Le Relais
| Le Relais | |
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 Lac-Beauport with the ski mountain in the background | |
| Location | Lac-Beauport, Quebec, Canada |
| Nearest major city | Quebec City, 11 km (6.8 mi) |
| Coordinates | 46°56′13″N 71°17′51″W / 46.93694°N 71.29750°W |
| Vertical | 224 m (735 ft) |
| Top elevation | 429 m (1,407 ft) |
| Base elevation | 205 m (672 ft) |
| Skiable area | 173 acres (70 ha) |
| Trails | 27 total 22% Easy 23% Intermediate 55% Difficult |
| Longest run | 2.05 km (1.27 mi) |
| Lift system | 7 total 1 detachable six pack 1 detachable quad 2 magic carpets 1 handle tow 2 Poma platter lifts |
| Lift capacity | 8,260 skiers/hr |
| Snowfall | 342 cm (134 in, 11 feet) |
| Snowmaking | 100% |
| Night skiing | 100% |
| Website | Le Relais |
Le Relais is a ski mountain just 15 minutes from downtown Quebec City, Canada. It is the smallest of the four ski stations located near Quebec City with Mont Sainte-Anne, Stoneham and Le Massif.
Description
[edit]Located in Lac-Beauport, Le Relais is a family station of excellence known for the surface quality of its tracks. Although not a destination resort, Le Relais provides a very good ski experience thanks to the skiable field which can be entirely snow-covered artificially. Moreover, all of the tracks are well illuminated attracting a lot of people for night skiing.
Le Relais is also the home of the Centre national acrobatique Yves Laroche (CNAYL), an aerial skiing center. The CNAYL has a water ramp making summer training possible.
In summer Le Relais becomes an adventure center providing five high rope courses better known in the region as arbre en arbre.
History
[edit]Le Relais was founded in 1936, but the idea of it came during the 1933-1934 winter. At that time, it was suggested to locate the ski center on the Plains of Abraham but Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen, proposed another location : the Murphy mountain. The mountain of the actual site of Le Relais was then bought for the price of $1000. $8500 was raised to build a small lodge at the bottom of the mountain.
Le Relais is known as the birthplace of skiing in Quebec City.
See also
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[edit]| Quebec City area | |
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| Montreal local area |
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| Laurentides area: Montreal-area Laurentians | |
| Eastern Townships: | |
| Gatineau area: Ottawa-area Laurentians | |
| Lanaudière area: Montreal-area Laurentians | |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |
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