Ce tronçon (100km) du SIA (Sentier International des Appalaches) traverse un environnement sauvage unique, mêlant forêts denses, rivières limpides et vues spectaculaires sur le golfe du Saint-Laurent.

Le SIA suit les traces de l'ancienne chaîne des Appalaches, une formation géologique qui s'étend jusqu'en Europe. Vous marchez traduit sur un patrimoine vieux de centaines de millions d'années.

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Debut: Grande-Vallée
Fin: Rivière Morris

The Mount Jefferson Wilderness is a long wilderness area stretching along almost 30 miles of the cascade crest, and encompassing a large portion of the state’s second-highest peak, 10,493 foot Mount Jefferson. Most of this area has burned in the last 25 years, and is in various stages of returning to forest, but one particular valley immediately west of Mount Jefferson hasn’t seen fire in hundreds of years. Because of this, a lush forest full of bouncing streams blankets the valley.

A journey east to west (or viceversa) in Galicia is like traveling through time and across multiple micro-worlds - rural to coastal, Roman to modern, forest to ocean. It’s immersive and soul-stirring.

Some of the highlights are:

Dramatic Landscape Transitions

• Crossing from east to west means moving from highland mountains to ocean shorelines - a full spectrum of Galicia’s terrain.

Historical Significance