Searchmont Ontario!

50ft contour with our ski tracks overlaid

Searchmont is a small town 40ish km north of Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. Searchmont is also the location of a ski hill with 3 main lifts (that I saw) in addition to a bunny hill lift.
Only 2 lifts were running so we started on the left and worked our way across the hill, trying each new run we came across.  It is too bad the one lift wasn't running as that looked to have the most challenging runs and the deepest, steepest powder.


...yes, they are shovelling the roof

It isn't a mountain by any means, but it is a very decent hill and with no lift lines it was quite enjoyable. Ok, yes that was a bit of an exaggeration (the part about no lines - the part about it being enjoyable was very true) as we did have a 3 or 4 chair wait once or twice.
In a way it is too bad it isn't a mountain, what with the enormous amount of snow that is normal for this area of Canada


if the powder is too deep,
sometimes it is easier to use
the snowboard as a toboggan!



view from the top

Ticket prices here were quite reasonable - lift and rentals for 2 of us were $63 for a half day. We only snowboarded in the afternoon as the morning temperatures were still below -20 C and although Pepper had my vintage 1976 Lake Louise jacket (warmest jacket ever!) I was by no means equipped for that temperature!