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SKIING/QUEBEC Rockies-Type Runs, Scenery Magnifique Mont Sainte-Anne has long downhill trails, plenty of snow and a top Nordic-tour terrain

Hal Higdon. Hal Higdon is a contributing writer

1990

Overview

From atop Mont Sainte-Anne, I could see Quebec City upriver. Some skiers stay in Quebec at the landmark Chateau Frontenac. We stayed this time at the Chateau Mont Sainte-Anne, next to the gondola and thus at the epicenter of all activities. It helps to know how to stop on the ski slopes, too. During our visit in late March, we found some of the slopes icy by week's end since no fresh snow had fallen and it was after a period of Canadian holidays when the resort sees extensive use. On an earlier trip in mid-February, I had skied on freshly fallen snow, as soft as the powder in the Alps or Rockies. The resort averages 148 inches of snow a year and, aided by a snow-making system that covers 85 percent of the slopes, boasts 169 days of skiing a year. You can ski downhill through May. PACKAGES Ski packages at the Hotel Val des Neiges near the resort, [phone], vary depending on the ski season. During the holiday period a two-night ski package is $255 per person double. Chalets that sleep up to six people at Chateau Mont Sainte-Anne are $600 for two nights; call [phone]. The daily rate at nearby Quebec City's Chateau Frontenac is about $l40 per person based on double occupancy; call [phone]. For hotel and bed and breakfast reservations contact Reservotel: [phone]. INFORMATION Additional information can be obtained from the Greater Quebec Area Tourism and Convention Bureau, 399 St. Joseph East, Quebec, Quebec GIK 8E2, Canada: [phone].

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