Mont Tremblant Ski Resort

Mont Tremblant is the largest ski resort in eastern Canada, with 102 trails, 14 lifts, and a vertical drop of 645 metres. The mountain has two distinct sides: the north side, with its more challenging runs and better powder, and the sunnier south side where beginners and intermediates do most of their skiing. The ski season runs from late November to mid-April, with snowmaking covering the main trails when nature doesn't cooperate.

In summer the mountain transforms entirely. The gondola still runs, carrying hikers and mountain bikers to the summit, where on clear days you can see the Laurentians stretching to the horizon. The bike park has trails for all abilities. Lift-served hiking and trail running are popular from June through October.

The resort village at the base — modelled on a Québécois town square — fills with visitors year-round. It's deliberately pedestrianised and can feel like a theme park at peak times, but the mountain itself remains the real draw.

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A story
The mountain takes its name from an Algonquin legend: the peaks were believed to shake with anger when humans offended the spirits of the land, giving it the name "Manitou Sakigan" — the mountain of spirits. Early French settlers called it Mont Tremblant, "trembling mountain." The resort was founded in 1939 by Philadelphia millionaire Joe Ryan, who had been inspired by the slopes of the Alps, and it was he who built the first gondola lift in North America here in 1938.