Quebec. Canadá. Et. 17. Fjord du Saguenay. Rivière Éternité-Sainte Rose du Nord. 23-AGO-15
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- Distance
- 19.22 mi
- Elevation gain
- 256 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 810 ft
- Max elevation
- 690 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- 23 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 6 hours 27 minutes
- Coordinates
- 394
- Uploaded
- September 18, 2015
- Recorded
- August 2015
near L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec (Canada)
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This stage has three parts: the first, by bike, from Rivière Éternité to Baie Éternité by the Parc national du Fjord du Saguenay. Very friendly, they did not charge us for the entrance to the park, since we only went to the dock to get on the boat. We left the bikes at the Center de découverte et de services Le Fjord du Saguenay and spent two hours walking up and down a path inside the park, feeling the statue, which leads to the statue of Notre Dame du Saguenay that dominates a shore of the fjord. The gps stayed on the bike, so there is no track of that second part.
In the park there are many activities available, from walking trails, to whale watching, kayaking, or via ferrata on the cliffs of Cape Trinité. There are varied accommodation: chalets, shelters or camping.
On the pier, part three, we board the boat with the bikes and sail through the fjord until we reach upstream to Sainte Rose du Nord, a small town with a campsite with terrible facilities and magnificent views over the fjord.
GPS data: 31 km; ascent 129; descent 282; 6.27h.
Tour of the province of Quebec, in Canada, during 20 days of pedaling and seven more without the bike. As the distances in this giant country are so huge we are dedicated only to know something of four regions: 1, Laurentides and Outaouais; 2, Cantons de l'Est; 3, Saguenay-Lac Saint Jean and 4, Chaudière-Appalaches. In each of them we saw a small part, just to get an idea of what is and continue at another time. There are more cultivated areas and others wilder, thousands of lakes countless and fast flowing rivers, vast forests and endless plains, old train routes and secondary roads with little traffic and cycle roads.
Whenever we could, we followed the routes that mark the routeverte.com network: a website where distances can be calculated and itineraries traced. Many times the routes indicated in the route verte are no more than the shoulder of a quiet road; another is an old railway layout equipped with information and supplies in the old halls and sometimes enough cyclists who do some stage. People are always very friendly and warmly welcome travelers. They are very happy that there are Spaniards pedaling in such distant places and they always ask with interest or know a phrase in our language.
Some small damage that we had was resolved immediately in cyclist repair shops. They serve you instantly and at very moderate prices.
In addition to the page quoted, there is a lot of information on pistescyclables.ca and in a network of accommodations called bienvenue cyclistes throughout Québec.
Almost all stages have very smooth profiles with little unevenness, but there are continuous ups and downs and some steep ramps with loaded saddlebags are noted.
We had mountain bikes, one of 26 and another of 29, with low-relief tires, wheels (35 and 38 mm), but despite having sections in which the track is dirt, are enough bikes with covers of 28 or 30 mm, which is what leads the vast majority of cyclists we saw. All those who came with saddlebags were carrying those road or hybrid aluminum bikes that they now call large-scale or crossover bikes.
We had to use some buses to connect some regions with others and in all the transport companies they charge you for taking the bike and they force you to pack it in a cardboard box that they sell to you, sometimes dismantling pedals and handlebars; other companies do not force the box, you put the bike without dismantling anything in a simple plastic bag that you are supplied and charged. The buses are not cheap and with the bikes and their transport you can leave a trip from Quebec to Montreal, 300 km, for 50 Canadian dollars.
It is a great trip that gives rise to know in more detail some of the regions that we toured or that we passed nearby. It will be notified in successive years.
In the park there are many activities available, from walking trails, to whale watching, kayaking, or via ferrata on the cliffs of Cape Trinité. There are varied accommodation: chalets, shelters or camping.
On the pier, part three, we board the boat with the bikes and sail through the fjord until we reach upstream to Sainte Rose du Nord, a small town with a campsite with terrible facilities and magnificent views over the fjord.
GPS data: 31 km; ascent 129; descent 282; 6.27h.
Tour of the province of Quebec, in Canada, during 20 days of pedaling and seven more without the bike. As the distances in this giant country are so huge we are dedicated only to know something of four regions: 1, Laurentides and Outaouais; 2, Cantons de l'Est; 3, Saguenay-Lac Saint Jean and 4, Chaudière-Appalaches. In each of them we saw a small part, just to get an idea of what is and continue at another time. There are more cultivated areas and others wilder, thousands of lakes countless and fast flowing rivers, vast forests and endless plains, old train routes and secondary roads with little traffic and cycle roads.
Whenever we could, we followed the routes that mark the routeverte.com network: a website where distances can be calculated and itineraries traced. Many times the routes indicated in the route verte are no more than the shoulder of a quiet road; another is an old railway layout equipped with information and supplies in the old halls and sometimes enough cyclists who do some stage. People are always very friendly and warmly welcome travelers. They are very happy that there are Spaniards pedaling in such distant places and they always ask with interest or know a phrase in our language.
Some small damage that we had was resolved immediately in cyclist repair shops. They serve you instantly and at very moderate prices.
In addition to the page quoted, there is a lot of information on pistescyclables.ca and in a network of accommodations called bienvenue cyclistes throughout Québec.
Almost all stages have very smooth profiles with little unevenness, but there are continuous ups and downs and some steep ramps with loaded saddlebags are noted.
We had mountain bikes, one of 26 and another of 29, with low-relief tires, wheels (35 and 38 mm), but despite having sections in which the track is dirt, are enough bikes with covers of 28 or 30 mm, which is what leads the vast majority of cyclists we saw. All those who came with saddlebags were carrying those road or hybrid aluminum bikes that they now call large-scale or crossover bikes.
We had to use some buses to connect some regions with others and in all the transport companies they charge you for taking the bike and they force you to pack it in a cardboard box that they sell to you, sometimes dismantling pedals and handlebars; other companies do not force the box, you put the bike without dismantling anything in a simple plastic bag that you are supplied and charged. The buses are not cheap and with the bikes and their transport you can leave a trip from Quebec to Montreal, 300 km, for 50 Canadian dollars.
It is a great trip that gives rise to know in more detail some of the regions that we toured or that we passed nearby. It will be notified in successive years.
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