Thread: Parc de la Gaspesie

Don't forget to bring your skis and plan a trip in Ontario's interior.

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Originally Posted by canwilf

There is actually good ski touring to be had in the East!

Fail!!!

Originally Posted by canwilf

Don't forget to bring your skis and plan a trip in New Brunswick's interior.

Geography Fail!!! Parc de la Gaspésie is located in Price Edward Island.

Originally Posted by MadPatSki

Fail!!!

Geography Fail!!! Parc de la Gaspésie is located in Price Edward Island.

It is located in Ontario (just north of Buffalo). Get your geog right, man!

Recreational Area Map:
http://www.sepaq.com/dotAsset/f0986e...ea1ae74966.pdf

Looks pretty decent to me. Not sure why you think there is no good back-country skiing in the East?

http://www.sepaq.com/pq/gas/index.dot?language_id=1

Been there? Have something to share?

http://skichicchocs.com/en

I don't know what you are talking about? I'm pretty sure I had my Avy course in PEI. I have one TR (not the avy course) beyond the Parc's limit.

Edit: hard to say from the edge, but the guy checking the snowpack looks like the one that gave us the Avy course back in 2008. We bumped into him in May 2009 and he talked about having a old snowmobile thing (as seen in the video).

http://www.vertigo-aventures.com/chics-chocs-e.html

^^ Ya. That would be ONTARIO. That's where the Chic Chocs are (pronounced shick-shock.) Fun is happening there and they have their own avalanche bureau.

Re: http://www.vertigo-aventures.com/photos_mt-blanc.html That looks fun

My wife and went snow-shoeing there and it was some of the nicest snow we found yet. Really deep nice powder. Huge drifts all along the highway as we drove there from Toronto.

We skied at Le Massif and was equaly impressed by the snow and conditions. They have a new Off Piste area: http://www.lemassif.com/en/montagne/pistes/hors-pistes) We didn't get to do that since it was not open yet.

Le Massif ...

http://www.vertigo-aventures.com/photos_mt-blanc.html

i dont know whats going on here.

Are the chic chocs really a secret? one of the cooler places on this planet

As an ex-Quebecer, it's one of the places I've always wanted to check out, even though I now live in the big mountains. One day I'll have to get a trip together.

Killer thread

Originally Posted by D(C)

As an ex-Quebecer, it's one of the places I've always wanted to check out, even though I now live in the big mountains. One day I'll have to get a trip together.

I grew up in the Gaspesie about a 2 hr drive from the heart of the park and I haven't skied the area. I didn't have my 'mountain awakening' until sometime in university. I was too busy playing hockey and chasing puck bunnies.

I've hiked a few of the peaks/plateaus though, and it was gorgeous. With that being said, I still prefer the western ranges.

Base depths= 20"-40". Very thin, and quite a few rain crusts this year. I don't think anywhere out west has that low of a snow pack.

I have skied and ice climbed in the Gapseie. It's great.

Go find my slightly dated beta sheet.

Contact francois Roy for guiding.

Chic Chocs check in thread ho!!!

Old new brahs!

Skier magazine did a really nice profile of the area, with a bunch of Whistler based Quebecers (inc. Hugo Harrison) back in 2001 or 2002. Avy broke a dude's leg on that trip.

Originally Posted by jumpturn

I have skied and ice climbed in the Gapseie. It's great.

Go find my slightly dated beta sheet.

Contact francois Roy for guiding.

+1

Now that we are giving names out... François is the one that gave us the AST1 course. He is also the one checking the snowpack in one of the initial video posted in this thread.

I also believe that he's pictured in the one of the pictures of random people from an old FIS TR.

François is the one that runs Vertigo.

Listen to Jumpturn and make sure you don't go to NB to find him.

Originally Posted by powtario

Old new brahs!

Skier magazine did a really nice profile of the area, with a bunch of Whistler based Quebecers (inc. Hugo Harrison) back in 2001 or 2002. Avy broke a dude's leg on that trip.

that was old news brah two.

last ice age made those mountains in BC70K and jesus did a rockin piece on them in year 0. check it out in the book of pow 80:085

Originally Posted by gpetrics

that was old news brah two.

last ice age made those mountains in BC70K and jesus did a rockin piece on them in year 0. check it out in the book of pow 80:085

You got the wrong mag fellow mag, it was more like BC7K no?

Impossible about Jesus in year 0, he didn't start skiing until year 15 when he went to Scandinavia on a retreat where an old man thought him to tele.

Originally Posted by MadPatSki

You got the wrong mag fellow mag, it was more like BC7K no?

Impossible about Jesus in year 0, he didn't start skiing until year 15 when he went to Scandinavia on a retreat where an old man thought him to tele.

why you gotta one up me bro?!

Subscribed. Plan to get up there in the spring for a few.

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Originally Posted by MadPatSki

+1

Now that we are giving names out... François is the one that gave us the AST1 course. He is also the one checking the snowpack in one of the initial video posted in this thread.

I also believe that he's pictured in the one of the pictures of random people from an old FIS TR.

François is the one that runs Vertigo.

Listen to Jumpturn and make sure you don't go to NB to find him.

Plus, Francois is really cool and climbs hard rock & ice.

The ski safari to the base camp with heated tents sounds like one of the better ways to enjoy the Chic Chocs.....

Then again, there is of course the 5 star "gîte" in the park....

Originally Posted by gpetrics

why you gotta one up me bro?!

Cuz I can't go it for TRs and skiing!!!

Its very cool but depending on where you live on the EC the drive is super long.

If someone asked me to do it again I would just say lets drive west instead.

Originally Posted by ArmadaBC

Its very cool but depending on where you live on the EC the drive is super long.

If someone asked me to do it again I would just say lets drive west instead.

from N. VT you can still kinda call an "audible" when it's good, which makes it a nice option to have, but yeah, from PA, forget about it... buy a plane ticket west unless you just want to go to check it out.

Originally Posted by gpetrics

but yeah, from PA, forget about it... buy a plane ticket west unless you just want to go to check it out.

Yep. That is the exact math that pretty much kills the deal. That and the fact that you still have the drive once you fly in, car rental, more gear = more baggage costs, etc. it pretty quickly tilts in favor of heading out west for better snow and terrain.

Originally Posted by gpetrics

from N. VT you can still kinda call an "audible" when it's good, which makes it a nice option to have, but yeah, from PA, forget about it... buy a plane ticket west unless you just want to go to check it out.

If the Chic Chocs aren't far enough...then there is Gros Morne in Newfoundland. What? Still too accessible? What about the Torngats?

GM is on my "to-do list" (even the Torngats to a certain extent) which I've misplaced somewhere between the Andes and the Alps.

The Planet is too big and time too little.

good one "canwilf". i'm originally from NB. i've been reading every article i could get my hands on of the area over the yrs. gaspesie,chic chocs, GM, torngats. this is one of the best yet for beta. the vids capture the possibilities i didn't rly think possible