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Montagne Noire Hiking Guide

November 1, 2024
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Laurentians, Quebec

Located in Québec’s Lanaudière region, about 90 minutes from Montreal or 45 minutes from the Mont-Tremblant, Montagne Noire (also occasionally referred to as the Black Mountain or the Liberator Trail) is a popular hiking destination near the resort village of Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, itself a popular spot for weekend getaways among beautiful mountains and majestic lakes. The Montagne Noire is also well-known for a historically macabre reason – it is the site of the worst accident in Canadian military aviation history. The...

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Mont Kaaikop Hiking Guide

November 1, 2024
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Laurentians, Quebec

Located in Québec’s Lanaudière region, about 90 minutes from Montreal or 45 minutes from the Mont-Tremblant, Mont Kaaikop is the second-highest peak in the Laurentians and is a popular hiking destination near the resort village of Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, itself a popular spot for weekend getaways among beautiful mountains and majestic lakes. The Mont Kaaikop trail is one of our favourites to do in the area with spectacular views from the summit, so we put together this Mont Kaaikop Hiking Guide to...

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Mont Ouareau Hiking Guide

November 1, 2024
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Laurentians, Quebec

Located in Québec’s Lanaudière region, about 90 minutes from Montreal or 45 minutes from the Mont-Tremblant, Mont Ouareau is a popular hiking destination near the resort village of Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, itself a popular spot for weekend getaways among beautiful mountains and majestic lakes. The Mont Ouareau trail is one of our favourites to do in the area, so we put together this Mont Ouareau Hiking Guide to help you plan your outdoor adventure here, which will include details on the trail...

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Mont Sourire Hiking Guide

November 1, 2024
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Laurentians, Quebec

Located in Québec’s Lanaudière region, about 90 minutes from Montreal or 45 minutes from the Mont-Tremblant, Mont Sourire is one of the most popular hiking destinations near the resort village of Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm. Because of the trail’s short distance, its main viewpoint is a particularly popular spot for watching the sunset. Though many stop at this viewpoint, it is also possible to stretch out this hike by combining it with the Petit Carcan trail. To help you figure out what option...

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Mont L’Envol Hiking Guide

November 1, 2024
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Laurentians, Quebec

Located in Québec’s Lanaudière region, about 90 minutes from Montreal or 45 minutes from the Mont-Tremblant, Mont L’Envol is one of our favorite easy hiking trails near the resort village of Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, itself a popular spot for weekend getaways among beautiful mountains and majestic lakes. Mont L’Envol is within the limits of the Mont-Tremblant National Park, so if you have the SEPAQ annual pass, hiking this trail won’t cost you a thing. We put together this Mont L’Envol Hiking Guide...

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Mont King and Mont Condor Hiking Guide

November 1, 2024
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Laurentians, Quebec

The Laurentians are home to many of our favorite hiking areas in souther Quebec, and right in the heart of the region lies one of our favorite trails: the Mont King and Mont Condor Loop Trail. Located between Montreal and Mont-Tremblant, the trail is neither too difficult nor too easy and boasts an impressive number of panoramic viewpoints for a trail of its length. To help you discover this beautiful trail near Val David, we put together this Mont King...

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Chutes Croches, Chute du Diable & Le Centenaire – Trail Hiking Guides

October 28, 2024
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Laurentians, Quebec

Mont-Tremblant National Park is one of our favorite places to go hiking in the Laurentians. Although our favorite trail within the park is probably the La Coulée loop trail, the national park has several other great trails to discover as well. Notably, there are the Chute du Diable (Devil’s Falls) and the Chutes Croches (Croches Falls) trails, which are quite short and lead to scenic waterfalls. Another popular hike follows the Centenaire Trail (Centenary Trail), which was recently developed in...

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La Coulée, La Roche & La Corniche Trail Hiking Guides

October 26, 2024
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Laurentians, Quebec

Located in Mont-Tremblant National Park in the northern Laurentians, the loop trail that combines the La Coulée, La Roche & La Corniche Trails is one of our favorites to do in the national park. The trail leads to two fantastic belvederes offering stunning panoramic vistas of the surrounding landscape, and part of the return trail follows the very scenic Lac Monroe. So to help you discover this beautiful area near Mont-Tremblant, we put together this Hiking Guide for the La...

