This past weekend was the Ski Marathon. I took part as a tourer and had a great weekend overall. The weather was just about perfect. -15 to start but warming to -6 on both days. We had sun and clouds and sometimes snow.... a little of everything. The new course(set up because of the low snow year) was not really what I had signed up for. The organizers had to scramble to make a 70km loop which had sufficient snow to welcome 2000+ skiers. The usual route goes overland from Lachute to Montebello on day 1 and then on to Buckingham on day 2... but it was not to be this year. Instead they developed a loop north of Montebello in the Kenauk wilderness preserve. We skied clockwise (sort of) on Saturday and counterclockwise on Sunday. There were a few out and back bits and some two way traffic lanes put in to make it a decent distance and allow for the logistics set up of checkpoints. Along with a host of volunteers, the army treats the event as a winter training excercise, providing support, communications, setting their own camps and montioring progress of skiers. In the photo one of the army camps along the trail set up a water station... much welcomed. For the most part it was good snow and well laid out. but it wasn't really the overland through the countryside experience I was hoping for.
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On a not-so private road to the woods
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