mountain Cut where we always do our best to provide good skiing conditions. Far Hills ago, my favorite place in the Laurentians. And there is the ski resort of L'Esterel background where I went today for the third time in three winters.

There is a reason for this: since it was taken over by the team out of bounds and they are maintained as the world, The Esterel trails have become a great destination for those days when conditions are precarious.

is a maintenance issue, but also configuration. Since they all have a corridor to the skate, those tracks are relatively large - then we have room for maneuvering on descents. And besides, the terrain in that corner of the Laurentians is rather modest. There are hills, of course, may nothing really serious.

Result: I had a nice ride today with a day where I would not want to face the narrow paths Morin-Heights park where the Val-David Val-Morin was closed due to harsh conditions.

There are some novelties in L'Esterel this winter. The trailer that serves as a chalet host is no longer in the middle of the network but at the entrance. The alignment of two tracks very difficult ordered has been changed. And now there is a small relay in the forest.

center skiing L'Esterel is not perfect. It lacks a cottage home worthy of its name and a few kilometers of tracks because even a second-class skier like me feels a bit cramped. And side landscape and spectacular views, not Peru. But I'm still happy because it is very well received and because I like this corner of the Laurentians today a little apart and yet very rich in history.

Going to L'Esterel, we pass the location of the Chalet Cochand, one of the first ski resort in the Laurentians. We still see the pistes cut into the hill behind the Lake Lucerne. We skied at this location since 1915.

At Sainte-Marguerite, you can admire the modern buildings drug the Belgian Baron Louis Empain had built when he founded the field of Esterel in the 30s. Even now, the "mall" that now houses the town hall of Sainte-Marguerite and the Hotel de la Pointe Blue, which was converted into the shelter were like two UFOs in the future Laurentian landed in the forest. So imagine the time ...