November 16, 2013

Ottawa and Quebec colors

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Earlier this month i made a trip out east to go to one of my best friends wedding’s and to visit a bunch of family. With  the good weather on the horizon and a crappy forecast in the Bow Valley i took my bike and headed east.

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Being the fall I happened to get the best possible week of the year for the colors and riding temp.

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First bike stop was Mont St Marie.

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A small ski hill in the Gatineau, an hour and a half north of Ottawa.  It started with a 4.5 km ride up a fire road to get to the top of the mountain where there is a nice look out and the trail head.

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The entrance top the top section of trail, Family jewel.

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A self shot towards the top.

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Some fun rock sections were scattered about.

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There were epic views of the fall colors at the top.

 

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With so many leaves it was a guessing game of where the trail went and what was hiding underneath.

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The reds were out in full force.

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The entrance to Pilsner. Pliser connected to at the end of family jewel and heads down.

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Is it on?

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A newer section of trail that had lots of fun flow to it. good

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The Mont St Marie trails are a don’t miss if you are in the Ottawa  area.

Next stop, Mont Tremblant.

Mont Tremblant has a fun network of trails that weaves around the village.

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There is some super fun use of terrain on these trails including some wall rides, jumps and berm that was tons of fun .

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I ran into a guy who had run an adventure center in Tremblant for the last 10 yrs. he gave me a bit of a tour and suggested the best route possible for me.

DSC_2843Epic views were in no shortage

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