With its unique landscape, formed by a meteorite impact, the fabulous Charlevoix region is characterized by its natural richness that make it a renowned place for hiking. With its magnificent river, mountains, wildlife, tundra, cliffs and hinterland, Charlevoix is a destination of choice for Québecers and visitors from outside the province for their next hiking adventures.

Though we have known for years that hiking and walking are among the most popular outdoor activities for Québecers, we are now seeing a significant increase in traffic on the trails.

Enthusiasm for the outdoors has enormous benefits for the individual and the community. Plus, it presents major challenges for the organizations and private companies that manage and develop the hiking trails: faster degradation of walking areas, harm to the ecosystem and the environment, increased costs related to maintenance, mounting rescue operations and more.

The question we are now asking is : how do we promote these good lifestyle habits while respecting nature and the surrounding communities?

The “unwritten” laws of hiking