Climbing the new Mont Royal Staircase - Montreal, Canada

The new Mont Royal staircase starts at the top of Peel St., corner Pine Ave., and continues up to the main lookout at the top of the mountain. There are 400 stairs in the wide wooden staircase, with about 10 landings on the way, and a few small observation decks. The City of Montreal recently inaugurated the new staircase, along with a new road on the south side of the mountain that connects with the rest of the roads on Mont Royal. On a warm spring afternoon, mid-week, you can see that the staircase is already a big attraction.
The climb shown here is less than half of the entire staircase. Great exercise going up, not so much coming down! And the reward is the spectacular view of the downtown area from the lookout (see separate video).

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Travel & Events

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• City of Montreal
• Montreal
• staircases
• mountains
• tourists
• observation decks
• lookouts

[ebonyladee]

I do the stairs at least three times per week, I was not aware of Mt Royal's popularity until I started the stairs a few years ago. Why is it so hard for the friggin tourists to understand staying on one side of the stairs? Hellooooooooo there are people working out here. And what's the fascination with taking pics. of the squirrels, do they not know that they are from the rodent family and can become aggresive? We don't all speak french here ok? there are many successful anglos. me included