This is where skiers congregate to swap yarns about past exploits, speculate about the snow conditions, and engage in endless discussions about the proper wax to use. Jayne and I resolved that this is where we would stay if we come again next year. Facilities at the Papineauville High School are considerably more spartan. Here racers unroll their sleeping bags on classroom floors. They dine in the school cafeteria and shower in the locker rooms.
Social life revolves around ski wax.
There were clinics to demonstrate proper waxing techniques in the school lobby, long lines of skiers waiting for a turn to wax their skis, and endless discussions about the proper wax to use. Getting to the high school was probably the most difficult part of the weekend. When we left Albany on February 9 the sky was clear and the road was dry, but when we crossed the border into Canada it began to rain. For the next hundred miles we drove through a freezing rain that became a downpour at times. We passed numerous vehicles that had skidded off the road.