Hiking

Mauricie - Parc national du Canada de la Mauricie - Sentier des Falaises

A shoreline hike with @hammerhead- Green Bay beach (canteen) to Broad Cove beach and up to the local Coffee Gallery for cold water and snack. Lovely day- dune walking swishing through grass and beach peas.

Some ocean long-views. This beach-to-beach hike was about 13K. I carried the pack, to help with training for Vermont long hike coming up this week - no elevation today :(

The stark contrasts of white and blue - beauty of this shoreline from Green Bay Beach to Broad Cove Beach. This file http://sshikers.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/2/6/11265208/broad_cove_hike_map.pdf is the most current map I could find of this linear trail. We wanted to hike over 12K, added on some distance at each end and hiked both ways of the trail.

One of the less used sections of trail that we encountered along the way.

The trails are very easy, and bike friendly. The multi-use trails are wide, smooth, and have frequent picnic table stops along the way. The hiking only trails are easy, and, despite being wide and relatively flat, also quite pretty.

Now that we have an all-access park pass to Quebec's "national" (i.e. provincial) parks, we are starting to explore more of the hiking options within a reasonable driving distance from Montreal.

Today we decided to check out Park National de la Yamaska, which is a large-ish park surrounding the Choiniere Reservoir. Around the circumference of the reservoir are trails, beaches, campgrounds, and picnic areas. We decided to circumnavigate the reservoir by stringing together a series of hiking trails an multi-use trails. All told, it was a 19km day on very flat, but very pretty terrain.

The trails wind through old fields, abandoned apple orchards, and re-planted forests (as seen from the rows of trees in this photo).

Last break of the day at Greenleaf hut

Franconia Ridge on a summer day

@toesalad Summit Little Haystack Mountain