Skiing in sub-zero temperatures - 17 January 2020 in Parc National du Bic, Quebec Province

Winters are cold here in Quebec! But if you're wearing the right clothes and have the right mindset it  can be exhilarating to be outside, even when the temperatures are sub-zero. On this day, we were out X country-skiing at -3 F on a trail sheltered from the wind. It was a short ski, about 30 minutes, and included a stopover at a warming hut along the Le Portage trail in Parc National du Bic. 

Local temperature as indicated on my Apple Watch

Cross-country skiing on the Le Portage trail in Parc National du Bic

Winter warming hut along the trail - note smoke billowing from stove pipe.

Large wooden bin with firewood, smaller white bin had birch bark kindling

The wood stove was burning wood and the hut was comfortably warm when we arrived

View out window of warming hut showing one of the many groomed trails
in Parc National du Bic

Our classic cross-country skis - great for skiing in groomed tracks in the Parc

Summer picnic area with out-house in background is adjacent to the  warming hut.