Frankontour
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Sunday, I went back in Lanaudiere to try Mont Garceau. It was really different of saturday at La Reserve, as Garceau is a family resort and la Reserve is an extreme ski resort. Big contrast, when you think the 2 resorts are just separated by 5 miles. There was more skiers at Garceau and the conditions were more icy, in general. At the end of the day, most of the groomed trails were icy and there was a trail, open, according to the website, that was closed in reality (I really hate that). At least, the lower part of the main glade of the resort was open, even if it was closed on the website.... this last one was interesting and really less icy than the groomed trails. (photo) I took few times a very long and enough difficult off-trail, but there was thin cover, rocks and lot of grass, then it wasn't super interesting. <BR> <BR>Today, I went to Mont Shefford, in the Townships. This is like a little Mad River Glen. In fact, for the 1000' of vertical drop, there is just 3 t-bars. The trails are narrow and generally full of powder. There is nice glades and really interesting spots out of the trails. Unfortunately, the resort, that just reopened on dec 26, after have been closed last year, seriously miss snow, on the lower part of the mountain. Almost all the terrain was open, but with a real thin cover and many rocks, on the lower mountain. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed my day, as the upper mountain had nice snow, with even a 8'' of powder, in the almost untracked glades. (photo) I even tried some crazy lines, in a huge space between 2 trails. There I found a natural gladed bowl that just needs a little day with a chain saw to become a wonderful glade and farther, there was a big wall of about 50 degrees with almost no cliffs. It was incredible to ski that gem ! <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/1797.jpg" ALT="Garceau - Sous-bois"> <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/1798.jpg" ALT="Shefford - Nice glade">
