Cabot Trail (Cape Breton Island)
99 km (61 miles), 1 hr 35 min, intermediate
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, resizedMotorcycle ride in Newfoundland and Labrador
Gros Morne National Park on Route 430 (Newfoundland)
116 km (72 miles), 1 hr 25 min, beginner
Route 430, known as the Viking Trail, leaves Deer Lake and crosses Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the west coast of Newfoundland. Hikers come for the Gros Morne Mountain trail, which starts from the road about 7 km south of Rocky Harbour, and for Western Brook Pond, a former fjord cut off from the sea, reached by a path of about 3 km from a roadside car park. The road is paved all the way and has no technical difficulty, running through forests, peat bogs and coastline north of Rocky Harbour. A Parks Canada entry fee applies, the boat tour on the pond (mid-May to mid-October) is best booked ahead, and moose on the road at dawn and dusk are the main danger.
Stops along the way
- SStart: Deer Lake
- 1Wiltondale, after 31 km (19 miles)
- 2Centre d'accueil du Gros-Morne, after 65 km (40 miles)
- 3Rocky Harbour, after 69 km (43 miles)
- 4Sally's Cove, after 87 km (54 miles)
- 5Sentier de l'étang Western Brook, after 95 km (59 miles)
- FFinish: Cow Head, after 116 km (72 miles)
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