Gray Rocks was Quebec's first ski hill and the original ski capital of the Laurentian Mountains, founded in 1905 by George Wheeler on the shores of Lac Ouimet near Mont-Tremblant. After more than a century of operation, the hotel and ski resort closed for good on 29 March 2009, a casualty of the recession. What remains is a quiet, atmospheric site at the base of Sugarloaf (Le Pain de Sucre), its 189 m of former runs now reclaimed by the landscape. The shack sits in that in-between space the resort left behind, weathered structure against open hillside, the kind of subject that rewards photographers chasing texture, decay and contrast. The surrounding terrain still draws hikers and snowboarders, so the location works year-round. Autumn brings Laurentian colour across the slopes, winter delivers heavy snow loads (the hill once averaged 420 cm a season) and clean white negative space, and the low light of early morning or late afternoon rakes nicely across the weathered surfaces. Plan for varied conditions and bring layers. Access is on foot, and the open hillside means little shelter from wind or sun. (Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada)
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