Raid Hautes-Laurentides

The Mekoos outfitter team will be at the airport to welcome you and take you to your hotel, the Double Tree By Hilton in Montreal. Located in the heart of the city, you can discover a city of a thousand and one bars and restaurants, go shopping on Sainte-Catherine Street or stroll the cobblestones of the Old Port.

If you just want to relax after your long trip, enjoy a luxury experience in a city decked out in party trappings. Dinner and free evening.

Free lunch in Montreal, then around 8 a.m. a bus takes you to the North about 3 hours from Montreal. An authentic log inn surrounded by cabins bordering Lake Iroquois.

Sébastien, owner, welcomes you with a welcome cocktail. You can then settle into your chalets where a good fire is already blazing. You will also receive your “Extreme Cold” equipment.

After lunch, your guide will explain the safety instructions and how snowmobiles work. You will crisscross the territory of Mekoos by snowmobile, just to get in touch with your machine.

In the evening, a 4-course dinner awaits you. This one is proposed by David the Chef of the outfitter. Make way for your first night in the North.

This is the great start of your raid. Leave your luggage at the hostel and take only a few personal effects that you will attach to the back of your snowmobile. Your guide takes you on trail 53 North through Pine Lake.

Lunch will take place at the 100 Lakes outfitter. After a delicious meal, you will continue your program on trail 13 South towards your stopover for the evening: the Fer à Cheval outfitter.

You arrive in time to admire the sunset. The Chef will reserve for you a meal worthy of the greatest restaurants. You will end the evening with a good night’s sleep to hit the road the next day!

Discovery day: you will cross the Michinamecus reservoir, and at this time, you will be able to test all the resources of your machine. You will then visit the Otter dam. Then cross the dam to have dinner in Sainte-Anne-Du-Lac. A snowmobile relay par excellence to chat with other snowmobilers.

You will restart to cross Lake Tapani and join the Notawissi outfitter which will be your stopover for the evening. The Notawissi team will be waiting for you for an unforgettable dinner and evening.

This morning, you will join the Gatineau River, which flows into the Baskatong Reservoir. You will thus continue your exploration of this limitless boreal nature. Two words to describe your day: immensely great! On the menu: a stop at the Serpent Falls with its 9 meters height and at the Caesar Falls, a little smaller, but just as magical. See when the power of water challenges the ice!

You will continue the road to the Rabaska Lodge. If we had to describe it, we would say that it is “the place to visit” on the shores of Lake Baskatong. The welcome of Dominique and Martin is warm, they share their joy of living in the middle of nature and at the edge of one of the most beautiful and largest lakes in Quebec. During a dinner and a night at Rabaska, you know right away that happiness, in truth, is simple and easy.

You will leave Dominique and Martin to join the Dumoulin family. From one happiness to another, Sébastien is waiting for you tonight at the ice bar with a surprise!

Your raid of the Hautes-Laurentides would be incomplete if you did not visit a must in the region: the Montagne du Diable. It is therefore by snowmobile that you will climb the summit. At that precise moment, we will invite you to turn off the engines and then… complete silence. Here, nature is queen and the view is breathtaking It’s also the most beautiful place to experience Canada’s great outdoors.

Before returning to the hut for dinner, head for the Windigo Falls. Spectacular, these falls never freeze. The day will continue towards the sugar shack for lunch. Indulge your sweet tooth with typical Quebec dishes drizzled with the famous maple syrup. You should give us some news !

In the evening, we will return to the Mekoos outfitter where, as promised, Sébastien is waiting for you at the ice bar. Dinner and night at Mekoos.

Before the appearance of the snowmobile, dog sledding was the only winter way to get around in almost inaccessible places. Your musher explains the techniques for driving your team. They await your order “forward” to take you through lakes and forests at the rhythm of their steps.

The excitement of departure then gives way to calm. You will help them on the steeper hills, which creates a beautiful bond between you and man’s best friend. Lunch will be in the forest with a wood fire on the territory of the Mekoos outfitter.

A day under the sign of a return to simple, true elements that make you happy. Dinner and night at Mekoos.

At breakfast, for this last morning in the North, you will enjoy the warm atmosphere of the Mekoos dining room with its log furniture.

Your suitcase is ready, it’s time to say goodbye to the Mekoos team. The car resumes its journey around 10 a.m., heading for Montreal.

In the space of a few days, you have traveled miles of snowy trails. You will have answered the call of the Hautes-Laurentides. See you very soon and with all my heart, thank you for coming up to see us!