~1,050 miles from Pittsburgh to Thunder Bay, Canada
(16-20 hours driving)

Info and Ice Conditions:

• Local climber with great condition info and pictures
• Area overview with some pictures
• Conditions information (Alpine Club of Canada)
• The Nipigon Experience (trip report)

Normandie Hotel
20 Front St.
Nipigon, Ontario CA
807-887-2448

I talked to Gunther at the Normandie Hotel in Nipigon (he likes climbers), and he said the rooms are $58 for a single room, and $68 for a double. That's in Canadian dollars, so the US price would be about 20% lower, but then you add taxes. There are four single rooms that I think have a double bed in each. There are also four double rooms. Three of the doubles have two double beds, with an extra bed or fold out couch in each. The fourth double room has two bedrooms in it, each with a double room.

He serves a very big breakfast for $7 per person (again Canadian $) which we should take advantage of. Dinner varies depending on how fancy we want him to get. I told him we would probably want a modest dinner, and I think this will come in at around $15. It's nice to come back to the hotel and have a drink and a soak in the hot tub and not have to worry about where to eat.