Quebec City Winter Tours

Winter is this city's second high season for a reason: snow on the fortifications, Carnival in February, and real backcountry within sight of the walls. One caution before you book anything with dogs in it: the sledding tours sold alongside Quebec City actually run near Mont-Tremblant, about four hours away. We list them below, labelled exactly as what they are.

Checked with Jean-Pierre Tremblay, Quebec City tour guide & heritage specialist

What winter tours can you do from Quebec City?

The genuinely local one is the guided snowmobile tour on Île d'Orléans, minutes from town: 4.9 across 232 GetYourGuide reviews, from $152. The two dog-sledding tours below are also excellent, both 4.9-rated, but they run near Mont-Tremblant, a verified 370 km, roughly 4 hours from Old Quebec. Book those for the Laurentians or Montréal leg of your trip, not as a Quebec City day out.

The local one: snowmobiling on Île d'Orléans

Snowmobiling is not imported tourist theatre here, it is how rural Quebec gets around in winter. This tour puts you on a sled on the farm island just across the bridge, with the frozen St. Lawrence around you and the city a few minutes behind.

Genuinely local · minutes from the city A snowmobile crossing a snowy trail on Île d'Orléans near Quebec City in deep winter

Best winter tour you can do while based in Quebec City

Guided Snowmobile Tour, Île d'Orléans

4.9 across 232 GetYourGuide reviews

Run by Location Motoneige Québec on Île d'Orléans, just outside the city
Guided riding, so first-timers on a snowmobile are the norm, not the exception
From $152; the only tour on this page you can do from a Quebec City hotel without rearranging your itinerary

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The rating is the operator's current GetYourGuide figure. Winter-season departures; the listing shows open dates.

The Tremblant pair: dog sledding, four hours away

Now the honest geography. Both dog-sled tours below are run by the Tremblant Activity Centre near Mont-Tremblant in the Laurentians: about 370 km from Old Quebec, a drive of roughly 3 hours 45 minutes to 4 hours. That is not a day trip, whatever a search result implies. If your route home runs through Montréal or the Laurentians, though, they slot in beautifully, and their ratings are superb.

Winter tour	Where it really is	From Old Quebec
Snowmobile, Île d'Orléans	Île d'Orléans, beside the city	Minutes away
Dogsledding Valley Adventure	Near Mont-Tremblant, Laurentians	~370 km, roughly 4 h drive
Dogsledding with Hot Chocolate	Near Mont-Tremblant, Laurentians	~370 km, roughly 4 h drive

For the Tremblant leg of your trip A snowmobile crossing a snowy trail on Île d'Orléans near Quebec City in deep winter

Best if your itinerary includes the Laurentians: the classic team-and-valley run

Dogsledding Valley Adventure near Mont-Tremblant

4.9 across 69 GetYourGuide reviews

Guided dog-sled run through a Laurentian valley with the Tremblant Activity Centre
From $184; 4.9 rating on a modest base of 69 reviews
Plan it from a Tremblant or Montréal base, not from Quebec City

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Best with kids in tow: the shorter format that ends in hot chocolate

Mont-Tremblant Guided Dogsledding with Hot Chocolate

4.9 across 43 GetYourGuide reviews

Same operator and area as the valley run, with hot chocolate wrapped into the tour
From $206; 4.9 on an early base of 43 reviews
Also near Mont-Tremblant: pair it with a Laurentians stay, not a Quebec City morning

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Building a winter day that actually works

From a Quebec City base, the workable winter combination is a morning snowmobile run on Île d'Orléans and an afternoon back inside the walls, where the old town under snow is the postcard the city prints. Winter is when the guided walks through the old streets feel most like time travel; each operator's listing shows which winter dates are open. Doing Montréal and Tremblant on the same trip? That is where the dog sleds belong. The main lineup shows how every season's tours fit together.

Winter tour questions

Can you go dog sledding in Quebec City?

Not next to the city, on the tours we have verified. The two bookable dog-sled tours in this set run near Mont-Tremblant, about 370 km and roughly 4 hours from Old Quebec. They are excellent, both 4.9-rated, but treat them as a Laurentians activity. The winter tour that is genuinely at Quebec City's doorstep is the Île d'Orléans snowmobile run.

Where can you snowmobile near Quebec City?

On Île d'Orléans, minutes from town, with Location Motoneige Québec: a guided tour from $152, rated 4.9 across 232 GetYourGuide reviews. It is winter-season only, and the open dates for your trip are shown live on the listing.

Is winter a good time to visit Quebec City at all?

It is the city's second peak, after summer. Christmas and the February Winter Carnival drive the season, the old town under snow is arguably its best-looking version, and the tours above are built around it. Pack for real cold and the season will pay you back.

The local one: snowmobiling on Île d'Orléans

Guided Snowmobile Tour, Île d'Orléans

The Tremblant pair: dog sledding, four hours away

Dogsledding Valley Adventure near Mont-Tremblant

Mont-Tremblant Guided Dogsledding with Hot Chocolate

Building a winter day that actually works

Winter tour questions

Winter here is the real thing