Where to rent or borrow equipment this winter in Montréal
Winter will be different this year. Would you like to borrow cross-country skis, skates, snowshoes or a snowracer? Here’s what you need to know to reserve equipment in a major or neighbourhood park, or in four libraries.
Montréal offers a wide variety of possibilities for outdoor fun. From sledding to skating, from cross-country skiing to snowshoeing, enjoy winter in one of the city’s parks.
In a nature park
You can rent cross-country skis, snowshoes, crazy carpets and snow racers in four nature parks.
- Reserve online in advance.
- Rental is free for young people ages 17 and under
- Two hours, maximum
- Residents of Montréal island only
Equipment is available for rent in the following parks:
- Parc-nature du Cap-Saint-Jacques
- Parc-nature du Bois-de-Liesse secteur Des Champs
- Parc-nature de l’Île-de-la-Visitation
- Parc-nature de la Pointe-aux-Prairies secteur Héritage
Informations: 514 280-6833 or [email protected]
Consult the parcs-nature website
In the large parks
Parc du Mont-Royal
You can rent cross-country skis and snowshoes.
- Reserve online in advance.
- Rental is free for young people ages 17 and under, residents of Montréal island only, for a maximum of two hours.
You can also rent skates and turbo carpets. No reservation required.
Parc Frédéric-Back
Equipment is available for rent on Saturdays and Sundays.
- You can rent cross-country skis and snowshoes online.
- You can reserve four days before the day you want to rent the equipment.
- Rental is free for residents of Montréal island only, no matter their age, with presentation of proof of residence.
Parc Jean-Drapeau
People younger than 18 living in Montréal can borrow fat bikes, skates, cross-country skis and snowshoes for free. Adults accompanying them can rent the same type of equipment for a fee.
In neighbourhood parks
Things are moving in local parks too! Have fun on the ice or on the slopes. You can borrow equipment in the following boroughs.
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
You can borrow skates, snowracers, helmets and snowshoes in four parks in the borough.
Verdun
Everything you need to know about borrowing innertubes, skates, cross-country skis snowshoes and snow-scooters.
Villeray–Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension
You can borrow cross-country skis, skates and snowshoes.
In four libraries
You can borrow children’s sleds, snowshoes for children and adult, snowshoe tails, walking sticks for adults and ice cleats in one of the following four libraries:
- Bibliothèque Mordecai-Richler (in French)
- Bibliothèque Saul-Bellow (in French)
- Bibliothèque Marie-Uguay (in French)
- Bibliothèque de Rosemont (in French)
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