Mont Tremblant, Québec, Canada
March 17-22, 2024
US$850 per person, based on double occupancy
Trip Price includes:
NOT included - lift tickets
Sign-up & Deposit Payment:
Payment Schedule: Checks payable to TCSC; mail to: Pete Punzo or bring to club meeting. (mail checks to Pete @ 4818 Lepinske Farm Place, Clay, NY 13041)
Border Crossing:
You must have either a valid passport OR an enhanced driver's license to cross the USA-Canada border. Do not wait to apply for one of these government issued documents; it takes weeks (sometimes months) to get one!!
Parking:
Folks interested in self-driving will incur an extra parking expense of CAD$20 per day at the hotel. NOTE - there is no free parking in the Mont Tremblant area.
Questions? - feel free to contact our trip leaders:
Susanna Stumpe, wildrose411@gmail.com
Pete Punzo, ppunzo@gmail.com
More Info...
Join us for five nights in Mont Tremblant, Québec, located north of Montreal in French speaking province of Canada. Enjoy four to four-and-half days of skiing in Canada's Laurentian Mountains (les Laurentides en français) where your US dollar goes further!
Mont Tremblant ski resort, with 754 skiable acres and 102 runs is the tallest peak in the Laurentians at 2,871 feet. Mont Tremblant Ski Resort has consistently been ranked the #1 ski resort in Eastern North America; and is an IKON ski resort.
The name of the mountain, Mont Tremblant, was derived from the Algonquin indigenous people, who called it the "trembling mountain."
https://www.tremblant.ca/discover
There are many non-skiing activities, such as ice skating, dog-sledding, fat biking, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, walking the pedestrian village and more!
https://theplanetd.com/things-to-do-in-mont-tremblant/
We will be staying at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites (160 Chem. du Curé Deslauriers), which is a short walk from the Cabriolet Lift. Our hotel is located at the heart of the Mont Tremblant picturesque ski village. This pedestrian village (MAP) is renowned for its European charm. We will have breathtaking views of the Laurentians, with easy access to 40 restaurants, bars, cafés and over 30 boutiques for shopping, and a casino!
* ITINERARY *
Sunday, 17 March
8:00 am - arrive at Shafer Bus, 500 North St, Endicott, NY **bring your own food and beverage on the bus 9:00 am - bus departs Shafer for Canada 10:00 am - Cortland, pick-up additional passengers Holiday Inn Express Cortland - Exit 11 off Rt 81 4 1/2 Locust Ave, Cortland, NY 12:30 pm - lunch break on your own (30 min), Mallorytown South, ON 4:30~5:30 pm - approximate arrival Holiday Inn, Mont Tremblant Dinner on your own.
8:00 am - arrive at Shafer Bus, 500 North St, Endicott, NY
**bring your own food and beverage on the bus
9:00 am - bus departs Shafer for Canada
10:00 am - Cortland, pick-up additional passengers
Holiday Inn Express Cortland - Exit 11 off Rt 81
4 1/2 Locust Ave, Cortland, NY
12:30 pm - lunch break on your own (30 min), Mallorytown South, ON
4:30~5:30 pm - approximate arrival Holiday Inn, Mont Tremblant
Dinner on your own.
Monday, 18 March
6:30-10:30 am - continental breakfast included 9:00 am - ski, ski, ski lunch and dinner on your own
6:30-10:30 am - continental breakfast included
9:00 am - ski, ski, ski
lunch and dinner on your own
Tuesday, 19 March
6:30-10:30 am - continental breakfast included 9:00 am - ski, ski, ski, ...ice-skate lunch on your own 6:00 pm - group dinner (restaurant: TBD)
9:00 am - ski, ski, ski, ...ice-skate
lunch on your own
6:00 pm - group dinner (restaurant: TBD)
Wednesday, 20 March
6:30-10:30 am - continental breakfast included 9:00 am - ski, ski, ski, ...shop lunch and dinner on your own
9:00 am - ski, ski, ski, ...shop
Thursday, 21 March
6:30-10:30 am - continental breakfast included 9:00 am - ski, shop, ski, shop 4:30 pm - après ski soirée (location: TBD) lunch and dinner on your own
9:00 am - ski, shop, ski, shop
4:30 pm - après ski soirée (location: TBD)
Friday, 22 March
6:30-10:30 am - continental breakfast 10-11:00 am - check-out of hotel; load bus ** bring your own food and beverage on the bus 12:00 pm - depart for USA 5:00 pm - dinner on your own (Cracker Barrel, Watertown, NY) 7:30 pm - drop-off Cortland passengers 8:30~9:00 pm - approximate arrival at Shafer Bus
6:30-10:30 am - continental breakfast
10-11:00 am - check-out of hotel; load bus
** bring your own food and beverage on the bus
12:00 pm - depart for USA
5:00 pm - dinner on your own (Cracker Barrel, Watertown, NY)
7:30 pm - drop-off Cortland passengers
8:30~9:00 pm - approximate arrival at Shafer Bus
*Itinerary is subject to changes; check back for updates.
Mont Tremblant Trip Policy
Purchasing of insurance is recommended, but not mandatory. You can use this website to make 'shopping' for insurance much easier, https://www.travelinsurance.com/
Purchasing of insurance is recommended, but not mandatory. You can use this website to make 'shopping' for insurance much easier,
https://www.travelinsurance.com/
Currency: Canadian Dollars
Exchange rate calculator - CLICK HEREThere are ATMs (GABs?) in the pedestrian village.
Language: French (then English)
Signs and Menus will appear in French, then English. Learn some basic French words... click on this article. You can purchase (optional) a French phrase book - CLICK HERE.
Signs and Menus will appear in French, then English.
Learn some basic French words... click on this article. You can purchase (optional) a French phrase book - CLICK HERE.
Electricity:
Electric current and outlets are identical to the USA - 120V.
Bus, (free) Resort Shuttle Services - click here for info
MAPS:
Distance to Chairlift:
A one-minute walk (downhill) from our hotel to the Le Cabriolet gondola (100 meters). Video of the detachable gondola in Mont Tremblant.
Non-skiing Activities:
X-country skiing - is available within walking distance from our hotel to Parking Lot #2; there are 11 kms of trails. Other trails are accessible via taxi.
On-Mountain Amenities:
Hotel - Holiday Inn Express
Room amenities: coffee maker, mini-fridge, microwave, blow dryer. Hotel amenities: ski locker, ice machine, outdoor hot tub, indoor sauna, indoor fitness center (open daily: 5:30 am to 11 pm). Continental Breakfast Buffet, daily 6:30 to 10:30 am.
Village Amenities:
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