Traffic's sparse in places normally heavy, and those ski slopes and ski trails pristine and devoid of crowds.
There are 300 kilometers of ski trails, guaranteed snow and over 70 lifts.
Though a step up from the groomed cross-country ski trails that lie closer to the town of Jasper (population 4, 000), 23km to the northeast, the technical challenges of the Tonquin Valley are not extreme.
If the festival has you thirsty for more cold weather activities, head over to Gatineau Park (Quebec-side), just 15 minutes from downtown Ottawa, which has more than 200 km of cross country ski trails - one of the biggest networks in North America.
In its 40 years of life, it has turned the Rideau Canal into the world's longest skating rink, planned urban bicycle paths and ski trails in Gatineau Park, and cleared LeBreton Flats, once a timber town and the camping place of lumberjacks and fur-trading voyageurs.
The 9 bedroom, 11 bathroom residence has swimming and fishing ponds, a horse barn, pool and ski and nature trails to enjoy.
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After participating in biathlons in the 1972 and 1976 winter games and coaching other U.S. Olympic teams, John Morton built a modest business designing trails for ski resorts.
Recreation includes a pond for fishing and canoeing, downhill and cross country ski areas, hiking and mountain biking trails, tennis, and much more.
"This is the best glade skiing anywhere east of the Rockies, " says Steven Rowe, a former emergency room doctor who gave up medicine to run the ski patrol at Bohemia in the winter and cut new trails in the summer.
Come winter, ski enthusiasts will also appreciate Twin Farms' six private skiing trails.
Even my ski slope-loving daughters wished we had more time to explore the backcountry trails.
The three year old used to ski down that hill, skate on the frozen water, and wander off on animal trails.
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Modern lifts, primed ski slopes from "Sesame Street" to "Death Wish", solitary cross-country trails through untouched nature, cosy mountain huts, steaming mulled wine, hearty dinners by a crackling fire - all are hallmarks of a German skiing holiday.
Eschewing the manufactured resorts common in other North American ski areas, the Methow remains a lightly populated but ultra-friendly rural community, whose varied trails are spread over a wide area.
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