5 parcours pour les amateurs de vélo de gravel

5 routes for gravel bike enthusiasts

La Cordée

September 10, 2025

7 minutes

Still looking for your next challenge to tackle on your gravel bike or all-road bike? We propose five routes ranging from 50 kilometers to nearly 200 kilometers. Go on, hop on your steed and discover these lesser-known roads. Guaranteed fun!

1. Richmond to Lévis (80 to 90% unpaved)

Taking the bike path of the Lotbinière linear park (approaching Lévis), this 142 km route will amaze you with its long sections of fine gravel and crushed stone paths that stretch to the horizon. The path becomes paved when arriving near a municipality, but it regains its more rustic and natural side when you plunge back into farmlands and woodlands. You will pass through the municipalities of Danville, Warwick, Victoriaville, Princeville, Plessisville, Lyster, Dosquet, and Saint-Agapit before arriving in Lévis. If you still have some juice left in your legs, the Old Port of Quebec is only 20 km from the end of the route, for those who wish to continue.

2. The Aerobic Corridor Park and the Orphan Trails (98% unpaved)

Entirely unpaved, this dynamic route starts at the beginning of the Aerobic Corridor Park in Morin-Heights and follows several waterways before branching off into the Sentiers des Orphelins, which will lead you to Lac-des-Seize-Îles. Once you reach the municipality of Lac-des-Seize-Îles, a general store is located just 100 meters west of the halfway point of the route. You will then have to retrace your steps to return to the starting point at the beginning of the Aerobic Corridor in Morin-Heights.

3. Montreal-Ottawa (40% paved / 60% unpaved)

Leaving from Montreal to get to Ottawa, you will first have to go to Rigaud on a mix of bike paths and roads shared with cars. From Rigaud, you will take a former disused railway line, transformed into a multi-use trail called the Russell-Prescott Trail. Motorized vehicles are not permitted on the trail during the summer season. Only bikes, runners, and walkers are allowed on the trail. If you ride at the end of the season (late September, early October), it is very normal to ride several dozen kilometers without meeting a single person. Cows, on the other hand, you will see a few. But be prepared, because the first 15 to 18 km of the trail from Rigaud are riddled with large stones. In this section, it will be the biggest tires that win. After this little challenge, the trail turns into a rock dust that rides pleasantly even with a road bike fitted with 700 x 25 tires, but as you guessed, it will be even more interesting with your wide tires.

4. La Jambarbière (90% unpaved)

Starting from Grenville, you drive 5 km on an asphalt road to take the Scotch gravel road, which climbs almost continuously to the Kilmar convenience store at kilometer 23. After that, it's a series of alternating climbs and descents to reach the Rouge River, which you have to follow for several tens of kilometers, crossing it twice using two superb steel bridges. For the less ambitious, the course can be split in two at Harrington Road. This way, the southern loop is just under 50 kilometers, an ideal distance for those who want to ride for two or three hours.

5. Grand tour of Brome Lake (53% unpaved / 47% paved)

Winding gravel paths make up the rather demanding first half of this course. Once you reach 53 kilometers from the start, the second half will be mostly on downhill asphalt roads that will lead you back to the starting point, circling Brome Lake.

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