Plan your trip along the Véloroute des Bleuets
Discover the list of partner restaurants and accommodations on the cycling route.
3-day ride
256 km
Anticlockwise
Difficulty level: Easy
Departure: Alma
Day 1
ALMA TO DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI
Distance to cover: 94 km
(additional 45 km in the Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon)
Type of road:
- Asphalt bike path
- Asphalt shoulder
- Bike lane
- Stone dust bike trail – Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon
Points of interest on the route
Suggestions of places to visit or activities
- Crossing the Grande Décharge River on Le Maligneau marine shuttle (free)
- Dam-en-Terre Resort
- L’Odyssée des Bâtisseurs (museum)
- Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon (beach, kayak, pdeal boar, hiking, canoeing, wildlife observation, camping)
- Péribonka marine shuttle ($)
- Louis-Hémon Museum in Péribonka (exhibits, café, terrace)
- Sainte-Jeanne d’Arc Old Mill
- The Mistassini River and the Chute des Pères
- Parc régional des Grandes-Rivières du lac Saint-Jean (regional park, hiking, observation tower, wildlife interpretation centre)
- Microbrasserie Le Coureur des bois (pub, bistro, craft brewery)
- Bleuets Mistassini (in August)
For more details, please refer to the map.
Day 2
DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI TO ROBERVAL
Distance to cover: 92 km
Type of road:
- Asphalt shoulder
- Asphalt bike path
- Bike lane
Points of interest on the route
POINTS OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE
- Délices du Lac-Saint-Jean (wild blueberry Économusée, shop, tasting)
- Fromagerie la Normandinoise (cheese factory)
- Chute à l’Ours de Normandin (heated swimming pool, restaurant, hiking trails, sports fields, camping and chalets)
- Fromagerie au Pays des Bleuets (cheese factory)
- Bouchard Artisan Bio (organic farm and cheese factory)
- La Chouape Craft Brewery (pub, bistro)
- Zoo sauvage de Saint-Félicien
- Musée de la Vieille Fromagerie Perron (manufacturing workshops, tasting, exhibit)
- Fromagerie Perron (cheese factory)
- Musée amérindien de Mashteuiatsh (museum)
- Beemer Craft Brewery / Distillery
Day 3
ROBERVAL TO ALMA (MAISON DU VÉLO D’ALMA)
Cycling visitor information centre in Alma
Distance to cover: 70 km
Type of road:
- Asphalt shoulder
- Asphalt bike path
- Bike lane
Points of interest on the route
POINTS OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE
- Val-Jalbert Historical Village (Authentic ”company town” of the 1920s)
- CHAM – Centre d’Histoire et d’Archéologie de la Métabetchouane (interpretation centre)
- Parc Octopus (water park and water equipment rental)
- Le Rigolet beach and trail in Métabetchouan (beach and rest stop)
- Le Petit Marais de Saint-Gédéon (small swamp)
- Microbrasserie du Lac-Saint-Jean (pub, bistro, craft brewery)
- Boulangerie Fromagerie Médard (cheese factory and bakery)
- Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon, Camp-de-Touage-Les-Îles sector (camping and shuttles to visit the islands)
- Rio Tinto dams crossing
