Quebec trails · Sentier des Caps
Sentier des Caps
A 13.8-mile out-and-back in Quebec, with 1,191 ft of climbing. Reaches Le Petit Lac and other lake destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 2,720 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Le Petit Lac (lake)
- Lac Saint-Tite (lake)
- Lac du Curé (lake)
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:28 a.m., the sun rises at 6:59 a.m. and sets at 5:57 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:28 p.m. (EDT) — 10 h 58 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 27.7-mile round trip works out to roughly 11 h 26 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.