Canada
Near Mont-Tremblant, Quebec.
Huge country with slowly changing landscapes and of which I only traveled a small part in Quebec and Ontario. To discover more!
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Near Mont-Tremblant, Quebec.
Huge country with slowly changing landscapes and of which I only traveled a small part in Quebec and Ontario. To discover more!
Impossible to miss the vast Gatineau Park which, on the map of the Outaouais, expands like smoke from a campfire. By combining it with the cycle paths of la Route verte, I was drawn to its many trails, lakes, and stretches of forest that seemed to invite me personally.
The Eastern Townships offer all the options for cycling enthusiasts, from Sunday rides to tough challenges popular with amateur cyclists. I explore some of this great potential by riding on bike paths, gravel roads and even some pump track curves!
In a dense network of cycle paths, I visit an old fort, drink a festive cider, ride a lime-green hippopotamus and play the piano by the water's edge. Welcome to Montérégie!
“I gave your name to try out the new double diamond trails in Mont-Tremblant,” my editor-in-chief simply wrote to me. I admit it, I got a little scared when I learned that there would be these jumps, gaps and other outcrops of rock...
Back home after a four-year world tour, I'm going back to my mountain biking roots. As soon as I arrive in the parking lot, I realize that the sport has changed: no more dudes, mountain biking is now a girl's sport.
The island of Montreal has nearly 1000 km of bike paths. Through large parks, over a few bridges and along the river and canals, I walked fifty.
I camp under one of the most beautiful skies in the world, I wash myself in a river and I learn the history of our border with the Americans, all embellished with the pleasant salty and fir scents of this superb region.
The tour of Quebec continues with a perfect route for the family, this time in Mauricie, a captivating region too often overlooked and located between the two largest cities in the province.
Some 70 km along the Richelieu and the St. Lawrence River, interspersed with conversations and photos!
After the world tour… the tour of Quebec? Due to the global pandemic, I brought my clip-on shoes back home and set off to the four corners of La Belle Province in order to get to know our hinterland better. First stop: the capital.
Between Montreal and Ottawa are new mountain biking trails that are great to start - and keep going! - the practice of this wonderful sport. Especially when good drainage favors early use of the trails.
The pandemic will have accelerated a trend that was already beginning to assert itself: mountain biking is now a sport for the general public. Portrait of the creation of trails, more and more numerous and widely used.
I improve my mountain biking technique by taking a course at the center Énergie CMB from Trois-Rivières!
A day with dozens of volunteers working to improve the trails of Mont Loup-Garou Park in Sainte-Adèle, in the Laurentians.
Between Montreal and Ottawa, here is my new favorite where to practice mountain biking!
The Saguenay Fjord drew my bike to it and opened its arms to me on its banks, welcoming me for three days in the heart of its moving landscapes.