Snow brings a crowd to Mount Royal
The snow brought out a large crowd to Mount Royal on Saturday, the photo showing a lot of folks at the toboggan hill above Park Avenue.
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dhomas 12:01 on 2021-01-03 Permalink
Other folks have discovered the secret hill in the cemetery close to my house! 😀 We went with the kids yesterday and there several other families. It had been a while since I’d seen unmasked people; it’s starting to feel kinda weird to see.
Oh, and the hill is in the cemetery, but in an unused portion next to the storage facility where they keep all the trucks and digging equipment. So we’re not disturbing any mourners.
Kate 12:29 on 2021-01-03 Permalink
dhomas, I’ve walked through the Repos a few times and it’s always struck me as very flat (at least compared to the cemeteries on Mount Royal). Are the hilly bits toward the eastern side?
dhomas 07:50 on 2021-01-04 Permalink
Hi Kate. Yes, the (small) hills are towards the as-yet undeveloped eastern end of the cemetery. They’re now starting to develop the northeastern section of the cemetery where there are mounds of excavated rocks (presumably to build more private mausoleums). On the southern part, they’re building a giant outdoor tent (it looks a massive tempo car shelter). But the eastern parts in the middle, nearest to the quiet residential backyards close to Radisson street, are still mostly untouched, with the exception of a gravel access road that you can’t see in the winter on account of the snow. I could give a link on Google maps, but I don’t want to completely give out our secret spot. :p
Oh, and the hill is really small, like maybe 50m or so. But it’s perfectly sloped for short toboggan and/or crazy carpet rides for my kids that are between the ages of 2 and 6.