I Rode 5 Different Trail Centers in Quebec These are my Thoughts

[@MTBQC]

That's a really good and comprehensive tour of the region, thank you Phil and Hailey! There's so much variety of trails around Quebec, there's something for everyone.

[@karlforgues6800]

Just came back from a MTB trip Colorado. I'm from Quebec and all the locals in Colorado knew about Quebec and wanted to travel there. Thanks to people like you who give us great visibility. Amazing video!

[@MrSkipturner]

I’m leaving middle TN Monday for Quebec City for a MTB trip with my wife and kids. Couldn’t be better timing for your recent videos!

[@jeanlafrance8746]

I hope you enjoy your trip in my beautiful city!

[@escapegoat32]

Where at in TN? I rode a lot around there a few years ago

[@Supersamazing]

I'm from Québec city and I think you really described well the different centers. It makes me so proud to hear such nice reviews from you, I feel very fortunate I get to ride here all the time!

[@sentiersdumoulin1]

Very cool that you got to ride with two of our awesome volunteer trailbuilders 🙂

[@JTFoote]

Fantastic overview of your trip Phil! Thank you for linking all of your previous videos and explaining what happened behind the scenes. 🍻

[@MathieuTurcotteWeb]

Excellent video, clear information, entertaining, good job with the French names! Keep up the good work!

[@TCraigLinz]

Thanks Phil. I've been wanting to head up there for some time and this was exactly the type of video I needed to help plan my trip. Hats off to you and Haley for riding some of the trails in less than ideal weather. This just confirms for me how great this area must be. Cheers!

[@charleycrissman]

I went to QC a few weeks ago for a similar (non-sponsored) trip! I think you did a great job of hitting the key points. I agree SdM just has something special; all the riding in QC is great, but SdM is Alice Lake levels of must-ride for lovers of gnarly tech stuff.

[@bikeninja956]

nice recap video Phil.. it's crazy how good the riding is here now, people coming from around the world to ride here. The dream used to be to go out west, Whistler, BC etc. don't really have to anymore.. BTW, @26:57, glad I opted out of that one :P Sickest trail around tho.

[@Ptremp]

What a great recap of our beautiful city! Thank you Phil.

[@MrJeffrop]

Great recap. It is very informative to add in the final thoughts and details that didn’t make it into each of the specific ride videos.

[@brucemacneil]

This is a great video - thanks for taking the time. BTW - there is a video chronicling the building of that "extra sick" trail at Sentiers du Moulin - it is French but very interesting.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Where do i find this video?

[@hugoouellet1163]

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[@brucemacneil]

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[@Xybrius]

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[@verretalexandre]

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[@bardame]

Quebec mountainbiking is top notch. I have to go back soon

[@DirtDay]

Been waiting for someone to make a video like this, lots of info for someone who is looking to plan a trip there!

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Glad you found it helpful, i do recommend watching videos from a lot of the local Quebec based riders, they have tons of videos from the less well known trails and destinations.

[@UnksSoldier]

I feel proud of my hometown by listening to this video. We are lucky to have these amazing networks. I ride at e47 and you are right: you typically climb up once or twice to Summit 2 (where Nosferatu starts) because you are tired. If you do it 3 times, you are in really good shape. For afterwork ride, I personnally climb one time to summit 2, ride to the bottom and climb back to summit 1 for a Kamasutrail (I don't do Double Black Diamond trails...). For beer/food after your ride in e47, you need to stop at La Souche in Stoneham. Glad you had an amazing time and hope to see you soon!

[@Brakemanio]

Thanks for the detail description, Phil. I need to make my way up there.

[@LJBenji14]

I'm in Hanover, New Hampshire for a few years and I really hope I make it up to QC to ride before I have to leave!

[@kramonut]

Loved this series of videos!!

[@AlexandreRochonBelec]

Great videos!! Qc is so awesome for MTB!! Absolutely love all 5 centres! Can’t wait to go back 🤘

[@dmweyland]

amazing you were riding that terrain with a blown shock. looks challanging

[@c.p.2979]

Strong video Phil it's cool to listen to your experiences. You might want to add some of that to other videos or do a video like this along with your other videos. But hands down my favorite video was awhile back you played some serious fast paced music while you were showing your ride, you could hear the abuse you, and your bike were taking. And then you'd switch over to Haley's video playing cute little music and listening to her absolute joy as she exclaimed we, weeee! I thought I was gonna die I was laughing so hard! Anyways... Love your videos!!! You two stay true to who you are and continue to have a great life!

[@kirkstapleford4076]

Keep going farther into eastern Canada if any of you ever get the chance. New Brunswick alone has two lift access hills, Nova Scotia has one now and the trail systems in all of the maratime provinces have been blowing up in the last few years!

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Any recommendations, i heard of a few but im still looking for more recommendations

[@kirkstapleford4076]

@@SkillsWithPhil in New Brunswick there’s my home hill, poley mountain, sugarloaf mountain New Brunswick (which is hosting their first crankworx’s event in a few weeks) and wentworth mountain in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia also has a shuttle park called Keppoch mountain. All four of the bike parks have decent jump lines and countless fun trails Travelling in between all of the bike parks there is a ton of trail systems all through both provinces, you could easily ride new trails every day. Would love to see you ride some of them someday

[@kirkstapleford4076]

Off of the top of my head for trail systems that I know are Rockwood park(Saint John N.B), shady grove(quispamsis N.B), white rock(Hillsbourgh, N.B), New England trails(Minto N.B) and Fundy National park has a 4 km downhill trail (whitetail) and is a beautiful area to explore on and off the bike. I haven’t explored Nova Scotia as much personally on my bike. I hear that the Railyard (Truro N.S) is good, Macintosh run(Halifax N.S) also their lift access hill(wenworth mountain) has a great climbing area as well. I also know the owner of the local bike shop well (they’re actually a GT dealer as well) and know that they would have probably have even more recommendation for you

[@DegenDavid]

Petition to rename the video "Ultimate guide to riding mountain bike in Quebec City area"

[@k9kayaks]

I’ve really enjoyed this series ❤❤❤

[@iamSofaK1nG]

Yoooooooo vive le quebec!!!!!

