You can take a sleigh ride, go ice skating on Lac Miroir, go for a dogsled ride (you can mush the dogs yourself) or a horseback ride, go ice climbing or zip around on a snowmobile. There’s a tubing park in St. Jovite.

For a true Nordic experience, visit nearby Le Scandinave (425-5524) and wallow in the Scandinavian baths. The theory is simple: warm up your body, then close your skin’s pores by chilling the body rapidly, then relax in a heated environment. Start in a Finnish sauna or steam bath, then plunge into cold water by running under a waterfall, diving into a pool or dipping into the river that runs through this forest retreat. To warm back up, sit in the outdoor hot tub or return to the sauna or steam bath. Repeat all this as necessary! Two or three hours of this surprisingly affordable indulgence leaves you thoroughly refreshed .

The Spa-sur-le-Lac at Club Tremblant (425-8341) offers a more traditional experience with 11 body-care and aesthetic rooms and a beauty salon. The Amerispa Le Westin Resort Tremblant (681-7080) and The Fairmont Tremblant (681-7680) offer complete spa services including facials, manicures and massages.

Aquaclub La Source (681-5668), billed as “A Lake in the Laurentians,” lets guests escape winter. This family-oriented spa includes an exercise room and a lake created to evoke the Laurentian outdoors complete with beach, waterfall and Tarzan-style rope swing. The Spa at the Activity Centre (681-4848) has sauna, steam bath, outdoor hot tubs, massage and other services for those age 18 and older.

The village has about 45 shops. Some of the fanciest are in the Fairmont Tremblant. Chocoholics will want to make fast tracks to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, where they’ll find creamy fudge and crunchy toffee. The village also has a two-screen movie theater.

To book any activity, call the Activity Center, (866) 356-2242 or 681-4848. For more information, you can reach the Mont-Tremblant Tourism Office at 425-2434.