Thursday June 4th 2026 - Mont-Bellevue loop - Sherbrooke QC - 3.7 miles, 360 feet elevation gain

I originally tried to go to a more wild location in New Hampshire near a river.  The insects at the parking area were so bad that I couldn't imagine doing a hike there even with the bug spray on.  So we abandoned that hike and headed into Sherbrooke early.  I had planned for us to see the Devil Wears Prada 2 in Sherbrooke anyway so I just made sure to find some sort of little hike we could do there also.

The park we went to is immediately next to Sherbrooke university and almost in urban Sherbrooke yet it has a ski lift and a very extensive trail network.  Most trails allowed bikes OR hikers but not both.  I'm generally not a fan of hyper-segregated uses for natural spaces but given the high use this park might see at some times and the large number of trails to choose from, maybe the way they are doing it makes sense for this park in particular.  The trail we walked was a forest road basically and it went up and down a fair bit but was basically along the base of the mountain.  It was enjoyable and just right having just done a longer hike yesterday.  Like yesterday, it was pretty warm, maybe almost 80 by the end of the hike.  Shade and an on again off again breeze helped.  Sometimes temps in the mid-70's or low 80's are fine but this winter was very long and our spring has been, until just the last week, mostly very cool so our internal thermostats aren't really summer-ready yet.

By  the way, the movie was great.  We saw the 1 English language presentation of it and enjoyed it very much in our nearly empty theater.  If you liked the first movie, the 2nd is an easy recommendation.

 






 

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