Quebec trails · Sentier Mont-Saint-Alban

Sentier Mont-Saint-Alban

A 4.5-mile out-and-back in Quebec, with 826 ft of climbing. Reaches Plage du Cap-Bon-Ami and other beach/viewpoint destinations.

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Length

4.5 mi

Elevation gain

826 ft

Difficulty

Hard

Max grade

45%

Steepest mile

+783 ft

Tread at ≥10% grade

2.4 mi

Shape

out-and-back

Surface

Ground

Bikes

Elevation profile

Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 64% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 1.5. It gives back about 1,218 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

3-D terrain

NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Reaches

Plage du Cap-Bon-Ami (beach)
Plage de Grande-Grave (beach)
Plage de Petit-Gaspé (beach)
Sommet Mont St Alban (viewpoint)
Cap Bon Ami (viewpoint)
Belvédère mt st Alban (viewpoint)

Getting there

Sentier Mont-Saint-Alban access — parking nearby, restroom, water. 48.80924, -64.22124 · directions

Daylight at the trailhead

On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:03 a.m., the sun rises at 6:35 a.m. and sets at 5:29 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:01 p.m. (EDT) — 10 h 54 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 9.1-mile round trip takes roughly 4 h 12 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:47 a.m. — 6 h 43 min before sunset.

Loop options

Sentier Mont-Saint-Alban + Détour hivernal — 4.9 mi loop, 1,441 ft gain