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Quebec’s Chic-Choc Mountains a late-winter wonderland

Forget cabin fever: the mountainous heart of the Gaspe Peninsula, when draped in fresh snow, is appealing whether you prefer backcountry skiing or that great leveller, sitting inside the lodge.

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CHIC-CHOC MOUNTAINS, QUE.—The big red snowcat chugs through a wild mountain world of spruce and birch blanketed thick with snow; with the driver up front in the tank-like machine and us rolling behind in a bus-like trailer on treads. Then it all comes to a halt, and someone up front exclaims, “Un original!” and I rub away the icy condensation on my window and see the moose blocking our path.

We wait. It takes its sweet time. Nobody minds. Eventually, the moose dips back into the forest, snow coming up to its belly.

Daniel Otis
Daniel Otis
A former Toronto Star staff reporter, Daniel Otis is currently a freelance contributor covering trials, travel and (almost) everything in-between.
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