Ski La Reserve, Quebec, 2002-12-28

Frankontour

Frankontour

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I went today at Ski La Reserve, near Tremblant, north of Montreal. This is for sure the most <BR>extreme mountain in Quebec. In fact, from the summit, there is 1 beginner / intermediate trail <BR>and one advanced trail... all the rest are double black diamonds and some of them could really <BR>get a third black diamond, with some pitchs over 60-70 degrees, with more cliffs that you can <BR>count. The lower part of the mountain is more intermediate, but there is some glades and a <BR>snowpark to enjoy the lower part of our runs. This is one of the best mountain to go, after a <BR>storm... but... well, here, we didn't have the chance of New England with the 25'' of snow in the <BR>last storm, and the mountain really needs to have a big snowfall soon, with all the people skiing <BR>during their holidays. <BR> <BR> To get more snow, they made some "cement" in the extreme trail under the main quad <BR>chairlift. Normally, this is one of the best trail of the mountain, but today, it wasn't really <BR>interesting. In general, the glades miss snow and have some grass and rocks in several places. <BR>Then, it's probably not the best time to try the mountain for the first time, but at least, almost all the terrain is open and I really got some fun, with all the challenge that the mountain offers. For example, for the extreme sensations, this is the Upper Pirouette, a "double" black diamond trail. <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/1786.jpg" ALT="whaddado now ??"> <BR> <BR>The second pic is the "Chute Libre" (Free fall), under the main quad chairlift. Unfortunately, the <BR>most skiable zone was just "cement snow", today, but the rocky left part of the pitch (not <BR>appearing) was enough interesting. <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/1787.jpg" ALT="Free Fall"> <BR> <BR> <BR>Well, after that day, the only thing I have to do now is pray for big snowfalls here !!!
 
Well, as there is lot of interesting pics of the ski area, I decided to add some little ones. I must first say that every pics show official trails of the ski area. <BR> <BR>1 : first pitch of "Chute Libre" <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/1804.jpg" ALT="Chute Libre 1st pitch"> <BR>2 : second pitch of "Chute Libre" <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/1805.jpg" ALT="Chute Libre 2nd pitch"> <BR>3 : first pitch of "Lavoie" (the best glade of the area !!) <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/1806.jpg" ALT="better not fall from there !!"> <BR>4 : Middle of Pirouette ! <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/1807.jpg" ALT="OUCH my skis ;) lol"> <BR>5 : First pitch of "Boisé" <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/1808.jpg" ALT="when powder, the upper cliffs are super fun !">
 
Oops, I must say pics 1,2 and 5 on the second message have been taken on december 13 and #3 & 4 have been taken on december 28.
 
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