Tremblant and the Laurentians, Canada

Tremblant and the Laurentians, Canada Overview

Slip away to the Laurentians and you'll have a hard time believing that you didn't somehow get Concorded over to Chamonix or some other legendary French ski resort. These mountains are laced with picturesque villages drenched in the authentic French ambiance that is part of Québecois heritage. This year-round playground is best-known for its downhill skiing, with a season that lasts from November until May and Tremblant is consistently rated by Ski Magazine as the #1 Ski Resort in Eastern North America! Here, visitors find 94 trails covering 500+ acres, a beginner's learning center, and a high speed gondola. Mont Tremblant, the highest peak, is the center of the sporting action and its enchanting pedestrian alpine village chock-a-block with boutiques, bistros, and bars counters with an equally entertaining après ski scene.

When the weather starts to warm up in spring and the sweet sap stirs the maple trees to life, a whole new world emerges from the melting snow banks. Nature blooms and beckons from the largest wilderness parks in North America, a habitat for countless wildlife species from the common loon to the endangered wolf. Thousands of lakes, lazy rivers, and whitewater cascades invite solitary anglers or adventurous families to play in their refreshing waters. The Laurentians and the lovely villages full of rolling farmlands and Victorian gingerbread residences known as Quebec's "Little Switzerland" are très magnifique!.

Reasons to visit Tremblant and the Laurentians, Canada

Ski Magazine consistently rates Tremblant as the #1 Ski Resort in Eastern North America. The Laurentians have year-round activities for everyone, whether you prefer sports, the arts, or quiet nature walks. Skiers of all levels have a go at 77 trails covering 502 acres on a 2,131-foot vertical. Snowboarders and Xtreme skiers have the Snow Park off the Flying Mile, featuring jumps, two half-pipes, and obstacles. Cross-country skiers have 56 miles of well-groomed trails and 125 miles of trails for short or long excursions with overnight stays in Mont-Tremblant Provincial Park. Also, there is ice-skating, horseback-riding, hiking, fishing, and much more! For après-ski entertainment there is the village of Tremblant, a pedestrian Quebecois enclave at the base of the mountain on Lake Tremblant, a pristine 9-mile lake.