Le Relais is a
ski
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mountain just 15 minutes from downtown
Quebec City
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,
Canada
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. It is the smallest of the four ski stations located near Quebec City with
Mont Sainte-Anne,
Stoneham and
Le Massif
(, ), known as just Le Massif, is a ski area in Quebec, Canada, northeast of Quebec City and directly overlooking the St. Lawrence River.
Description
ski area is located in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Charlevoix, Quebec, a 50-minute dr ...
.
Description
Located in
Lac-Beauport, Le Relais is a family station of excellence known for the surface quality of its tracks. Although not a destination resort, Le Relais provides a very good ski experience thanks to the skiable field which can be entirely snow-covered artificially. Moreover, all of the tracks are well illuminated attracting a lot of people for night skiing.
Le Relais is also the home of the ''Centre national acrobatique Yves Laroche'' (CNAYL), an
aerial skiing center. The CNAYL has a water ramp making summer training possible.
In summer Le Relais becomes an adventure center providing five high
rope courses better known in the region as ''arbre en arbre''.
History
Le Relais was founded in 1936, but the idea of it came during the 1933-1934 winter. At that time, it was suggested to locate the ski center on the
Plains of Abraham
The Plains of Abraham (french: Plaines d'Abraham) is a historic area within the Battlefields Park in Quebec City, Quebec, anada. It was established on 17 March 1908. The land is the site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, which took plac ...
but
Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen, proposed another location : the Murphy mountain. The mountain of the actual site of Le Relais was then bought for the price of $1000. $8500 was raised to build a small lodge at the bottom of the mountain.
Le Relais is known as the birthplace of skiing in Quebec City.
See also
*
Mont-Sainte-Anne
Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in Eastern Canada, eastern Canada, located in the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about northeast of Quebec City. The mountain is part of the Laurentian Mountains, Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation o ...
*
Stoneham
*
List of ski areas and resorts in Canada
This is a list of ski areas and resorts in Canada.
Alberta
* WinSport's Canada Olympic Park ( 1988 Winter Olympics sliding and jumping events)
*Canmore Nordic Centre ( 1988 Winter Olympics Nordic and biathlon events)
* Canyon Ski Area - Red De ...
External links
Le Relais English WebsiteFirst Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine
Ski areas and resorts in Quebec
Geography of Capitale-Nationale
Tourist attractions in Capitale-Nationale
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