Spring Madness Festival at Mont-Sainte-Anne

Beaupre, PQ - From March 26 to April 25, it’s time for every skier and snowboarder to craze things at Mont-Sainte-Anne! The Spring Madness Festival is a time for all to enjoy the most out of the 5 last week-ends of ski season with BBQs and relaxing hot tubs, mechanical snowboard, rail jam, friendly competitions, picnics under the sun, mountain-side sugar shack, outdoor concerts and the best spring skiing conditions on top of everything!

Mont-Sainte-Anne & Stoneham; Wouldn’t Spend School Break Anywhere Else!

Quebec - March 5th to the 13th, spend school break with your beloved ones, friends and family at Mont-Sainte-Anne or Stoneham Mountain Resort! A whole lot of fun activities are scheduled for all ages. Liveliness, music, inflatable games and traditional sugar shack; everything is in place for you to have a good time!

FREE Learning area
While Skiers and snowboarders will breathe fresh air going down the slopes, others can take this opportunity to initiate themselves to the sport at the learning area, where the lift access is totally free at all times at both mountains. Now improved with a 2nd “Magic Carpet” lift, they make the learning process so much easier!

All types of friendly races and competitions
The Mont-Sainte-Anne’s Powerade Young Talent Kids Race is inviting kids from 3 to 14 years old to do their best on the slalom course specially built for them on March 5th. At Stoneham, Radio Team CKOI is making a stop at the mountain on March 5th! As for freestyle lovers, meet up for a friendly half-pipe competition during the Wednesday Rail Jam on March 9th.

Traditional Sugar Shack
All week long, satisfy your sweet tooth at one of the two sugar shacks! Mountain-side at Mont-Sainte-Anne, you can make a stop half-way La Pichard run, where the maple syrup is actually produced on site, to get a tasty treat. At Stoneham, visit a mobile version of the sugar shack located at the base, to eat your favorite maple treat.

Vincent Marquis and P-A Rousseau back from Vancouver … Celebrate the Bud Light Fest at Mont-Sainte-Anne!

Beaupre, PQ - A not-to-be-missed happening will take place this Saturday, April 10th, for the occasion of the well-known festivities of the Volkswagen Spring Madness; the Olympian Bud Light Fest! After their breathtaking performance during the Olympics in the acrobatic moguls discipline, Vincent Marquis (4th) and Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau (5th) will celebrate their comeback at Mont-Sainte-Anne, taking part in a friendly mogul race open to all! True to itself, the resort will prepare smoking BBQs, outdoor hot tubs and live music shows at the base of the mountain!

The Olympian Bud Light Fest – Friendly Mogul Race Open to All
Everyone is more than welcomed to take part or to assist in the friendly race that will take place in La Soumande, located on the North side of the mountain. Registrations will start at 8:30am, in front of the Sports Alpins shop for the cost of $5. The race will start at 11am with a spectacular dual descent of the Olympians and from 1:30pm to 2:30pm, they will be available for an autograph session at the terrace on the summit, where BBQs, DJ and a bar will be set up for the occasion. In addition to this, the band Bestov will offer a unique cover line-up from 3:30, while the first part will be played by acoustic cover band Banquette Arrière, from 12:30pm!

Easter, Spring Festivities and Fresh Snow? Mont-Sainte-Anne and Stoneham!

Beaupre, PQ - From April 2nd to 5th, Easter festivities will take over Mont-Sainte-Anne and Stoneham Mountain Resort with thematic packages and promotions, an on mountain sugar shack, bunnies and chocolates! With nearly 40 cm of fresh snow received during the last week, glide sports enthusiasts from all around will gather to celebrate Easter at the mountain and take advantage of perfect spring conditions! A reminder that it will be the last skiing week-end at Stoneham, although its sister resort stretches out its season until April 25th!

