It’s the middle of February and old man winter is hitting the Eastern U.S. with a vengeance, good ol El Niño. Washington D.C. hasn’t seen snowfall like that in years, actually they haven’t seen snowfall like that period. But it wasn’t just Washington, many cities were hit, even cities and places where you wouldn’t expect snow had snow,actually 49 states had snow at some point in the month of Feb.
Snow tires anyone? I don’t think so, that could be the reason why accidents were abound. The good thing in all this, no school or work.

Meanwhile in Montreal, the snow is somewhat present, more cold than snow and even then, if you’re bundled up then it really isn’t that cold. Some skiing centers have been hit hard due to lack of snow, the season started off well enough but the lower temperatures in January plus the rain is making the rest of the season a struggle. But don’t despair, according to our furry rodent friends, there is still six more weeks of winter. Isn’t that always the case anyways, even when they don’t see their shadows, am I the only sane one here? Surely this rodent can’t make that prediction better than Environment Canada. We have six weeks to find out, give or take a week, maybe two.

Seriously though, there is snow around Montreal, I mean 50+km outside of the downtown core, not as much compared to Newfoundland but still a fair amount. I had the week of the 8th to the 12th off so why not do a little snow excursion. One of the things I decided to do was snowshoeing. I had gone snowshoeing before but that event lasted an hour or so. This excursion would last a whole day. The girlfriend and I were pretty beat by the end but we managed to explore a nice region of Parc Mont Orford. I took a small video of the trail so you can get an idea of what the park is like. BTW - shooting video and snowshoeing don’t mix.

Climbing to the top of the Serpentine lookout

Looking out @ Mont Orford from the Serpentine lookout

Another look @ Mont Orford