February 26, 2010Hiking on Mount Onontio

When I wrote this, it was the first day of winter. It’s odd really, I always have the impression that our seasons are conflicting. Winter starts when the days are the shortest, but from then on, each day gets longer and longer until June 21. But even if there’s going to be more sun, we still have to survive the intensity of winter!

No matter how we define this season, in order to survive it, you've got to savour it. At the beginning of winter, Magalie and I took advantage of the change in season and treated ourselves to a little hike, the snow not yet deep enough to need snowshoes.

The view is always better with a moustache

In Tremblant, after visiting our friends from Altitude, we went to Domaine St. Bernard, an ecotourism community park. From there, we decided to climb up Mount Onontio. The hike was only 4 km long and not very technical, but it was truly lovely. A magnificent day, the sky was free of clouds and sparkling blue. It must have been

– 6 C: the ideal temperature for outdoor activities. Warmer than – 5 C and the snow melts and everything’s wet. Colder than – 10 and it’s too cold to be really comfortable. It doesn’t prevent you from doing activities, but it’s not ideal.

There were these super cute birds following us. People obviously feed them too much, but that didn’t change how nice it was to have them around.

A little too close and almost too cute!

At the top, we stopped to eat a little meal of ramen soup and granola bars. I love ramen soup so I was very happy to eat some in the forest with a beautiful view of Lake Tremblant.

Ramen soup……mmmm…mmmm

Things were a little complicated going down….in a good way. The path became very steep and there were even sections where we had to hold onto ropes in order to get down.

Savouring the view

All in all a most enjoyable day!

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