[@FreerideQuebec]

The 3 Neilson together is about 33km from the parking, so around 3:30 at a good pace, else then that all of the information in the video is 100% accurate. Perfect retrospective of the 5 center Phil. Also your french prononciation is getting better each time, I give you a pass for La Grosse Boeuf ;)

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Thank you! I was going based off the ride logs of everyone doing it, they all seemed to be in the 50s, I should have double checked and added an on screen correction. They must have been adding legend or some on top of the neilsons.

[@michaeltiffe6341]

Interesting during my visits to E47 over the last 4 years, we generally climbed it 5-7 times that day and again the next day. After similar at SDM.

[@Kevin-ex2yb]

Definitely on our list. We have already been looking at RV park in the area

[@SkillsWithPhil]

VBN has you covered for that stuff and SDM allows for van camping in the parking lot :)

[@Kevin-ex2yb]

@SkillsWithPhil I will check out VBN. We are park princesses lol. Need those hook-ups

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Yeah fair enough,l, definitely makes life easier!

[@wg2060]

This was great information. Btw, random commentary on restaurants would not be frowned upon given your cooking experience

I ride these spots all the time, SDM #ftw

[@sergiolandz6056]

Next time you come to Canada, hopefully you can make it to Sugarloaf bike park in new brunswick, all our trails are designed by gravity logic and turns a small mountain into a huge mtb network.

[@WilliamLevesqueineX]

Bang on review ! Now you gotta come back to MSA when its hopefully drier and ride the classics ! Could even dust off the DH bike for that one eh ? Also massively agreed with your view of Le Massif, they have such fantastic terrain, but they insist on keeping it family and casual friendly. And some of the better trails (Cigale and Fourmi) requiring a climb on top is quite annoying, even tho manageable (even on a DH bike). Can't wait to see your footage of Professeur X ! Might have to go check that one out when it opens and see how it goes on a HT 😅 And yeah the weather here is either hot and humid, or POURING down and humid it feels like 🥲

[@amattsrsky4397]

Next stop Ontario to visit Hailey's cousin?! Lets goooo 😊

[@PierlucMTB]

Glad you tried those places, also you went to Bromont. But you're missing on 2 spots.. hidden gems of Québec. Mont SM and also Recreo forestier 20 mins next to each other. Enduro places but the trails are sooo nice.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I think i addressed that at the beginning. This was a sponsored trip via Quebec City mountain biking. But that's good to know for future trips!

[@PierlucMTB]

@@SkillsWithPhil yeah i know, you guys go for those 5 bike parks with the sponsorship. But if you go for a bike trip in QC on your own go check them out, you can ask Shawn from trail vision he ride there often :)

[@dookiedimez2550]

You should come out to western Colorado! I have trailheads 15 minutes from my house. It's a lot of technical stuff, but it's really good riding!

[@plc450r]

Next time you come to Quebec province you should try Val St-Come new bike park and there's a new jump line (pro line) ;)

[@SendItSteve]

More food reviews near trail centers with your culinary background!

[@jeffsaraiva7099]

love the shirt!!

[@OmnieStar]

We are SO close to having the old mustache back!!! lol

[@SkillsWithPhil]

It won't come back. It had its moments but was a pain in the ass to upkeep.

[@OmnieStar]

@@SkillsWithPhil xD

[@OmnieStar]

looked like someone was mining for gold at the 7:40 ish mark as well.

[@MrTonka]

When do you suppose is the best time to visit?

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

Not in the winter 😂

[@everettstone6574]

@@LaurentiusTriarius Actually, there's quite a few trail centers that groom trails for the winter. Some of my favorite rides have been in the winter! avoid early spring though, everything gets soft and mucky as it thaws.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Yeah surprisingly winter wouldn't be a half bad time to visit! Ive always gone in july, but thats when it's pretty humid, but given you are from Florida thats nothing you aren't unfamiliar with. I think really late august into September is primo. Usually the humidity subsides by then, all the trails are open, and the leaves haven't started falling yet.

[@lekinggamer6993]

⁠@@SkillsWithPhilAlso by that time school and vacation time are mostly over so that means less people at the mountains 😂🙌🏼 (except for weekends of course)

[@bedafr]

@@SkillsWithPhilall the trail network in Quebec city blow leafs at each week in automn, its normaly good to ride until mid/late october

[@Lotimis]

sick video phil

[@jeromeblais7972]

Next time you go to VBN Shanahan, you should do Boréale, all the way from the top

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I actually cut that from this video, but in the longer version i mentioned it was closed when we were there.

[@GhislainLeduc]

Are you talking about Professor X trail ? I think it’s open now :) It looks SICK !!!

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I am! They asked that i hold off until a certain date to post a video from that trail, so I'm just respecting their wishes.

[@danplanteqcca]

Not open yet... Soon guys but wait the official opening 😉

[@righteousbob272]

I’ll take a vlog Phil channel :)

[@c.p.2979]

PS you should bring back the stash... Even if it's just for one video.

[@colinaina2561]

thanks for this summary man!

[@dasanoneia4730]

bro you dont have to justify why youre riding an ebike haters get over it

[@SkillsWithPhil]

i don't need to justify anything but i like to explain my thought processes for why i make certain decisions.