Quebec trails · Mont Brassard
Mont Brassard
A 1.7-mile out-and-back in Quebec, with 614 ft of climbing. Reaches Les Sept Chutes and other lake/summit/viewpoint/waterfall destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 52% of the ascent falls between mile 0.6 and mile 1.2. It gives back about 654 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Les Sept Chutes (waterfall)
- Le Voile de la Mariée (waterfall)
- Lac Guy (lake)
- Mont Brassard (summit)
- Balcon du Nord (viewpoint)
- Le Bisseau (viewpoint)
- Le Pic (viewpoint)
- Pin Rouge (viewpoint)
Getting there
Sentier des Nymphes access — parking nearby. 46.46833, -73.71935 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:40 a.m., the sun rises at 7:10 a.m. and sets at 6:10 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:40 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 00 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.5-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 54 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:04 a.m. — 9 h 06 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Zen Nature — 5.9 mi
- Sentier du Lac Joe — 17.5 mi
- Sentier des Contreforts — 18.6 mi
- Sentier du Carcan — 23.4 mi