Mont Tremblant, Canada

Never believe the official Tremblant website. I have seen first hand the absolute nonsense the resort posts on its website with regard the weather and the number of open trails. If its warm they will knock off up to 10 degrees off the temperature (today they are saying -2 and the weather network say plus 2), if its raining they call it sleet!!! I checked out the internet this morning before heading off up the mountain, 13 trails open, when you get up there its more like 2, the others are on 'progressive opening' which means they intend to open them but lets wait and see!! Also the resort boast 95 trails, check out the trail map for yourselves, do you reckon changing the name of a trail half way down makes it 2? People seem to love this resort and come back year after year, so come and make up your own mind, but be warned bring loads of money, its expensive. Dont trust the info on the website. If you are an avid skiier probably best to give it a miss, after 2 days you will have skiid the lot and be bored senseless (there is no off piste). The staff in the restaurants are a surly bunch they wont think twice about chasing you down the street if they dont feel you tipped them enough. Avoid the start and end of the season the snow record is not great given the resorts low altitude. Avoid the American holidays the resort gets over run with drunk,stoned, puking, loud, unsupervised students, they will be quite likely in the room next door to you!! All in all not a glowing report, maybe i got out the wrong side of the bed this morning!

It's a weird weather year in N America, but low elevation ski areas are always a bit more of a gamble. From what I've heard MT is really only a destination resort for the NE USA and E Canada. I would guess they take their temperature readings at the top, which can make a huge difference. Sometimes just a few hundred feet will make the difference between snow and rain. Most ski areas in N America close because of a lack of attendance, rather than a lack of snow. Apparently normal people don't think to go skiing if there's no snow on the ground, even if their local ski area still has a great base. It's common for lifts to be shut down when the number of visitors is low. It the hazard of late season out of the real mountains.

And yes, it is very funny when small ski ares count their runs, even naming each side of a run as separate runs.

This is an unreasonably harsh rant about Mont Tremblant.

It is also a rant that Mont Tremblant does not deserve, unless you leave the name "Blank" and fill in with ANY Ski Resort, all of which could be subjectively be judged equally as harshly by anyone who admittedly got up "on the wrong side of the bed".

Any experienced Skier/Boarder knows that spring conditions are not only variable, but by their very definition, not winter, and the overwhelming consideration of the Mountain Operations Crew is YOUR SAFETY as well as enjoyment.

Trail names and Trail counts are components of a Geographically defined Alpine Ski Resort and they are specific, regardless of size or length so that the Ski Patrol and other Mountain users can identify exact locations for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, rescuing you when you fall and are injured. This is not unique to Tremblant, it applies to all Alpine Areas that operate lift devices.

Short connector trails are vitally important addresses within the Alpine terrain of any Ski Resort that allow pin-point accuracy in locating and attending at incidents where the health your life and limb may depend upon quick action.

If the Ski Patrol had to search the entire length of a 6.2 kilometer Trail without the accuracy of locational intersections to reach you on a timely basis, you could die.

Otherwise, those of us who have been using the Mountain as we have for almost 40 years, not only understand the exact references of the Trail names and counts, but we also appreciate them as they allow us to navigate the Mountain with complete confidence in the manner in which we precede from "A" to "B".

Evidently, you are inexperienced enough to not either know or take advantage of the precise knowledge that an accurate and complete Trail Inventory can provide.

Your personal, subjective comments about Skiing the lot in 2 days is indicative of an individual with a very short attention span and/or an inordinate sense of entitlement or self gratification. Not only does Tremblant have a unique, extensive and beautiful geography, but the weather and ambient conditions make each day as distinctly different as a fingerprint.

Any experienced Global Alpine Skier/Boarder also knows that you loose 6% of oxygen for every 1000 ft. above sea level you go. So, when you live near sea level and then travel to an Alpine Resort with a base at 7000ft, and slopes from there up, the first 3 to 4 days of your precious Holiday week are spent gasping for breath with 40-50% less oxygen than you are used to, until you get used to the altitude, just in time to go home. Not so at Tremblant, where you're good to go from the first minute.

As far as "expensive" goes, Skiing has never been a "cheap" recreation, anywhere. Tremblant has never lied to anyone about being an upscale destination, but we can tell you for a fact that there is a remarkably wide variety of options within the region that will allow almost any budget to be accommodated, including entry level family type vacation planning.

If you know how to use a computer well enough to register and use this site, a couple of hours of easy homework will provide you with a range of pricing that can be competitive with almost anywhere. You might not be right on the Mountain, but you'll be within a 15 minute drive.

You Carte' Blanche tell people to "Avoid" seasons beginning or end, however a statistical review of 10 or more years of weather records will prove you incorrect. Two years ago today we had over 630 CM of snow on the ground, for example. Do not hold Tremblant responsible for the hand of Mother Nature.

We can not answer to the infinite variables concerning the "People" issues you refer to, but if you have a problem, our experience shows that the area management cares deeply about your concerns and you should communicate with them about any negative experience.

All in all, your comments are not fair and do not reflect meaningful experience or understanding with the sport in general. You may well have legitimate concerns with "People" issues, but we'll bet that the people that know you could probably tell a few stories too.





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The world would be a very boring place if we all had the same opinions on things. Thanks for the technical information, most interesting but possibly a little ott for a recreational skiier.

You might not like what people post but it is their opinion, I think most skiers realise the element of risk when booking early or late ski holidays and will book
late according to snow conditions, we have a few people on this site who feel very protective about their special resorts but those resorts do not always appeal
to everybody, I do not have any plans to visit Mont Tremblant but rest assured I have not been put off. :wink:

I can attest to the weirdness of the weather in Eastern Canada this year as on the 27th March I was skiing in -18c yet a week later I was skiing in +24c. Crazy if you ask me!! :shock:

I'm surprised at some of your report Yvette as I assume you had looked at the piste maps and seen for yourself the number of runs and that there was no off piste areas before booking?

Just wondered also if you actually had anything good to say about the resort?

Tremblant360.

The comments were not Harsh on mont Tremblant, they were the opinion of a skier who went there and had an experience to share, that reflected their opinion. You could not accept somebody having a different opinion(in my own experience much more accurate than yours), and went for the cheap insult and disregarding that experience with a lot of technical talk (which does not mean your comments were right).
I would consider myself an intermidiate skier, who likes diverse kind of runs with all kind of difficulties.
I have skied the following resorts worldwide

Andorra (better than Tremblant, and miles cheaper with better service)

Val De Fassa (Italy) (better than Tremblant, cheaper and with better service)

Selva Val Gardena (Italy) (better than Tremblant, cheaper and far better service)

Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) (better than Tremblant, cheaper and far better service)

Paso Tonale (Italy), Cervinia-Pila- La Thuile-Courmayeur-Gressoney-Champoluc (all in Italy, and also better than Tremblant, cheaper, and with better service)

Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin (all in Colorado) better than Tremblant, cheaper and far far superior service)
You see the pattern here......
we don't all like the same.
But what i have to say is that having had problems with the students sirtuation that has been mentioned, i can first hand prove you wrong, as neither the hotel, nor the resort management cared enough to resolve the situation.
So all your technical knowledge and explanation and dismissive comments are not enough to justify a resort that truly does not care about its guests, does not offer value for money and does not provide good skiing for the variety i look for.
So no need to say i will not be back in Tremblant and wish you good luck on your 41st year running of skiing there.

Andorra is a big place.