Hiking: La Montagne Noire, St-Donat
A few weeks ago, on a nice clear and sunny Sunday morning, I went up north with my good friend Mathieu for a friendly hiking-photo trip. Meeting time was at 7:30 at Matt's apartment. Yes, bright and early! We headed up north to hit our first hiking trip of the season in St-Donat at Montagne Noire. We also didn't hesitate to take the opportunity to do some photography as the colors have started to change.
Here's a little info about Montagne Noire:
According to Matt, it's the highest summit in importance in the Laurentides region, just after Mont Tremblant. The trail is pretty light and easy. We get to see magnificent maple groves along the way as well as an observations point of lake Archambault and Mount-Garceau. We also skirt along the way Lac Lézard and to finally reach a memorial site. The Liberator Harry B-24 bomber plane crash site. Finally, after another 5-10 mins, we reach the summit of Montagne Noire, at 875m altitude. From this observation point, we have a nice view of Mount Kaaïkop and also downtown Montreal (on a clear day).
Total distance: 12,8km.
Time to complete at a reasonable pace: 4 hours
difference in height/level: 485 meters
Difficulty: Beginner.
More information, in French, can be found at the tourism St-Donat website.
One of many observation points
Another one, near the summit.
Matt hiking away!
Pretty interesting crossing trees.
A little friend joined the fun!
Don't those remind you of pancakes?? Ummm Mushroom Pancakes!
Here's the memorial
At the top, near the memorial, gray jays come eat in your hand. Sweet ;)
We made it!
Matt is king of the world!
View from the summit
Downtown Montreal. Click the picture to see it bigger.
The two buddies at the summit, super happy about their first hiking adventure together.I encourage you to go visit Mathieu's blog to see more pictures and stories about our adventure! :)
Till next time...TaTow!
Posted by John Parillo at 10/11/2006
5 Comments on "Hiking: La Montagne Noire, St-Donat":
tres belles photos john sa prend de bonnes jambes pour monter ses montagnes la statue de st-joseph tres belle merci de nous faire voir la beauté de la nature malheureusement il y a des gens qui la détruise bonne chance t.d.g.
My wife and I hiked Black Mountain last week. It was a great trip, sobered by the sight of the wreckage of the Liberator near the top.
I would highly recommend this hike to anyone who is in reasonable shape.
Hey, I promise to go take a tour there one day :)
Et je parler le francais un petite peu!
I like the pictures!
Im a big hiker my self, as a complementary thing i will add this link to my website
www.travelmastery.com
Thank you :)
Thanks Buddy! Merci! :-)
very nice site..we appreciate ur effort 2 put this unfo up...we were reffred to this hike from a friend that does geo caching...we will be visiting this site befor the black fly season lol...thx again ...ciao 4 now..we have sent ur link to a few friends...
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