Mont-Sainte-Anne is a

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, located in the town of

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, about northeast of

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. The mountain is part of the Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit

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of above

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with a vertical drop of . For day skiing, there are 71 available downhill ski trails covering the southern, northern and western sides of the mountain. For night skiing, there are 19 trails covering the southern part of the mountain only. It is the highest vertical for night skiing in Canada. The average natural

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at the summit is .

History

Ten trails and four lifts (including a

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) were featured on the mountain inauguration day in 1966 on January 16. That year, the resort was already making its appearance on the world scene with the Du Maurier International, followed the next year by the first Canadian Winter Games. Skiing at Mont-Sainte-Anne goes back to the 1940s though. Volunteers and skiers from Beaupré and Québec City, cut the first trail in the fall of 1943. Three years later, the first skiing competition was held, the competitors having to climb by foot up the mountain, bearing all their equipment. The only trail available was groomed "manually" by local volunteers using their skis while climbing up. Since the mountain became privately owned in 1994 by

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, investments have been mostly aimed at cutting new gladed trails and improving the

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system. Numerous

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alpine races have been held at the mountain, last in December

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. It has co-hosted the Junior World Championships three times; with Stoneham Mountain in 2000 and with

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in 2006 and

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. In 2020-2022 (each), L’Étoile Filante Gondola had 3 incidents where cabins detached from the lift line, resulting in 11 injuries total.

Cross-country skiing

Mont-Sainte-Anne's Cross-Country Ski Centre features of trails, including a network for skating stride, which makes it the largest cross-country ski centre in Canada, and the second most significant in North America (after Royal Gorge, California).

Other activities

* Winter : Snowshoeing, dogsledding, paragliding, sleigh rides, ice skating, tubing, snowmobiling (nearby), spa. * Summer: Campground, paragliding, hiking, golf, mountain biking.

References

External links

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FIS-Ski.com
- World Cup podiums at Mont-Sainte-Anne {{Ski areas and resorts in Quebec Ski areas and resorts in Quebec Geography of Capitale-Nationale Tourist attractions in Capitale-Nationale

History

Cross-country skiing

Other activities

See also

References

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