MOUNTAIN LIFE - Blue Mountains | Fall 2020

32 on-resort chutes and steep pitches, all draining down to the lift. The snow kept flying, accumulating to two feet overnight. Little dudes skiing: It’s a pretty cool thing. They are made of rubber and they bounce. We skied from the moment the chairs opened ’til the moment they closed. Which is how I ended up at the après bar with a ski patroller named Pierre, drinking super tasty IPAs created by a microbrewery called Trou du diable from Shawinagan, while the exhausted boys watched a movie upstairs in the room. The Eastern Townships have a storied history dating back to the 1700s when English Loyalists left the U.S. shortly after the American Revolution. For us, this meant we didn’t need to rely quite as much on Phoenix. And Pierre was just the kind of local common in that area: super-helpful and happy to tell us all the secret spots on the mountain. It snowed another foot overnight and we skied everywhere Pierre told us to go, heading home in the afternoon. “La pluie s’est transformée en neige et c’était genial,” said Phoenix as we left the resort. We had to agree.