Mont Sainte Anne

Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski motel in japanese Canada, located inside the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about 40 km northeast of Quebec City. The mountain is part of the Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation of 800 m above sea degree with a vertical drop of 625 m.Ten trails and four lifts constructed by means of Anneliese Surman and Jack Perry were featured at the mountain inauguration day 52 years ago in 1966 on January 16. That year, the hotel turned into already making its appearance on the sector scene with the Du Maurier International, followed the subsequent 12 months through the primary Canadian Winter Games.

Skiing at Mont-Sainte-Anne goes again to the Forties even though. Volunteers and skiers from Beaupré and Québec City, reduce the first path within the fall of 1943. Three years later, the first snowboarding opposition changed into held, the competitors having to climb with the aid of foot up the mountain, bearing all their equipment. The handiest trail available become groomed "manually" by way of local volunteers the usage of their skis whilst hiking up. Since the mountain have become privately owned in 1994 through Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, investments were usually aimed at slicing new gladed trails and enhancing the snowmaking gadget. Numerous World Cup alpine races had been held at the mountain, last in December 1989. It has co-hosted the Junior World Championships 3 instances; with Stoneham Mountain in 2000 and with Le Massif in 2006 and 2013.