The Athlete · Antoine · Montréal
The 374 Olmsted Stairs (Mount Royal staircase)
This is the city's free outdoor gym. The long wooden staircase climbs straight up Mount Royal to the Kondiaronk lookout, and locals treat it as interval training — repeats up and down for a brutal leg-and-cardio session, with the skyline as your reward at the top. It's the fastest, steepest way up the mountain. Do repeats in the morning, then jog the Olmsted path to cool down. Note the stairs ice over and close in winter.
The famous wooden staircase up Mount Royal to the Kondiaronk lookout — the city's most popular leg workout, treated by locals as free interval training.
— Antoine, The Athlete
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