Again, I know I am wicked behind. I lose. It's been a crazy week+ but, while I haven't been blogging, I have still been doing 1 new thing a day. I hope to catch up with everything in the next few days so have patience!
Pretty much everything I did day 14 was a first! But, in the interest of keeping this short and sweet, I am focusing on XC Skiing at Mont Sainte-Anne.
Mont Saint-Anne is a ginormous mountain/ski resort just north of Quebec City that opened for skiing in 1966. It offers 66 trails and night skiing with the highest elevation in Canada. The resort also offeres roughly 150 km of cross-country ski trails, snowshoeing, dog sledding, and an indoor/outdoor spa!
Bobby and I did just under 9 miles worth of xc trails over the course of about 2.5 hours and we only had 1 wipeout! And yes, it was me. And yes, it was while I was going up hill. Lets be honest though, not a single one of you are surprised right?
If you need to take a break, there are cabins that you can stop at every 2-3 miles that are heated and have benches that you can pull out into beds (bring your own sleeping bag!). We stopped at one and, while there was not much going on inside it, it was wonderful to be able to sit down and thaw out next to the heater.
It is the off season up here (for some reason, tourists don't really seem to be attracted to 15 degree weather during their vacations) and it was during a weekday, but, that being said, there was a surprising lack of people. Which was awesome!! We had miles and miles of trails all to ourselves and, for anyone not familiar with the sport, you really work up quite a sweat so a 15 degree temp. is actually pretty preferable.
The trails were well groomed and wide and the views were spectacular. Totally considering going again tomorrow but I suspect we go to somewhere in town because, yes, you can totally xc ski IN the city of quebec. Thus making this city the Best. City. Ever.
Until Tomorrow,
Cat!
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