Category: SIA
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SIA Day 32: the long ride home
I was up around 7 am and packed my stuff before heading to the Café des Artistes. I ordered a latte and a breakfast that was an egg, ham, spinach with some sourdough toast, as well a chocolatine. I had forgotten how good sourdough and pastries can be, yum. After breakfast, I headed over to…
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SIA Day 31: Camping Cap Bon Ami to Bout du Monde (10 km to the Bout du Monde and 4km back to closest parking lot, +513m, -468m)
It was sunny and windy for my last morning, allowing my laundered clothes and tent to dry before packing up. I used the campground shelter to heat up water for coffee since it was that windy. I was on the trail around 8 am for the last 10 kms. Unfortunately, I seemed to start off…
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SIA Day 30: Les Crêtes 1 to Camping Cap Bon Ami (24.5km, +1268m, -1626)
I slept so-so, I was woken up by an animal at one point and again by some rain and wind in the early morning hours. I wasn’t really able to get back to sleep again after that, but only got up at 6:45. I made the oatmeal that Mum had sent me for breakfast, maple…
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SIA Day 29: Refuge l’Érabilière to Camping les Crêtes 1 (22km, +1417m, -1251)
We were all up around the same time again and headed off together. The trail headed through the forest and then followed a dirt road before heading back onto a trail, it was a bit confusing at points and we did have to backtrack once. After about 9km, we hit the 197 highway, where we…
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SIA Day 28: Refuge le Zephyr to Refuge l’Erabliere (22km, +1139m, -934m)
We were all up at about the same time and we headed off together along the shore. We didn’t see any whales, only one seal and a few gannets. The trail leaves the shoreline at Anse à Valleau, where we headed up a hill to Camping des Ancêtres, where the guys had a food box…
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SIA Day 27 – Refuge les Cascades to Refuge le Zephyr (34km, +2131m, -2220)
My longest day km wise, so I was up and off early, I preventatively donned my rain pants and tried to go slowly to reduce the sweating. It was breezy and less humid that the day before so it wasn’t too hot in them. Not too long after leaving the refuge, I found the trail…
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SIA Day 26: Grande-Vallee to Refuge Les Cascades (27 km, +1935m, -1890m)
I enjoyed my pizza and coffee breakfast immensely, even the cold pizza was delicious, with shrimps and lobster…There were two options for the trail this morning, along the shoreline if the tide was out or along the highway. The timing was good for the shoreline, so I headed down to the beach. The surface varied…
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SIA Day 25: Madeleine Centre to Grande-Vallée (31 km, +1284m, -1287m)
I woke up very early and couldn’t get back to sleep what with crows cawing and someone nearby snoring. I finally gave up trying at about 5:30 and since my clothes didn’t seem any dryer, I hung them up on a line, at least it was sunny. I didn’t leave the campground until around 8:30…
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SIA Day 24: Abri Ruisseau-Fletan to Madeleine Centre (27km, +2188m, -1966m)
This morning started with a short walk into Gros Morne, which didn’t seem to have much going on although there is a restaurant (closed when I went by). The trail turned inland again and followed a dirt road all the way to Manche d’Épee. The trail then followed the 132 for a few kms in…
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SIA Day 23: Camping Municipal Mt-St-Pierre to Abri Ruisseau-Fletan (31km, +1727m, -1738m)
In the morning I found out that there had been tornadoes in Matane, about 200km away and I felt extremely grateful that the storms had been so light where I was. I walked the first few kms into the town of Mt-St-Pierre, which is spread along a bay. I had finally made it to the…
On the Trail with Stella 