Snowmobile Tour 1100

The route, day by day

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   Day 1

   Arrival

   Welcome at Montreal airport and transfer to our base in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, on the shore of a frozen lake. Check-in, overview of the program and your first Quebec dinner.

2. 2

   Day 2

   Getting started and La Tuque

   Gear and Ski-Doo Grand Touring Sport handover, safety briefing, then trails 349 and 23 North with a stop at Cabane Hill. Up the Saint-Maurice River to Grandes-Piles for lunch, then forest trails along 355 North to La Tuque, hometown of Félix Leclerc. Night at the Motel des 9. 250 km.

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   Day 3

   Relais 22 milles

   A long 165 km stage along trail 73 North to the Relais 22 milles, a well-known Mauricie outfitter lodge. Night at the Windigo lodge or the Relais 22 milles.

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   Day 4

   Crossing Lac Saint-Jean

   Heading to Roberval for lunch, then across Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec's third-largest lake and a true inland sea. Arrival in Chambord, night in Lac-Bouchette.

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   Day 5

   Lac-Édouard

   140 km to Lac-Édouard and its snowmobilers' lunch, across the lake, then down to La Tuque for the night.

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   Day 6

   Back to St-Élie

   Lunch in Mattawin, then back via Cabane Hill. Arrival at the base late in the day.

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   Day 7

   Quebec City and Trois-Rivières

   Visit Old Quebec, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the Château Frontenac, then the Hôtel de Glace, the only ice hotel of its kind in North America. Buffet dinner at Le Sieur de Laviolette restaurant in Trois-Rivières.

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   Day 8

   Back to Montreal

   Transfer after breakfast and a free day in Old Montreal or the underground city. Airport shuttle in the late afternoon.