Le Petit Train du Nord: Day 2

It was a beautiful morning, a cool 9º but sunny, and no wind as we bulked up on carbs for our next biking adventure. Our pancake breakfast was delicious.

Now more familiar with the biking trail and what it offers, we drove north to the small village of Labelle where there is a large parking lot for RVs near the train station.

This section of the trail was the nicest we biked. All paved, relatively flat, it  crosses open fields with views of the Laurentian mountains and passes through lightly forested sections.

We started from km 107, pedalled south past the smaller La Conception depot.

La Conception

We stopped at Gare de Mont Tremblant on Lac Mercier at km 92. The current train station was rebuilt in 1998. We ate our picnic lunches there. 

I returned to Labelle making my trek  30 km (15 km x 2). Kathy went farther, south to the village of Mont Tremblant and  a bit farther north of Labelle.

A real highlight for me was coming upon a deer grazing beside the trail! 

Lac Mercier

The trees  formed a  tunnel like canopy over the trail at one point.

There were many people enjoying the path and the weather... cyclists, walkers, joggers, scooters, rollerbladers...  no vehicles, atv's and horses allowed. 

Le Petit Train du Nord is part of La Route Verte, the longest cycling route in North America. It crisscrosses regions of Quebec and connects with Ontario, New Brunswick and the USA.

la Rivière Rouge 

It was late afternoon when we made the turn for home and took Rte 323 as far as Brébeuf, about 40 km from MontTremblant on la Rivière Rouge. We paid Mont Tremblant prices at Camping  Domaine des Cèdres, our most expensive and overpriced campground this trip: $82.60 including $8.00 for Shadow!😠 And $1.00 for the showers!!!

We drove 140 km in total. It reached 22º; we used the air c.