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Lac Mercier Trail Hiking Guide

October 26, 2024
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Laurentians, Quebec

Located in the Laurentians region of Québec, the Lac Mercier trail is one of our favorite easy trails to do in the Mont-Tremblant region. Truthfully, it’s more of an easy walking trail than a proper hiking trail like most of the other trails we have written guides about, but the scenery is so beautiful it’s a joy to take a stroll regardless, particularly during autumn. So to help you discover this beautiful area, we put together this Lac Mercier Trail...

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Montagne Verte and Nez-de-L’Indien Hiking Guide

October 23, 2024
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Laurentians, Quebec

Located in the Laurentians region of Québec, the Montagne Verte (Green Mountain) and the Nez-de-L’Indien (Indian Nose) trails are two great hiking destinations near the village of Labelle, a short drive from Mont-Tremblant. They are definitely some of our favorite hiking trails in the area, both rewarding hikers with fantastic panoramic views of the surrounding mountainous landscapes. Both trails can be combined together or hiked separately, so to help plan your outdoor adventure here we put together this Montagne Verte...

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‘Tis the Season - part deux
★彡𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀彡★ 📍Québec City, Québec (pics 1-5)
📍Montréal, Québec (6-9) The Story of December 25th *******************
❓Do you why Is Christmas is celebrated on December 25? Although Christmas was originally intended to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the actual date of that big event is lost to history. In fact, for the first three centuries of Christianity’s existence, Jesus Christ’s birth wasn’t celebrated at all. The first official mention of December 25 as a holiday honouring Jesus’ birthday appears in an early Roman calendar from AD 336. But was Jesus born on December 25 in the first place? Probably not. The Bible doesn’t mention his exact birthday, nor the time of year for that matter, and the Nativity store contains conflicting clues with a December birth. For instance, the presence of shepherds and their sheep suggests a spring birth. One theory is that when church officials settled on December 25 at the end of the third century, they likely wanted the date to coincide with existing pagan festivals honouring Saturn (the Roman god of agriculture) and Mithra (the Persian god of light). That way, it became easier to convince Rome’s pagan subjects to accept Christianity as the empire’s official religion. Despite its popularity today, this theory of Christmas’s origins has its problems. It is not found in any ancient Christian writings, for one thing. It’s not until the 12th century that we find the first suggestion that Jesus’ birth celebration was deliberately set at the time of pagan feasts. We might never know with any certainty why December 25th was chosen for Christmas. *******************
#christmas #december #holidayspirit #wintermagic #montreal #mtl #holidaydecorations #traveldestinations #christmastime #xmas #holidayseason #explorequebec #BonjourQuebec #xmasdecorations #xmasiscoming #quebeccity #quebec

‘Tis the Season
★彡𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀彡★ 📍Québec City, Québec The Story of Christmas Trees (and Charlie Brown) *******************
❓Did you know that the first artificial Christmas trees were made with Goose feathers? These trees were then later refined by a company specializing in …. toilet brushes!!! Artificial trees came about during the 1880s in Germany, after Christmas trees became so popular that Germany’s number of trees noticeably declined. Deforestation became a real problem so to combat this, the Goose Feather artificial tree was created. Goose Feather trees were created using actual goose feathers, which were dyed green and and split, secured by wire to form branches. Those wires were attached to dowels which made up the roots. These became quite popular in Germany and soon spread throughout Europe, and even to North America. However, contrary to real trees, these versions couldn’t hold many ornaments because they weren’t particularly sturdy. In the early 1930s, the Addis Brush Company in Britain realized that there must be a better way to build an Artificial Christmas Tree. The brush company was best known for making the first toilet brush and used those same bristles (dyed green) to create leaves on artificial trees. These could hold significantly more weight than goose feather trees. In the late 1950s and early 1960s silver aluminum pine trees were in vogue, most of which included a color wheel, a rotating plastic disc that projected colored lights onto the tree’s reflective surface. **
Then Charlie Brown arrived and killed the aluminum tree. That’s right, in 1965, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” aired for the first time, and its negative portrayal of aluminum Christmas trees is credited for the aluminum tree market collapse. Most aluminum tree production companies ceased production by 1970. ******************* #holidayspirit #wintermagic #montreal #mtl #holidaydecorations #traveldestinations #christmastime #xmasvibes #xmas #xmas2023 #holidayseason #explorequebec #BonjourQuebec #xmasdecorations #xmasiscoming #winter #winterwonderland

