Rivière-à-l'Épaule
A 10-mile mountain bike trail in Quebec, Canada.
- 10.4 mi
- one way
- 536 ft
- climb
- Difficult
- difficulty
- Dirt
- surface
Rivière-à-l'Épaule is a 10-mile mountain bike trail in Quebec, Canada, inside Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier. It runs between about 830 ft and 2,170 ft above sea level, with roughly 540 ft of climbing one way. It is rated mtb:scale 2: larger roots and rocks, steps and steeper pitches, for confident riders. Most of the way is dirt. It is maintained by SÉPAQ. It is mapped as a named route, with its sections joined into one trail here. The nearest town is Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, about 16 miles north of the start. Distances, elevations and the trail shape here come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Trail access for bikes, closures and conditions change, so check locally before you ride.
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Conditions and forecast
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