Bike excursion 2 days / 60 km

* Departure from Normandin also possible.
** Return must be made on the same trail as it does not loop around.

Level of Difficulty : medium (medium gradient variation / paved shoulder)

Visits or activities possible for this sector :

• La Magie du Sous-Bois / Under Wood Magic (1 1/2 hours)
• Bleuetière bleuets Mistassini
• Les Jardins de Normandin Gardens (1 1/2 hours)
• Fromagerie la Normandinoise

Trail Surface Types :

• Paved
• Paved shoulder

Lodging : 

• Dolbeau-Mistassini :
  Auberge la Diligence Inn (418)-276-6544 or 1 800 361-6162
  Motel Chute des Pères Motel (418) 276-1492
  Gîte de la Providence (Bed and Breakfast) (418) 276-6766
• Normandin:
  Gîte Macadam - Inn (418) 274-2867
  Chute à l’Ours Tourist Site, (campground/cottages) (418) 274-3411

Parking :

• Dolbeau-Mistassini:
  Dolbeau-Mistassini: Tourist Information Office, MRC Maria-Chapdelaine 400 Boul. des Pères, paved, free
• Normandin:
  Les Jardins de Normandin Gardens 1515 du Rocher, unpaved, free
  Place le Gerbier Place (commercial centre) 1455 du Rocher, paved, free
  Chute à l’Ours Tourist Site, 101 Chemin Louis-Ovide Bouchard, unpaved, free

Suggestions :

Day 1: Departure from Dolbeau-Mistassini AM. Visit to the Magic Under Wood (about 1 1/2 hours) where you learn more about Lake Saint-Jean’s famous blueberries. Leaving to Normandin. Evening free and lodging in Normandin.

Day 2: What better way to wake up than with the scent of the Normandin Gardens filling the air? An hour and a half to visit this immense vista of colour. Return to Dolbeau-Mistassini.