First Snow ★彡𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼

Cloudy Peaks 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆

Into the Badlands
𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 📍Canadian Badlands, Alberta Though the name may seem self-explanatory, early French explorers actually gave the Canadian Badlands region its current name, referring to them as “bad lands to cross” due to this region’s steep-sloped, flat-top mountains and deep, winding gullies. The Canadian Badlands were formed more than 13,000 years ago as a result of glacial meltwater from the Laurentide ice sheet. *******************
❓Did you know that the Canadian Badlands are home to the largest deposits of dinosaur bones in the world? Within the badland region, you will find both Dinosaur Provincial Park and The Royal Tyrrell Museum, just west of Drumheller, a town often referred to as the “Dinosaur Capital of the World” and is also where you’ll find the world’s tallest dinosaur statue, standing at roughly 4.5 times the height of an actual T-rex. The Royal Tyrrell Museum houses one of the best fossil collections in the world (pics 9-10), including five specimens that are Guinness World Record holders. You can see three of them on display at the museum year-round, including the largest marine reptile, the most complete tyrannosaurid skeleton and the best-preserved armoured dinosaur in the world. *******************
#Drumheller #badlands #intothebadlands #canadianbadlands #landscapelovers #landscapephotos #moodyscenes #moodynature #moodyedits #landscapephotograpy #landscape_photography #landscapelovers #moody #naturescenes #moodylandscapes

Dramatic Lakes
𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 📍Gosau Lakes & Gosau Valley, Austria *******************
❓Did you know that, although we are nearly a month away from the shortest day of the year (in the northern hemisphere), several towns and inhabited settlements in the northern hemisphere have already said goodbye to the sun for 2024? Such places experience what is known as a polar night, when the sun is at least six degrees below the horizon for several weeks at a time. Utqiaġvik (Alaska) is home to around 4,500 people, and they haven’t seen the sun since November 18th, and won’t see it again until January 23rd. Longyearbyen, the world's northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000 and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway, hasn’t seen the sun since November 11th, and won’t see it again until January 30th. Though the polar night isn’t as long in Murmansk, Russia, lasting from December 1st to January 10th, the town has a large population of nearly 300,000 people (the largest city in the world that is north of the Arctic Circle). That’s a lot of folks that soon won’t see the sun for a while. *******************
#alpinelakes #austria #gosaulakes #traveltheworld #landscapelovers #landscapephotos #mountainscenery #mountainscape #moodyscenes #moodynature #moodyedits #landscapephotograpy #landscape_photography #landscapelovers #moody

Medieval Castles 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒗

Jagged Peaks 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆

Where Grey Skies Meet Blue Waters 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒅

$Where Grey Skies Meet Blue Waters 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 📍Yoho National Park Yoho is one of my favourite National Parks in the Canadian Rockies. Banff and Jasper get most of the spotlight, but Yoho is no less beautiful with its stunning Emerald Lake - with a fraction of the crowds. ******************* ❓Did you know that the first non-indigenous person to set sight on Emerald Lake didn’t do so until 1882? Canadian guide Tom Wilson stumbled upon it by accident when a string of his horses had gotten away, and it was while tracking them that he found himself in the valley leading to the lake. What a beautiful surprise! ******************* . . . . . #emeraldlake #yoho #yohonationalpark #canadianrockies #landscapelovers #landscapephotos #hiking #hikingshots #mountainscenery #mountainscape #mountainphotography #turquoiselakes #moodyscenes #moodynature #moodyedits$

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