Rimouski's Park Beausejour: A fun venue for cross-country skiing and ice skating

Rimouski's Park Beausejour is well known as a cycling and walking destination in summer; what we discovered today is that it turns into an enticing venue for cross-country skiing and ice skating in winter. There are trails of varying distance, with most alongside or near the Rimouski River, which in mid-January was frozen over. One of the highlights was skiing across the frozen river on a marked trail. The trails are wide, many with groomed trails for Nordic skis. Our back country skis are a bit too wide for the groomed track but there is ample room to blaze your own trail. On Wednesday afternoon, January 23, there were a number of other cross-country skiers, snowshoers, and ice skaters taking advantage of fresh snow having fallen that morning. The temperature in mid-afternoon was a fairly mild 16 F. Dressed appropriately, including with a warm base layer, we skied comfortably for about 2 hours.

Note the wide trail with groomed tracks for cross-country skiing.

At this signpost one can ski or walk across the currently frozen Rimouski River

Lisa skiing across the frozen Rimouski River

Looking back after having skied across the Rimouski River

Lisa alongside the ice skating trail. 

Ice skaters in action with downtown Rimouski in the background