Mont-Tremblant Resort is approximately 130 kilometres north-west of Montreal and 140 kilometres north-east of Ottawa.
It is best known as a ski destination, but also features a lake suitable for swimming and two golf courses in the summer months.
Mont Tremblant has been recognized by Ski Magazine as the #1 ski resort in Eastern North America. It has 94 marked downhill trails, 16 designated easy, 31 intermediate, 37 difficult and 10 expert. Mont Tremblant Ski Resort features 13 ski lifts, including 1 gondola, 5 detachable chairlifts, 3 regular chairlifts and 3 magic carpets. Total lift capacity is 27,230 skiers per hour.
In 2009 a casino located at the base of the south side trails was opened. The casino is serviced by a new 8 passenger gondola that runs from the main resort to the casino.
The top of the mountain has a chalet and restaurant, Le Grand Manitou, open winter and summer.
Summer activities include airplane tours, all-terrain vehicle tours, croisieres, boating, caleche rides, canoeing trips, cycling, dune buggy tours, fishing tours, golf, helicopter tours, hiking, horse back riding, lake cruises, mountain biking, paintball games, rafting, rock climbing school, spas, via-ferratta, waterskiing and wakeboarding, white-water rafting, and zip-lines.
Winter activities include cross-country skiing, dogsledding, downhill skiing and ski schools, helicopter tours, horseback riding, ice-climbing, paintball, sleigh rides, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, and spas.
There is an open gondola-style lift called The Cabriolet which connects the upper and lower parts of the pedestrian village.
Admission to the pedestrian village - walking, shopping, dining - is free.
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