Burned Hill, Sugar Loaf & Lake Hertel loop

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Canada

Québec

Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Burned Hill, Sugar Loaf & Lake Hertel loop

Moderate

4.9

(9)

170

hikers

Burned Hill, Sugar Loaf & Lake Hertel loop

02:05

6.34km

290m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Réserve Naturelle Gault

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.73 km

Burned Hill

Highlight • Summit

Burned Hill is one of four summits in Gault Nature Reserve, reached by a relatively challenging climb through mature hardwood forest. The rocky lookout offers fantastic sweeping views over Lake …

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3.12 km

View from Sugar Loaf, Gault Nature Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

This lookout offers stunning panoramas in every direction and every season. The lush summer foliage gives way to stunning, colorful foliage in the fall.

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4.54 km

Gault Nature Reserve

Highlight • Forest

Owned by McGill University since 1958, Gault Nature Reserve protects about 1,000 hectares of old-growth forest and wetlands on the rugged slopes of Mont Saint-Hilaire. Over 25 kilometres of trails …

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5.36 km

Hertel Lake

Highlight • Lake

Recreation in Hertel Lake is strictly prohibited. You can't even fish in it, thanks to its status as a carefully monitored component of McGill University's Gault Nature Reserve. With that …

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6.34 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.15 km

197 m

Surfaces

376 m

Elevation