Party of One

Matt, Andre, Dan and I went to Mont Tremblant last weekend, for just the weekend.

We flew out Saturday morning from the Toronto City Centre Airport on Porter Airlines. After two aborted landings due to the weather (something to do with either wind, clouds, or both), we finally landed. We then proceeded to get on the shuttle. After realizing that the lady was wrong to tell us we didn’t need tags for our bags, we ended up getting our own personal shuttle (the others had filled up while we were going back in to make sure we got our bags at the hotel).

On the way to the mountain, we saw lots of deer, horses, cows, and I saw a huge dog. Then, only an hour behind schedule, we got to Tremblant. It was a great time. We snowboarded (or skied in Andre’s case) for hours, and spent a lot of time in the trees. At one point, there was a big gap that Andre didn’t see until it was too late.. I didn’t see this happen, but Matt and Dan thought Andre broke his back the way it was arched! Based on their descriptions, it looked something like this:

We went to bed early, because we got up at 6:30am the next day so we could be at the gondola 7am to go for First Tracks. If you ever go to Tremblant, I highly recommend that you do this. You go up the gondola at 7:15am, have a buffet breakfast, then at 8am, you get the first run of the day! And it had snowed about 5cm, so it was like flying!

After we got too tired to be on the hills anymore, we changed, got some lunch, and then had to sit around for hours, since check-out time is 11am, and the shuttle back to the airport didn’t come until 6:25pm. There were no change rooms (I had to change in a tiny bathroom stall), and aside from a few couches, there wasn’t really anywhere to hang out (without spending money at a bar).

After the approx 4 hours we spent on the couches, we finally got on the shuttle to go back to the airport. I use that term loosely. It was more like a chalet with a runway outside. Once you got checked by security (who confiscated our half tube of toothpaste.. oh well), there was no bathroom. I had to go out, then get checked again. Our flight was also delayed, but since this place was far from high tech (when it was finally time to board, a dude ran up the stairs to tell us), there was no indication of how late it would be. At one point, we could hear dance music playing.. I guess the plane was having a dance party, and that’s why it was delayed!

Once we finally did get on the plane, it was a crazy bumpy ride.. I swear the plane was going on an angle at one point! But the pilot was a pro and got us home safely!

All in all, it was a great trip, but a bit too much for just a weekend..

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