Today we checked out the resort town of Whistler. Oops! I mean Mont Tremblant. Mont Tremblant is just a mini copy of Whistler/Blackcomb mostly because they both are owned by Intrawest. It's the weekend here and being only an hours drive from Montreal it was packed with people.
We walked the 7kms from the HI-Hostel into Mont Tremblant and walked the 3kms to the top of the ski hill. I was expecting a steeper climb but it wasn't too bad. The other thing I was expecting, since there was so many people in the village, the trail would be packed but not so. I guess the novelty of a gondola ride is part of the experience as a tourist. You can pay to take it from the top down like we did for the view and to save our knees.
There was some showcased French Canadian music happening, much like Whistler does, so we spent a good couple of hours lounging in plastic Adirondack chairs watching the show.
It was a homemade spaghetti dinner cooked up in the hostel's kitchen then a beer out by the fire. I got to talking with a couple from Australia about traveling and found their way of seeing the country very interesting. They use HI-Hostels when they can and stay for a week or so in the city or region walking or renting a car to see the sights. If they like where they are they stay a little longer and move on when it suits them. They have been on the road in Canada for five months and traveled just over half the country. To get to where they want to go they have been using buses allowing them to be unencumbered with car or RV.
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