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Pour notre dernière journée dans le Parc du Bic, nous avons décidé de nous attaquer au sentier le plus difficile, le Sentier du Grand Tour (10.5km). Ce sentier longe en grande partie les falaises du littoral, tantôt sur une bande étroite de galets, tantôt sur les flancs de la falaise. Accessible seulement à marée basse, le sentier n’est aucunement balisé ou aménagé sur sa portion la plus difficile. Il n’est pas très bien décrit dans le Guide du visiteur et nous avons réalisé après coup que nos bottes de marche rigides n’étaient pas idéales pour grimper le “sentier” très étroit. Il faut marcher sur des roches pointues, sauter par dessus des crevasses, passer dans des espaces très étroits et parfois faire un peu d’escalade. Malgré sa difficulté, il est magnifique et nous étions bien contents de nous être rendus jusqu’au bout!
Ce billet met fin à cette escapade au Bas-St-Laurent. Nous reviendrons bientôt avec des photos de nos nouvelles aventures.
For our last day in Parc du Bic, we decided to tackle the most difficult trail, the Sentier du Grand Tour (10.5km). This path runs largely along the cliffs of the coast, sometimes on a narrow strip of pebbles, sometimes on the sides of the cliff. Accessible only at low tide, the trail isn’t marked or maintained on its most difficult portion. It isn’t very well described in the Visitor’s Guide and we realized after the fact that our stiff walking boots weren’t ideal for climbing the very narrow “trail”. You have to walk on sharp rocks, jump over crevices, go through very narrow spaces and sometimes do a little climbing. Despite its difficulty, it is magnificent and we were very happy to have made it to the end!
This post puts an end to this Bas-St-Laurent getaway. We will be back soon with pictures of our new adventures.
Sentier du Grand Tour
[Auteur/Author: Suzanne & Pierre]
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Cette côte rocheuse est vraiment magnifique et c’est sympa d’avoir partagé. J’imagine tout à fait des bottes sur un tel terrain, ce ne doit pas être bien commode mais cela vous a permis malgré tout de très jolies photos. Merci.
Merci Marie. Nous aurions effectivement aimer avoir des souliers plus flexibles; nous saurons pour la prochaine fois. C’est vraiment un sentier difficile mais très joli.
I think you saved the best for the last. I can’t even pick a favourite in this set – although I am partial to driftwood! Looks like you were part of a crowd and loved the foot shot at the end – it’s usually your bare feet. It must have been a cold day or you were worried that once you got those boots off, they won’t go back on.
Thanks Jacqui. I am you enjoyed this series. It was a very beautiful place. As for the boots, it wasn’t very cold (it was at the end of August) but we never thought of taking them off as we still had a way to go to get back to the car…
Marvelous rock formations and photos! Looks like a rugged trail and climb, kudos for scaling it. 🙂
Thanks Eliza. We were quite pleased with ourselves to have managed to do it. We would have liked a better description of the terrain so we could have selected the right footwear but we will know if we ever do it again. It was a beautiful trail.
Interesting region!
Thanks Sue. It is indeed. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Beautiful photos!
Thanks Donna. Glad you enjoyed this series.
What amazing rock formations Suzanne! So glad you made it to the end of the trail safely – the photos look gorgeous!
Thanks Rosemary. The trail was difficult but quite feasible if you took your time to determine the best way to take. There were a few places where we had to do minor scaling but we managed though we wished we had more flexible footwear; the rigid walking boots weren’t appropriate. It was a very beautiful trail and we are glad we did it.