The winter sports bit impressed

Photo QMI Agency Dominick Gravel
Michael and Ioem were not afraid of the cold on Saturday and have played hockey on an outdoor rink in the neighbourhood of Pointe-Saint-Charles, Montréal.

Vincent Larin

Saturday, 30 December, 2017 22:28

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Montrealers have been many Saturday to venture on the ice rinks and slopes of slips despite a freezing weather, much to the delight of the stores of sports equipment.

“We dress well and that is all. If we stayed inside every time it is cold, the winter would not hurt long, ” says Hemeline Guillemi. She and her husband have wrapped up their 2 year old daughter and a half to go skating at La Fontaine park on Saturday.

They have shared the ice with a hundred other skaters in spite of the feel-like ” temperatures nearly 25 degrees Celsius below zero.

“For a day as cold, it is really busy,” confirms an employee at the rental counter Skate-Skate, Jeremy Loiselle-Lefebvre. At least 150 people came there to rent equipment for the day, according to its estimates.

Same thing at mount Royal, where the ice rink and the track slips were busy due to the Holiday season.

Ski

In Quebec, even if the temperature felt at the foot of the slopes of the resort Stoneham was close to -30 °C, many fans of the ski are made in the good mood.

But these outputs need to take precautions, note William Badiere, which had well-dressed the dog of her roommate, Paco, to go skating.

Besides, the cold makes people realize that they do not have the necessary equipment to go out, see the director of the Sports Experts place Alexis Nihon, Dominic Lortie.

Mittens and snowmobile

The sales Post-Christmas and the temperatures in the normal season contribute to the traffic high in the shops, note, for its part, the team leader of the services department of the shop GUY in the central Market, Marie-Hélène Robidas.

“We just sold $ 400 gloves to a family,” says Denis Bolduc of the boutique of the Friends of the Mountain, at the Pavillon du Lac-aux-Castors.

Dealers of snowmobiles, the demand has also exploded.

“People are happy to have the snow,” says the co-owner of Contant Laval, Isabelle Contant.

— With the collaboration of Prisca Benoit and QMI Agency

Still a few days

Sunday -19 °C

Monday -22 °C

Tuesday -20 °C

Wednesday -8 °C

Thursday -13 °C