Mont Tremblant

Mont Tremblant Resort (commonly referred to as Tremblant) is a ski resort located in the Laurentian mountains of Quebec, Canada. Mont Tremblant is owned by Intrawest ULC and has been since 1991. Mont Tremblant is located approximately 140km north-west of Montreal (1hr 40 minutes by car).

The main resort has more than 600 acres (2.4 km2) of ski and snowboarding trails in four distinct areas: North Side (Versant Nord), South Side (Versant Sud), Sunny Side (Versant Soleil) and The Edge (Versant Edge).

Development
In 1938 an explorer from Philadelphia named Jo Ryan came to the region prospecting gold. Accompanied by Harry Wheeler and by Lowell Thomas, an American journalist, they climbed to the summit. It is documented[where?] that Jo Ryan had vowed to transform the landscape into a world-class alpine village. It was only one year later than his dream was realized. In February 1939, Jo Ryan opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the Pedestrian Village today. With architecture reminiscent of traditional Quebec, the mountain hosted visitors from around the world.

In its early years, Lowell Thomas, the American radio broadcaster, was an avid skier who helped popularize the resort by broadcasting shows from the site. The resort named a ski lift and trails after him and after other early devotees.

The resort operated independently until 1991, when it was purchased by Intrawest, which immediately expanded the pedestrian resort village and built new ski lifts, including a gondola. Other changes included building the Grand Manitou summit lodge.

In 2009 a casino located at the base of the soleil trails was opened. The casino is serviced by a new 8 passenger gondola that runs from the main resort to the casino.

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Mont Tremblant has a renowned terrain park operated by their park crew, 'Tremblant Parks'. There are three parks on the mountain, two found on the south side and one on the north side. The beginner park is located on the south side and is most easily accessed from the gondola. This park has a good selection of beginner rails and boxes along with a single beginner jump. The intermediate park, easily lapped using the Lowell Thomas lift on the north side, contains a great jump line along with a hike-able rail garden along with other various features. The advanced park, (Adrenaline Parc) is located on the South Side and can be lapped using the flying mile lift. Unfortunately, access to this park requires purchasing a $15 park pass (even for season pass members) - this pass lasts all season. The Adrenaline park has a wide variety of rails, boxes and jibs along with a great jump line right under the Flying Mile lift.

Helmets are now mandatory in all of the terrain parks at Mont Tremblant.

Mont Tremblant also hosts the 'Salomon Jib Academy' each year in April during the 'Telus Spin Festival'.