What to Do in Mont-Tremblant in August 2026: Festivals, the Lake and the Trails

August is Mont-Tremblant at full stretch. The water is finally warm, the gondola is running, and the village calendar is busier than at any other point in the year. It is also the last month before the region tips into autumn, which means long evenings and a festival schedule that runs most weekends. Here is what is on and what is worth planning around this August.

Festivals and events in August 2026

Two things anchor the start of the month. The Mont-Tremblant Jazz Festival runs its 19th edition from July 29 to August 2, with close to 40 free concerts across the village. Overlapping it, Les Rythmes Tremblant takes over Place Saint-Bernard from July 31 to August 2. Both are free and outdoors, and the village gets correspondingly full.

Mid-month brings something entirely different. Boréalys Mont-Tremblant by UTMB arrives on August 14 — an international trail running event with courses winding through the forest and up the mountain. Even if you are not running, it changes the character of the weekend and fills accommodation early.

Les Rythmes Tremblant continues through the month, closing out August with Louis-Jean Cormier at Place Saint-Bernard on August 29.

The lake in August

August is the one month when Lac Tremblant is reliably warm. The sandy beach has rentals for kayaks, canoes and paddleboards, along with restrooms and a lakeside bar and grill. The large inflatable structure anchored offshore is the single most effective way to occupy children for an afternoon.

If you would rather be on the water than in it, boat rentals and guided outings run from the beach through the summer season.

Hiking and the gondola

More than eleven marked trails start within walking distance of the village, from short loops to full summit ascents. If you want the views without the climb, the eight-person panoramic gondola runs to the summit through the summer.

For something bigger, Parc national du Mont-Tremblant covers roughly 1,510 square kilometres of trails, lakes and rivers. It is a genuinely different experience from the resort — quieter, wilder, and worth a full day.

Trail running and mountain biking

With Boréalys on the calendar, August is the month the trail running community shows up in numbers. The same trail network is open to everyone the rest of the month. On the mountain, lift-served downhill mountain biking runs through the summer season.

Le P'tit Train du Nord, the converted rail bed running through the Laurentians, is flat, long and well suited to a full day of easy cycling with a shuttle back.

Adventure activities worth booking ahead

• Ziplining over the forest canopy

• The aerial course, with routes roughly 30 feet above the ground

• White-water rafting on the Rouge River

• Horseback riding and ATV trails

• Sentier des cimes — a 40-metre observation tower topped with a mesh trampoline

August is peak season for all of these. Same-day availability is unreliable, particularly on festival weekends.

Free things to do

• The Jazz Festival's free concert programme, July 29 to August 2

• Les Rythmes Tremblant outdoor concerts most weekends

• The pedestrian village and the lakefront path

• Marked hiking trails from the village

• The beach at Lac Tremblant

Practical notes for August

Book early. August combines peak summer demand with a dense event calendar, and the weekends around the Jazz Festival and Boréalys are the tightest of the year. Days are warm and evenings cool quickly once the sun drops behind the mountain, so bring a layer even in mid-August.

Mont-Tremblant is roughly a 1 hour 45 minute to 2 hour drive north of Montreal. A car is useful unless you are staying in the village, where the free resort shuttle covers most of what you need.

Where to stay

In August the priorities shift. Ski access is irrelevant; pool access, a deck and proximity to the lake are what matter. Village-adjacent places put you walking distance from the festival stages, which is worth a great deal when the concerts run late. Versant Soleil is quieter with the free shuttle into the village. Lakeside and countryside chalets trade convenience for space and water access.

LivZen manages chalets and condos across all three areas, several with shared summer pools, and Chalet Boreal sits directly on Blueberry Lake with swimming from the property.