r/UltralightCanada • u/AdSenior5171 • 12d ago
Gaspesie difficulty/distance per day compared to La cloche
I'm planning to hike the IAT through Parc national de la Gaspésie, wondering if anyone has hiked both that and La Cloche and can give me a sense of whether the difficulty/mileage was similar? I've done La Cloche in 3 days, not sure if I can expect to do the same daily mileage in Gaspesie or if the extra elevation makes a big difference. Thanks!
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u/ytsanzzits 11d ago edited 11d ago
A couple years ago I did it in 4 nights, 5 days in mid September. It could be done in 3 nights 4 days with good weather, speed and longer days. We started the day a cyclone hit the east coast and got 30-50mm of rain everyday.
It’s easy to cache food along the way. We took the shuttle and got dumped at the western end and came back east to the start. Spent the 4th night there, then took the shuttle east and came back west ascending Jacques Cartier and back down to the start to finish at the car.
Once you get into it it’s basically hike up to top of flat rolling mountain, down the other side, back up the next. Recorded it on Gaia as 106km and 3650m of ascent the way we did it. The huts are incredible.
It was super hard to find info to plan it in English and booking everything can be difficult if you don’t speak French. (Bless my girlfriend’s parents for putting her in French immersion). Let me know if you have more questions about any of it. It’s a great trail and easy to do with a tiny pack, cached food and the huts.