Easter, BBQs, spas, taffy and live shows!
At Mont-Sainte-Anne, for the occasion of the Volkswagen Spring Madness festival, which is now a classic, smoking BBQS, exterior spas, inflatable games and live music will entertain the crowd at the base of the mountain. In addition to the miniature farm in which the young and the young at heart will pet the animals, giant bunnies will be giving out more than 2 000 chocolate Easter eggs during the week-end! (Giant bunnies will also be at Stoneham!) Also, it is mandatory to stop by the sugar shack located on the popular and familiar slope La Pichard, where you can try exquisite home-made taffy!

People ski on water on Easter Sunday – at Stoneham!
On April 4th, Stoneham and the Super Splash Arctic Spas welcomes the most ambitious skiers and riders to cross the giant pool of 120 by 30 feet; one of the most spectacular competitions out there! The original challenge is open to everyone, costs $10 and starts at 12:30 pm. Sign up at 8:30 am in the main chalet and practice starting at 10 am.

R’osez le Mont-Sainte-Anne for the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation

Beaupre, PQ - Mont-Sainte-Anne invites all sports enthusiasts to participate in a unique activity: R’osez le Mont-Sainte-Anne for the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation! The resort is innovating and proposes a winter fundraiser that offers a ski marathon open to all. A pasta diner with silent auction will come after the challenge, before the much appreciated artist Yann Perreau offers a private concert for the cause, at the base of the mountain. For this first edition, the event organizers are thinking pink and will propose very ‘’feminine’’ demos, sampling animation from our partners to all participants and visitors there to cheer them on!

Outdoor Day for ALL: Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, Cross-Country Skiing and Snowshoeing!
The activity is open to everyone: men, women, kids, families, colleagues and neighbours; whatever your fitness level, all can participate in this friendly marathon. The participants have to complete, alone or with a team, a total of 21 or 42 runs during the day to complete their half-marathon or marathon. This year, teams can truly participate together: runs can be done simultaneously! For instance: a team of 2 people can complete their alpine skiing marathon (a total of 42 runs) doing 21 runs together. The same rule is applicable for the cross-country skiing and snowshoeing marathons but in this case, the total will be accumulated in km. Several interesting prizes will be raffled among those that will have completed their challenge.
Private Concert of Yann Perreau, Trattoria at the Base and Silent Auction at the Summit!
This unique outdoor day will be followed by a hearty pasta meal at our trattoria specially set up in the Chalet at the base (with musician!) or at the summit Chalet, where the silent auction will take place. At night, Yann Perreau (5 nominations at the 2009 ADISQ, winner of the “author/compositor prize” of the year) will certainly heat up the Château Mont-Sainte-Anne (room Noroit/Suroit, at the base of the mountain) with his exquisite music, influenced by Europe and India. The private concert will start at 8 pm and will begin with the draw of prizes for the participants.
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The Largest Open Terrain in the Province of Quebec

Quantity Counts at Mont-Sainte-Anne!
Beaupré, PQ – With 70 cm of fresh powder received during the Christmas Holiday and 63 open slopes out of 66, Mont-Sainte-Anne is the hot spot for cool, white gold! In fact, the abundance of precipitations in the last week has allowed the resort to offer the largest open terrain in the Province of Quebec. On the way to a perfect score: 63 open slopes out of 66!
97% of the Mont-Sainte-Anne trail network is now open to skiers and riders! In addition to this happy and welcomed news, night skiing is now in operation and Mont-Sainte-Anne has the highest nocturnal vertical drop of all Canada, with 100% of its terrain available. But quantity is not everything as the resort reminds skiers and riders that it has always been renowned for its amazing snow conditions – the abundant fresh snow and our mountain operation’s team will ensure your ski vacation unfolds on optimal, exquisite snow conditions. Mont-Sainte-Anne’s sister resort, the Stoneham mountain resort, has also received over 70cm of precipitations in the last week and now offers 32 slopes.

Cross-country skiing: 170 km of open trails
Snow precipitations have also been very good at the Mont-Sainte-Anne Cross-country skiing Center, which has already opened more than 85% of its trail network for classic and skating styles. With a total of 208km of trails and fantastic XC packages, nature lovers can book an escapade to the country’s top XC centre.
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