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Lodging packages at St. Lawrence Summits: 800-463-1568, www. stlawrencesummits.com. Le Massif de Charlevoix (moun- tain): www.lemassif.com, 877-536- ROCHELLE LASH 2774. Hébergement-Charlevoix.com Checking In (lodging): 888-435-5107. Sample price: Jan 5-30, for 10 people in a The snow sports trio of Mont- five-bedroom, four-star chalet, starts Sainte-Anne, Stoneham and Le at about $87.50 p.p., double occ., per Massif de Charlevoix is an unbeat- night, with a three-night minimum, able combo for skiers, snowboard- lift tickets included. ers and anyone who likes splendid Mont-Sainte-Anne (mountain): winter entertainment. 888-827-4579, montsainte-anne. This trifecta just got bet- com. Chalets Mont-Sainte-Anne ter with the new St. Lawrence (lodging): 800-463-4395, chmsa. Summits. It’s a lodging-and-lift com; two-night minimum. Sample promotion that invites slide package, Jan. 5-30, for four people in sports fans to sample all three a two-bedroom unit — three nights, areas at discounts of 25 to 33 per three days of lifts tickets, $285 p.p., cent off regular lift-pass prices, if or $95 p.p., per night, incl. lifts). they buy their tickets through a Stoneham Mountain Resort (moun- participating hotel. tain and lodging): 800-463-6888, St. Lawrence Summits embrac- 418-848-2411, www.ski-stoneham. es more than 30 properties com. Condos & Hôtel Stoneham: around City, Stoneham, Sample package, Jan. 5-30, rates Mont-Sainte-Anne and Le Mas- start at $667 for three nights, two sif, ranging from intimate inns adults and two children, or about $56 to impressive mountain lodges. Hébergement-Charlevoix.com rents country houses around Le Massif de Charlevoix. The luxurious Villa Expo-Reno, p.p., per night, with lift tickets. Besides the discount on lift tick- a contemporary wood and glass mountain chalet, overlooks Baie-St-Paul. HÉBERGEMENT-CHARLEVOIX.COM. ets, the lodgings have specials, too. The discounts depend on various factors, including the date, which hotel or condo you choose, the number of people in your group and how many nights you stay. The hard part is choosing. The post-Christmas pack- age, called January Souvenirs, features rock-bottom rates. The romance-inclined Heart of Win- ter in February is a three-night stay with three days of lift tickets and dinner out on one night; and the Happy Parents package, dur- ing March school break, includes Chalets Mont-Sainte-Anne is a complex of convenient, contemporary town- Stoneham Mountain Resort combines hotel, condos, and skiing and snow- one child’s free ski ticket. houses at the mountain’s base. CHALETS MONT-SAINTE-ANNE boarding near . STONEHAM MOUNTAIN RESORT Here is a peek at three over- night choices, all ideal homes- have whirlpools and most have gondola and you can score your On the snow: In 2014, Mont- You’re a 20-minute jaunt from away-from-home in ski country. spectacular views.” lift pass at the front desk. Sainte-Anne was voted Favourite Quebec City, so if you stay slope- All of the St. Lawrence Sum- Not chalets at all, the accom- Canadian Resort by readers of side at Condos & Hôtel Stoneham, LE MASSIF DE CHARLEVOIX mit participating hotels will modations are actually town- Snow East Magazine in the U.S. you can pair the convenience of Hébergement-Charlevoix. issue virtual ski passes that you houses, 34 in all, ranging from An enchanting area with beautiful slopeside lodging with a night com, a reservation agency, is the can download onto your mobile one to five bedrooms, with full views and one of Quebec’s longest on the town — unique, historic gateway to nearly 200 cottages device, so you won’t have to wait kitchens, the charm of wood- seasons, it’s strong on night lights, and romantic. If you spend your and chalets in various locations in line at the ticket counter. burning fireplaces and the practi- novice areas and snowparks. The time at the base of the mountain, around Le Massif de Charlevoix. On the snow: A one-hour drive cality of washer-dryers. expert zone has a new-in-2014 de- Stoneham has fashioned various The choices are vast — three-, northeast of Quebec City and a “Townhouses are better value tachable quad and a new-for-2015 vacation scenarios, including a four- and five-star dwellings with half-hour from Mont-Sainte- than hotels, partly because they expert trail, named for Olympic lifestyle for ski buddies who just such features as hot tubs, saunas, Anne, Le Massif has an excep- are more spacious,” said general freestyler Pierre-Alexandre want to have fun and activities for fireplaces and pool tables. You tional snowfall and long, pictur- manager Marco Puchol. “No one Rousseau. Off mountain, there families on a budget. can opt for the quaint, artsy vil- esque trails that plunge down sleeps on a sofa-bed — it’s two are more winter thrills, such as On the snow: Stoneham is a pow- lage of Baie-St-Paul (20 km from toward the St. Lawrence River. people per bedroom — and you ice-canyoning, para-gliding, ice- erhouse of exceptional slide expe- Le Massif ski area) or snuggle Adventurers can try the new, have a living room, dining room skating, dogsledding and cross- riences, including “Les 40s” (one into an impressive mountaintop guided back-country explora- and two bathrooms in all larger country skiing at one of the two entire mountain face of extreme hideaway in Petite-Rivière- tions, as well as rodelling, a luge- units.” largest centres in North America. black-diamond runs), plus night St-François, near the summit style descent. The cooking-in option is a skiing, a gentle zone, an Olympic- entrance to the ski area. money-saver, too. You can make STONEHAM size halfpipe and a competition- “The price is irresistible,” said MONT-SAINTE-ANNE sociable dinners and quick lunch- Stoneham Mountain Resort is calibre snowpark. Nearby, winter Daniel Guay, the director of The contemporary complex es. And guests at the Chalets can a dynamic, compact mountain fun continues with a visit to the Hébergement-Charlevoix.com. Chalets Mont-Sainte-Anne is use the indoor pool, exercise with terrific après-ski and a super Ice Hotel and snow tubing at “You can enjoy deluxe features in all about convenience. It has a room and whirlpool at Domaine combination of expert, inter- the huge playground of Village a lavish mountain chalet ... some key slopeside location facing the des Neiges, one kilometre away. mediate and novice slide sports. Vacances Valcartier.

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