Vacances de ski au Québec

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Vacances de ski au Québec

Ski Vacations in Québec

Bien que le sud du Québec soit situé à peu près à la même latitude que la ville de Bordeaux en France, la province bénéficie en hiver de courants subarctiques venus directement du Grand Nord qui lui valent entre trois cents et quatre cents centimètres de neige à chaque saison.

Translation

Even though the south of Québec is located at about the same latitude as the city of Bordeaux in France, in winter the province enjoys subarctic currents coming directly from the far North which equal between three hundred and four hundred centimeters (130-155 inches) of snow every season.

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Les amateurs de ski, nombreux dans la Belle Province, s’en réjouissent d’autant plus qu’on y compte environ quatre-vingt-cinq stations totalisant quelque huit cents pistes de divers niveaux, en activité entre novembre et avril, selon les caprices de la nature ou avec le soutien providentiel des canons à neige.

Translation

Québec’s many ski lovers are even more delighted that there are around eighty-five stations totaling some 800 trails of different levels, in activity between November and April, according to nature’s whims or with the help of snowblowers.

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La plupart des stations de ski du Québec ont des niveaux de dénivellation modestes, seules quelques-unes d’entre elles offrent des pentes d’un dénivelé entre cinq cents à plus de sept cents mètres dont le Massif de Charlevoix, la Station Mont-Tremblant, Le Mont Sainte-Anne, Le Mont Orford, Owl’s Head, Le Mont Sutton et Ski Bromont, toutes situées à une ou deux heures de voiture des grands centres urbains que sont Montréal ou Québec.

Translation

Most of Québec’s ski stations have moderate slopes; only a few of them offer slopes with a height difference between 500 and 700+ meters, including Massif de Charlevoix, Mont-Tremblant Station, Mont Sainte-Anne, Mont Orford, Owl’s Head, Mont Sutton, and Ski Bromont, all of which are located an hour or two by car from the big urban centers of Montréal and Québec.

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French text, sound file, and image courtesy of Think French audiomagazine. This is part of an article in the janvier 2012 issue.

Translation by LKL

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