Quebec trails · Kingsbury ~ Principal ~ SE ~ Kingsbury
Kingsbury ~ Principal ~ SE ~ Kingsbury
A 10.5-mile out-and-back in Quebec, with 581 ft of climbing. Reaches Pv grands pins and other viewpoint destinations. Managed by Les Sentiers de l'Estrie inc..
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 805 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Pv grands pins (viewpoint)
- Pv Cascade (viewpoint)
- Pv Falaise Larouche 1 (viewpoint)
- Pv Gulf (viewpoint)
- Pv Petite cascade (viewpoint)
- Pv Falaise Larouche 2 (viewpoint)
- Pv Ancien mur (viewpoint)
- Pv Gulf 2 (viewpoint)
- Pv Rivière au Saumon (viewpoint)
- Pv vallée rivière au Saumon (viewpoint)
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Getting there
Brompton ~ Principal ~ SE ~ Brompton access — parking nearby. 45.47331, -72.17636 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:33 a.m., the sun rises at 7:03 a.m. and sets at 6:05 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:35 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 02 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 21.1-mile round trip takes roughly 8 h 23 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 3:26 p.m. — 2 h 39 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Kingsbury ~ Alternatif ~ SE ~ Le marais (1,2 km) + Kingsbury ~ Principal ~ SE ~ Kingsbury — 1.5 mi loop, 357 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Brompton ~ Principal ~ SE ~ Brompton — 5.4 mi
- Richmond ~ Principal ~ SE ~ Principal — 10.7 mi
- Sentier des Crêtes — 11.2 mi
- Sentier du Ruisseau-des-Chênes — 12.8 mi