Tremblant, QC, Postpones Opening Day Due to Unseasonably Warm Temperatures Tremblant in Quebec, Canada, has announced a slight delay to the start of its 2024-25 ski season. Originally slated to kick off on November 22, the resort has postponed opening day to November 28 due to unseasonably warm temperatures hampering snowmaking efforts. “Although everything indicated normal progression towards a season opening scheduled for November 22, temperatures over the past few […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 13, 2024 0 Comments
Main Chalet at Mont Edouard, QC, Burns Down in Devastating Fire A fire has left the main lodge at Mont Edouard, Quรฉbec in ruins. The fire broke out on the afternoon of ย Friday, May 31. According to the ski resort’s Facebook page, no one was injured. ย At the time the cause of the fire remains unknown, but the resort is working together with authorities to investigate the cause of […] Industry News Leander Walchshรถfer | June 4, 2024 0 Comments
3 Snowbikers Killed in Avalanche in Chic-Choc Mountains, QC Three snowbikers were caught, buried, and killed in an avalanche in the Chic-Choc Mountains of Quebec, on Tuesday, March 26. They were riding in a group of four in the Chic-Choc Mountains in the provinceโs Gaspรฉ Penninsula. Around 2 p.m. one of the riders decided to film the group and stopped away from the group. One of the group members […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | March 27, 2024 0 Comments
Bromont, QC, Report: Repeat Groomers on a Crisp Bluebird Day Report from Tuesday, February 20th At only a one-hour drive from Montreal, Bromont is one of the closest major ski areas to Quebec’s biggest city and offers the largest amount of night skiing terrain in North America. While it may not receive as much snowfall as some of the other Quebec resorts, it makes up for that with some of the […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | February 21, 2024 0 Comments
Mont Sutton, QC, Conditions Report: Triple Black Glades & Powder Report from Monday, February 20th If you haven’t heard of Sutton ski area in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, let me paint you a picture: this place is the glade capital of Quebec and serves up some of the best glade terrain in Eastern Canada. In fact, if you aren’t going to Sutton to ski glades, then I’m not really sure […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | February 20, 2024 1 Comment
Mont Orford, QC, Report: Glades & Groomers for the Win Report from Sunday, February 18th Today was a day I have been patiently waiting for for a long time. While I have visited and skied Mont Orford a handful of times, none have been great opportunities to fully gauge what this mountain can offer. Each time in the past I have visited Mont Orford has been during the Christmas holiday […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | February 19, 2024 0 Comments
Italyโs Federica Brignone Makes it 2 for 2 at the FIS World Cup Giant Slalom in Tremblant, QC On Sunday, December 3, 2023, Mont Tremblant, Quebec, hosted the second of two Giant Slalom events for the FIS World Cup circuit. Conditions were mixed on Sunday, with good visibility but some wind on run 1 and fog, and snowfall on run 2. Giant Slalom races consist of two runs, with the combined time counting. Only the top 30 skiers […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 3, 2023 0 Comments
Fatal Gondola Crash at Canadian Ski Resort Leaves 1 Dead and Another Critically Injured In a tragic incident at Mont-Tremblant, QC, resort on Sunday, one person lost their life, and another was critically injured after being thrown from a sightseeing gondola. Quebec provincial police reported that the accident occurred just before noon when a piece of construction equipment collided with the gondola, located approximately 65 miles (105km) northwest of Montreal. Related: Gondola Cabin Plummets […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 17, 2023 2 Comments