ChrisM wrote:
Anyone done IMMT and can compare? Have done Canada twice and love it but wasn’t coming back for the 2018 course. So was looking at IMMT which gets rave reviews
I've done Whistler twice and was at Tremblant in 2014. Supposed to race but there was a hospital trip involved a couple of days before the race which ended that. Anyhoo... I swam in the lake, ran some of the run course, and drove much of the bike course.
Water was colder than Whistler, at least that year, but otherwise it's a 1-loop lake swim. As mentioned, the bike course at MT is far from easy but it's not as hard as Whistler (any of the Whistler bike courses). It's a somewhat challenging bike course though. Roads are about as nice quality as you'll ever ride on. The run course isn't flat but not that bad. I only ran around the village part of the course, so I can't comment much about the rest of it.
The village area at MT is similar-ish to Whistler but on a much smaller scale. Ski resort town with a bunch of hotel and restaurants. What was very different from Whistler was pricing. Hotels at MT were far more expensive than Whistler. Also needed to get out of the MT resort area to find a grocery store, whereas there are the two stores right in Whistler Village.
Both are about 90 minute drives from their respective main airports (Vancouver and Montreal). There's also the potential for language barrier issues if you don't speak French. Generally not a concern in MT but it could be a concern in areas between MT and Montreal.
Favorite Gear:
Dimond |
Cadex |
Desoto Sport |
Hoka One One