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Weather and winter gear: MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT IN WINTER!!
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  • Scotsgal
  • By Scotsgal on May 24, 2003
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  • IF YOU ARE COMING FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD AND ARE PLANNING TO VISIT QUEBEC IN THE WINTER..BRING A REALLY WARM HAT. AS I DISCOVERED THE FIRST YEAR I CAME TO QUEBEC..YOU REALLY NEED A HAT. ESP WHEN OUT IN THE COLD..TEMPERATURES CAN GET UP TO -40 WITH THAT WIND CHILL. YOUR EARS BECOME NUMB TOO IF YOU ON'T WEAR ONE!

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    Weather and winter gear: Sudden Weather Changes
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  • Updated By Canadienne on April 20, 2003
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  • The Snowstorm Begins. . . - Quebec
    The Snowstorm Begins. . .
    by Canadienne
    This "warning" goes for so many places. . .but it never hurts to be reminded. The day we arrived in Quebec City was beautiful, sunny and relatively mild (8-10 degrees). The second morning, we awoke to one of the worst snowstorms they would see all winter.

    It was actually too windy to walk. . .and we gave it our all. Although we had wanted to explore more of the city, we caught a slow-moving cab to the Musee du Quebec and spent the afternoon indoors.

    Lesson learned ~ come prepared for bad weather. . .and have a back-up plan for things to see and do.

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    Weather and winter gear: When skiing wear goggles
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  • Updated By Scotsgal on May 24, 2003
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  • If you go skiing in Quebec in Winter wear protective eye wear as the cold can freeze your eyelashes together..it happened to someone i know. When it is -20 degrees or less this is when you should think about wearing your goggles!

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    Weather and winter gear: Frostbite - it can get COLD in...
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  • By rscimagery on September 8, 2002
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  • Weather and winter gear - Quebec
    by rscimagery
    Frostbite - it can get COLD in Canada. I frostbit the tip of my nose and watched it slough off as dead tissue a few days later. Nothing serious but looks ugly for a while. Petroleum jelly as suggested (after of course). This all happened on my first run in a matter of seconds - BE PREPARED! It can get very windy and nasty at the summit. Head down to sheltered territory ASAP.

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    Weather and winter gear: COLD!!!
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  • By bduffy007 on September 15, 2006
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  • Here I go again with a tip that its cold in Quebec in winter or its how hot it is in Egypt in August but seriously be careful when visiting Quebec when I did in February. The real reason I mention this is that people like myself who come from what we think is a cold climate who are used to snow, ice etc like to think we are prepared but really are not. I am still not clear what the actual tempatures were (still not used to that Celscius thing) but fortuantely I was smart and bought several things prior to my visit, thermal shirt and pants for under my clothes, a good warm hat, a scarf and I spent the money for a very good pair of ski gloves. Honestly I might have worn those items once in my life in Pennsylvania but they are a NECCESITY in Quebebc, please do not figure you have seen it before. I knew I was in for it one my first day touring, the sun was shining as we were peering out into the Saint Lawrence from an overlook when I felt my face burning a little I looked in the glass of the hotel we were standing by to realize that as I was breathing the air was so cold with the wind that my breath was freezing in my beard. I took off my glove to pull some fairly substantial pieces of ice of my face. I honestly thought that only happened in movies filmed in the Artic.

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    Weather and winter gear: Falling icicles and snow
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  • By skatzcatz on February 12, 2007
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  • Icicles - Quebec
    Icicles
    by skatzcatz
    In winter be wary of falling icicles and snow. Watch your head and don't walk under too many roof ledges.

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