Snowmobiling Vacation Cottages
OurSnowmobiling winter Vacation packages includes a six night stay in one of our winter cottages. You can be in the middle of some of Canada's most untamed wilderness and still enjoy the comforts of home. More Chalets and Cottages photos.

Come to Auberge Cartier in Malartic Quebec Canada for the World Class Snowmobiling that you've heard about in the Abitibi-Temiscamingue region. Some of the longest Snowmobile cultured trails at our doorstep. We have regularly groomed trails, when the groomers can keep up with the snowfall that is.

Regional Beauty at Sunset on Lac Mourier

The Abitibi region of Quebec remained uncolonized until the 1850's. That's when the first large wave of pioneers arrived. They came to prosper from the "Green Gold ", hardwoods and softwoods from the mixed and boreal forests.

Later, in 1923, the discovery of copper and gold drew immigrants from various European countries. Larger cities were created like Rouyn-Noranda and Val D'Or. Smaller centers, such as Malartic have been able to preserve their pioneering charm. It still has the Far Western feel of the early settler days. The locals are a very friendly, interesting, easy-going, small town people that are eager to greet a new face.

Today, Abitibi is still an area where nature is the dominating force. With only 2.2 inhabitants per square km, the wilderness is alive with all the classic Canadian animal life. The landscape consists mostly of the typical rolling hills of the Canadian Shield. The forests are mixed and boreal. Hundreds of various sized lakes dot the landscape. Unpaved lumber roads snake around the hillsides. Many of the river crossings still use covered bridges.

How to Dress for Today's Weather
It is important for you to have warm clothing, like those you would wear to go skiing. Long john's, woollen socks, woollen sweaters can make a difference in your comfort. Ordinary winter boots and ski coat will do just fine for a short walk outdoors, but on a Snowmobile you'll need something warmer because of the added wind chill factor resulting from the increased speed.

Our all-inclusive snowmobiling tour package includes the added Snowmobiling gear that you will require for safe and comfortable sledding. They include: a snowmobilesuit, gloves and boots and helmet. You can wear these outside for your other activities during your stay - we have a skating rink, sliding hills ...

Spend your snowmobiling vacation nights in one of our comfortable winterized cottages. Take off in the morning in various directions from here and meet other riders at the many trail side stops.

Whether you stay here a week, a day or just pop in for cocoa, we will do our utmost best to see that your snowmobile tours through Malartic, Quebec, Canada will leave you with wonderful memories of good times, great trails and our awesome northern Quebec friendliness.

They curl around Quebec Canada's rolling hillsides like the pioneering caravans of long ago, awe struck at the land's unspoiled wildness, free from life's anxieties. This is the snowmobilers winter vacation they yearn for.

We at Auberge Cartier pride ourselves with providing you with the world class winter adventures you want and need. We've put together an all-inclusive Snowmobiling Vacation package that is geared to completely satisfying you.

We have tons of snow. We have some of the best Snowmobile Trails in Quebec Canada. We take great care in keeping our Snowmobile culture alive and fun for everybody. Super friendly Snowmobiling clubs and rest stops everywhere. Everybody is happy have you visit! 17 miles from the nearest town, a secure location with guard dog. Thousands of miles of trails that start in three directions.

Stories from our Blog!

Snowmobiling, being in the tourist industry, is a very competitive business sector in Canada. Packages for vacationers are offered of all sorts, from the basic "here is a room and the kitchen is open over there at noon" arrangements to the all-inclusive, fully-guided, fully-equipped, chilled champagne on arrival, chocolates on the pillows, private ice fishing huts and on-site security.

The winter tourism dollar is reward enough for adventure providers like us, to carefully craft a marketing strategy. One that is friendly, open, honest and interesting. We are fortunate being this far north as snow fall and cold are not at shortages here in the James Bay Frontier. It is always cold and snowing in the winter. Snow, in fact, becomes our region's greatest winter tourism resource and manage it well. Our world class trail systems simply outclass the rest.

Canada's snowmobiling industry has gone through its share of ups and downs over the years. In the bright times, most of the tourist operators celebrate in a moving display of camaraderie. In the darker years though, the industry tends to take on a meaner marketing dimension. Desperate tour operators can resort to unsavoury means in order to get additional business. When threatened or hurt, they easily announce false accusations on forums about specific competitors or even entire regions and provinces. Sadly, some may even blatantly lie about the actual weather or trail conditions on the ground in order to rent a room or jsut to keep the deposit. This type of business practice can hang a dark cloud on an entire region's industry when it is left unchallenged.

That is why sled paths reporting, the actual happenings on the ground need to be delivered to potential vacationers in a completely honest way. Not only is it a reflection of good ethics for the winter destination but it is also a testimony to the industry as a whole within a region, an entire province or even the whole snowmobiling industry in Canada.

If it hadn't snowed for three weeks and the temperatures have been consistently hovering in the low teens, then it is unethical to report that a snow storm just passed through. To continue in the charade and to suggest that the groomers are warming up is an unspeakable act of distrust. To take the whole play to the point when you declare that they have just headed out to make a way for you ... is a downright, low-down, terrible, terrible thing.

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