La chute du Diable

I'll have to change how I refer to our plans. A few posts ago I wrote that we were planning on being back in the US before the snow flies. Too late! We woke up this morning to falling snow and a bit of accumulation - that didn't last very long.

Snow falling on cedars - and firs, balsams, maples and aspens.

Just a bit of accumulation.

It was pretty while it lasted. 

Parc National de la Gaspesie is all about hiking.  The main road follows the wide valley of the Ste-Anne River. The park encompasses the highest peaks of the Cic-Choc mountains including Mount Jacques Cartier and Mount Albert. It is a rugged region with deep valleys between the forested slopes with their bare peaks. There is a lovely Gite (hotel) where we come to have access to the internet. There is no cell phone access anywhere in the park and internet only at the Discovery Centre and the Gite. As you may be aware, there is something amiss with my gmail account, but I hope you are finding your way to the blog nevertheless. If you need to get in touch with us the only way is Frederick's email - cruciverb@aol.com.

We decided to take the La chute du Diable hike today. Yesterday we were given information about some of the hikes in the park, but we didn't understand the directions well enough so we began at the Discovery Centre where we were directed to an English -speaking park interpreter who was very helpful and made this recommendation. The hike began right from our campground and in about 1 km we came to La chute Sainte-Anne, the "small" falls on the hike. 

Just past La chute Sainte-Anne we crossed the Diable Riviere which flows over the falls.

At 3 km we crossed the Diable Riviere a little further up the mountain. I'm standing on the bridge.

After 3.5 km we reached the view-point of La chute du Diable. It was a distance away but we could hear the roar of the water cascading down the side of the mountain. We had our lunch and enjoyed this view. The sun came out for about 15 minutes while we ate.

Coming back down the trail, there was a light rain most of the way, we could see these mountain tops with a light dusting of snow.

The name of our campground is Camping de la Riviere; the Diable Riviere flows just to the edge of the campground.

Selfie at La chute Sainte-Anne.