Snowmobile Tour 1300

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. Check-in, overview of the program and your first Quebec dinner.

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   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. Lunch in Grandes-Piles, then trail 355 North to La Tuque, hometown of Félix Leclerc. Night at the Motel des 9.

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   Day 3

   Lac-Édouard and Lac Saint-Jean

   Lunch at Lac-Édouard, between La Tuque and Lac Saint-Jean, then across the lake from Chambord. Arrival in Roberval late in the day, night there.

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   Day 4

   Relais 22 milles

   A long stage to the Relais 22 milles, a well-known Mauricie outfitter lodge, then back to La Tuque. Night at the Motel des 9.

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   Day 5

   Taureau Reservoir

   Departure for Mattawin, south of La Tuque, then trail 360 to the Taureau Reservoir on the Mattawin River. Dinner and night at the Cabanon du barrage Taureau.

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   Day 6

   Lac Sacacomie

   Heading to Lac Sacacomie near Saint-Alexis-des-Monts and its hotel, the largest all-wood hotel in North America, at the gates of the Mastigouche wildlife reserve. Back to St-Élie via trail 23 and Lac à l'Eau Claire.

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   Day 7

   Quebec City and Trois-Rivières

   Old Quebec, the Château Frontenac and the Hôtel de Glace, then a 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. Airport shuttle in the late afternoon.