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Hello!

This site was created in order to help you plan hikes in our trail.  Whether you are looking forward to go in the trail for a whole day, a whole week, or a whole month you will find most of the information you are searching for.  Feel free to visit our site in order to get your plans started!

Please note that the IAT-QC hiking season runs from June 24 to Thanksgiving (in Canada).  If you need more information or if you wish to hike outside of those dates, please contact us by e-mail or by phone.  Our office is usually open from Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm during the hiking season and once a week when out of season. 

If you are looking for infomration about the state of the trail, please visit the State of the Trail section.

The purchase of topographic maps or of a topoguide should be considered, may your hike be a short one or be a longer trip.  You will find the mail order form and more information about our products in the Store section. 

You should also consult The Accommodation section where all the relevant information about your accommodation options on the trail can be found.

The Partner Service Network should come in handy whether you are looking for an accommodation outside of the trail, a shuttle service, a restaurant or an adrenaline rush!  The Partner Service Network will help you get more out of your hiking experience.

However, if after visiting the website you still have questions, feel free to contact us. 

In the meanwhile we wish that your tour around our site will lead you to memorable hiking experiences!

The IAT - QC Team

News

Article about the Matane wildlife reserve (Réserve faunique de Matane) in the Fall 2011 edition of the french magazine Marche Randonnée. (Article only available in french.)

IAT-QC 10th Anniversary, 14th Edition of Québec Hiking Festival and IAT Annual General Meeting

Résumé of the IAT-QC 10^th Anniversary, 14^th Edition of the Hiking Festival, the  Annual Meeting of the International Committee of the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) and confirmation that France will join the Trail as the 13^th European Chapter

Saturday the 17^th: Over 170 hikers signed up for the 5 guided hikes offered for the day as well as for the supper and show offered by Guillaume Arsenault in the evening. As well, the participants heard a presentation given by Mr. Dave Startzell of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), who congratulated the founders of the IAT for their determination in the development of the trail since 1994.  

              Photo : by Andrew Wake (Mont Ernest-Laforce group)                         

Sunday the 18^th: The representatives of various actors in the development of the IAT held an annual meeting: the American chapters of the IAT (Québec, New-Brunswick, Nova-Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador, Maine), the Québec Hiking Federation, The Hiking Federation of France and the European Hiking Federation, socioeconomic partners and members of the IAT –Québec. The meeting resulted in the ratification of a new charter defining the responsibilities of IAT chapters and their presidents.

Important result of the event : The representative of the Hiking Federation of France, Armand Ducornet, confirmed the adhesion of France as the 13th European Chapter of the international committee of the IAT.

Photo :by Pierre Gouyou Beauchamps (AGM participants)

The festivities were closed by a gala supper in the presence of the mayor of Saint-Anne-des-Monts, Mrs. Micheline Pelletier, and of Simon Bourk, a thru-hiker who presented his hike from Cape Gaspé to Florida in 2009 - 2010, and to whom the IAT discerned an emeritus hiker certificate.

Photo : by Pierre Gouyou Beauchamps (Simon Bourk, Gaétan Roy  (IAT-QC president))

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Adventure Passport

With the Adventure Passport you will take the best out of your vacations while saving money!  The Adventure Passport is free and allows you to receive reductions on products and activities offered by all of the partners.

Fire Danger Index at a Glance

Correspondence:

Matane, Chic-chocs -> Matapédia Valley, Matane Wild Life Reserve, Gaspésie National Park, Upper Gaspé, a small area west of Gaspé Coast

Baie-des-Chaleurs -> Southern area of the Matapédia Valley

Gaspé -> most of the eastern part of Gaspé Coast and Forillon Canada National Park

Color code:

Blue, ''bas'': low

Green, ''modéré'': moderate

Yellow, ''élevé'': high

Red, ''extrême'': extreme