List of former ski areas of Quebec

The Canadian province of Quebec has many ski areas no longer in operation. These include alpine skiing resorts and cross-country skiing stations. Some of these are quite famous or historic.

List of alpine ski areas

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Eastern Townships

Ski Shefford

Ski Shefford (45°57′17″N 74°08′39″W / 45.954672°N 74.144244°W / 45.954672; -74.144244) was a ski hill on what was originally Quebec Highway 1, now Route 112, located on Mont Shefford, close to Ski Bromont. Ski Mont Shefford closed in 2006.[1]

Laurentians

Les Pentes 40-80

Les Pentes 40-80 (previously Côtes 40-80, 45°57′18″N 74°08′45″W / 45.9549041°N 74.1457133°W / 45.9549041; -74.1457133) was a municipal ski hill in Sainte-Adèle.[2] It catered to novice skiers.[3] The ski station was one of the first alpine ski station in the country, and was very popular in the 1950s.[2] The ski station was deeded to the municipality by Charles Bronfman, with a clause saying that it needed to stay a ski slope.[2] With the closure of the station, demolition of the base chateau and removal of the ski lifts, the area remains a public park with accessible ski runs but no lifts or services.[2]

At the end of the station operating history, it was composed of a base chateau, four ski lifts, three T-bars and a magic carpet, five pistes, two green (runs 40, 60), a blue (run 80), a black diamond (run 100), and a glade double black diamond (run 120 or "Bois joli").[4][5] It had a 100 m (330 ft) vertical and the longest run was 600 m (2,000 ft).[6] At one time, it was the cheapest lift ticket in the Laurentians.[7]

Le Chantecler

Le Chantecler (45°56′43″N 74°08′32″W / 45.9451467°N 74.1423288°W / 45.9451467; -74.1423288) was an alpine ski hill on the south side of Mont Chantecler in Sainte-Adèle, on the north side is the still open Ski Chantecler. The resort hotel portion of the ski station is still open, as are the tubing, cross-country trails, and horse-drawn sleigh routes.

Gray Rocks

Gray Rocks (46°09′30″N 74°35′20″W / 46.158333°N 74.588889°W / 46.158333; -74.588889)

Greater Montreal area

Alpine skiing on a former piste on Mount Royal, circa 1904

Slopes of Mount Royal

Mount Royal Park

Mount Royal Park, the grand central city park and hill of Montreal once hosted alpine skiing runs next to Beaver Lake (45°30′00″N 73°35′40″W / 45.499945°N 73.594517°W / 45.499945; -73.594517) and ski jumps. The ski runs last operated in the 1990s. It now only hosts cross-country skiing, and sliding. Cross country skiing started in the late 1870s.[8][9]

Universite de Montreal

UdeM, the university on Mount Royal, once hosted two runs, a ski jump and a T-bar, at the top of Vincent d'Indy (45°30′29″N 73°36′30″W / 45.508090°N 73.608196°W / 45.508090; -73.608196), that operated from 1944 to 1979.[10][11]

Francesca Cabrini Park

Rosemount's Francesca Cabrini Park's slope (45°34′54″N 73°33′45″W / 45.581593°N 73.562425°W / 45.581593; -73.562425) once hosted ski runs complete with a ski lift.[9]

Ignace-Bourget Park

Verdun's Ignace-Bourget Park (45°27′17″N 73°36′20″W / 45.454718°N 73.605608°W / 45.454718; -73.605608) once hosted a T-bar to allow for skiing.[9]

Des Hirondelles Park

Ahuntsic's Des Hirondelles Park (45°34′34″N 73°38′37″W / 45.576049°N 73.643502°W / 45.576049; -73.643502) once hosted a ski lift.[9]

List of cross-country ski areas

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References

  1. ↑ "Mont Shefford". SkiMap.org.
  2. 1 2 3 4 (in French) André Bérard. "Fermeture de pentes 40-80:une pente impossible à remonter". Accès Laurentides.
  3. ↑ Quebec. Ulysses. Hunter Publishing. 2006. p. 249. ISBN 9782894647110. ISSN 1486-3502.
  4. ↑ "Les Cotes 40/80 Ski Trail Map" (published 2008). 13 March 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Montreal & Quebec City. Frommer's (2006 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. 20 March 2006. p. 183. ISBN 9780471787709.
  6. ↑ "The Laurentians: At A Glance". Skiing. Vol. 39 no. 2. October 1986. p. 14. ISSN 0037-6264.
  7. ↑ Association Touristique des Laurentides (January 1988). "The Laurentians". Skiing. Vol. 40 no. 5. p. 152. ISSN 0037-6264.
  8. ↑ Jesse Feith (22 December 2016). "Montreal non-profit looking to reintroduce downhill skiing to Mount Royal". The Gazette (Montreal).
  9. 1 2 3 4 (in French) Michel Blanchard (30 November 1991). "Un hiver pour branchés". Sports d'Hiver. La Presse (Montreal).
  10. ↑ (in French) "Dévaler le mont Royal à ski". C'est pas trop tôt!. 16 January 2014. Première Chaine.
  11. ↑ Mark London (24 May 1986). "Mount Royal threatened by nibblers at its edges". The Gazette (Montreal). p. J-8.

See also


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