We only spent an afternoon here but I wish we’d spent all day. We drove up to the Chutes Croches first, which was an 8-10 minute walk up and down a very clear path to a pretty waterfall. Then we drove up a little further to Chutes du Diable, which was even more impressive! The walk was also pretty easy but more like 15 minutes, and the waterfall was very powerful, even in August. Then we drove back down and had lunch at a lovely lake on the opposite side of the road. After our picnic, we drove to the Lac Monroe visitors’ center and rented kayaks for the family to take out onto the lake. When we finished kayaking we took the kids to a nearby playground and then left the park to have dinner. It was a great afternoon and I hope we get to come back one day.

Excuse the wordy review, we think this info is important. We had a very pleasant stay in the eastern sector of the park in August. We loved the yurt, lake, and natural beauty of the park. But we strongly suggest you avoid the area for the foreseeable future due to bad roads, detours, endless roadblocks, and closure of campgrounds/cabins/yurts. The area is infamous for poor roads and recent rains have made things worse. Many roads in and around the park are closed so getting there is difficult or impossible. The rain washed away sections of road and left potholes and huge ruts. In some spots entire lanes have disappeared. The roads that are "open" are in such bad shape that they should probably be closed. Getting to the park is very difficult. We arrived at the Saint Donat entrance to be told the road is closed (you can enter the welcome center and uturn around the gate). Staff sent us on a detour which took ninety minutes to enter via another entrance. At that entrance staff told us they were refusing entry up until a few hours before our arrival. They allowed us to enter but advised we drive no faster than 15 - 25 km an hour to avoid loosing control on loose gravel. It's so bad a park employee turned up a couple of hours later to make sure we reached our yurt safely. After that a park employee dropped by every two days to ensure we were safe. I can't emphasize how terrible the roads are, they are unsafe. There is no cell service so if you get stuck or have an accident you will wait hours before a park employee discovers you. Park employees told us they reevaluate day by day and for the most part phone people with overnight reservations and tell them not to come. Having your booking cancelled 24 hours in advance means you have probably already packed the camping gear and it's too late to go anywhere else. Even worse, if you miss that call you could drive all the way there to be turned around at the entry gate. Park employees told us they hope the government will fix the roads next spring BUT this means the area will be a construction site. We have been in a SEPAQ park during construction, it is dreadful. On a positive note, we had the park to ourselves. Park staff turned away visitors up until a few hours before we arrived so we were the only overnight visitors in the eastern sector of the park. Such peace and quiet. We will return in the future but only after the infrastructure situation is better.

We recently visited the Parc National Du Mont-Tremblant and went kayaking on the Diable River. At the rental location, the park staff loaded the kayak onto a trailer and took us to the launching point for our adventure. Once we got started, we hit some small rapids. The water was unusually shallow, so there were a few points where we got stuck and had to get out and pull the kayak out of the rock. However, once we got past those rapids, the rest of the trip was serene with amazing scenery. After about 4 hours on the water, we reached the end pont of our trip, where the park staff were waiting to help us load the kayak and return to our cars. This ativity was a nice change of pace from the ski resort and I would defiitely recommend to anyone who wants to experience nature.