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We met one sled all the way back to Forestville .. so odd in the freezing rain Guess ya needed to be the adventurous type 😎

Awesome pics as usual. You have squeezed the best out of this season.

Crunchy! Sleds & Jackets/etc! Way to go Gents! Thanks for sharing!

thanks for the pics and stories. Great pictures and adventures as always from the VT crew. you guys had a pretty darn good season considering all things. Glad you guys made it safe and sound because in the end that is what it's all about. Have a great off season !!

Had to leave KM31 in the rain, but the first tracks from L’or Piste to Forestville made up for it. Tons of snow.

Thanks guys. Us couch potatoes needed a good read and some good pics. Great trip!

We all look forward to the adventure this sport affords us , our friends and families each season...often it seems like there isn't much left legal that's still offers this much excitement and fun...and every now and then...when we least expect ...something tragic happens...last season snowmaster and his friends narrowly escaped a tragic ending at one of these moments...it leaves us silenced trying to reflect on what has happened...there are no good words at this time...may peace soon be with there families.

Nice Place Team Yeti was also there 4 days ago!!!!!! Carry on Team Vermont!!!!!👍

Left some fun un-done a few weeks back up in the new snow . So we return ! Forestville to points west

Yeah and the slide is probably all on video. serious survivors quilt

Unreal horror for the 4th buddy... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/snow-bikes-dead-avalanche-quebec-chic-choc-mountains-1.7156889 'We assume we're all safe out there, and that's our biggest problem,' says expert Jack Verrecchia, the owner of the Sled Den which offers lessons and guides in the Chic-Choc Mountains, heard about the incident Tuesday evening. "We decided to go out there and see if we could give a hand," said Verrecchia. "By the time we got there we knew for sure there wasn't going to be any saving." By the time all the crews got to the site and started the recovery, he says it had been well over three hours. "We had nowhere near enough guys to do what we had to do," said Verrecchia. He says the men who were out on their snow bikes likely didn't have the experience to be on that part of the mountain. The one person in the group who managed to avoid the avalanche, had been off to the side, filming, said Verrecchia.

The guys only got 25 miles out of Schefferville and Serges transmission had a massive failure with a gear blowing a hole right through the case. They unloaded the sleigh put the dead sled on it and strapped all the gear onto the dead sled and other sleighs and towed the entire way to Fermont! Local Labrador boys went out and met them 75km north of Lab City to help them. They are in rebuild mode at this time, very mild there today.

Just a bit foggy driving back along the river on the way back to VT .

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hate hearing this Godspeed to them and their families

How incredibly tragic. Thanks for sharing this.

Jean Guys transmssion failed coming into Schefferville and they tore it apart last night and rebuilt it with borrowed parts from a local guys own sled! heading to Fermont now very mild and rain showers today. Plus 8 tomorrow!

Update The group of four men, originally from the Eastern Townships, were hiking in the mountains some 20 km east of Sainte-Anne-des-Monts on Tuesday, in an off-piste sector not accessible by federated trails. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) declined to elaborate on the cause of the accident on Wednesday. According to eyewitness accounts, three snowmobilers passed over a ledge. It collapsed, and the men found themselves buried under the snow, according to our initial information. Some were reportedly covered by more than two metres of snow. The fourth snowmobiler alerted emergency services at around 5:30 pm. Sûreté du Québec (SQ) police officers, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts firefighters and the many snowmobile guides who arrived on the scene in the evening could do nothing to save the three men. "It's an extraordinary tragedy," commented Guy Bernatchez, prefect of the Haute-Gaspésie MRC. "They were in their early thirties and fathers. That makes it even more dramatic," he added, before offering his condolences to the families. The SQ would not give details of the victims, but confirms that they were from the Eastern Townships. According to our information, they had already visited the Chic-Chocs in recent months with a guide, and had decided to return to this area, eight kilometers from Mont Médaille. The men were behind the wheel of Snowbnikes or Timbersleds, a type of motocross bike with tracks. These machines are more maneuverable, but less powerful than off-trail snowmobiles. A guide who took part in the rescue, but did not wish to be identified, spoke of a "stupid accident" that could have struck experienced snowmobilers. "It's like the year the French died in Lac Saint-Jean. These are powerful machines, they move, they stir, they move fast," said the man, referring to the tragedy that occurred in January 2020 when five tourists and their guide sank in the icy waters of the lake. Adrénaline hors-piste guide David Lévesque was on the scene with Avalanche Québec on Wednesday, trying to understand what had happened. "Cornices build up a lot with the wind, but when the weather warms up in spring, they get much heavier and can fall much more easily," says Lévesque. Without wishing to go into the details of the accident at this stage, the guide feels that this is a reminder to snowmobilers in Quebec: avalanches can happen here. "People who go to Western Canada do avalanche training for snowmobilers, and they're confronted with avalanches almost every trip. In Quebec, it's really in specific places, in specific conditions. But it can happen."

I am heading North on April 10th…. Pushing the envelope for the last ride of the year but unfortunately it is the only time my group can go.

A few more pics from today , sunny longer today than expected . Looks like rain tomorrow .

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Transmission issues as well before last layover. I find it fascinating. Ride of a lifetime. Now once they open the groomed Hudson Bay Northern white road count me in.

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Rescuers trying to find and save 3 sledders caught in avalanche in Chic Chocs. Reports have SQ and search teams on site. Happened around 17:30. no other news yet

Three snowmobilers dead after avalanche in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Rescuers found them several hours after the slide. Three snowmobilers lost their lives on Tuesday evening, possibly swept away in an avalanche near Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Gaspésie. Rescuers began searching for the three people around 5:30 p.m., when an emergency call was placed to 911. They were possibly surprised by an avalanche in the Mont Médaille sector of the Chic-Chocs. "A team of rescuers from a specialized emergency measures team, who are trained in avalanche situations in particular, went to the area to rattissage," says Frédéric Deshaies, spokesman for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ). Local firefighters and paramedics also pitched in. The SQ initially reported two missing, but the number has been revised upwards. They were found late in the evening in the search area, in critical condition. Unfortunately, the three men were pronounced dead shortly after being rushed to hospital. The victims were all in their thirties and from the Eastern Townships. "An investigation is still underway to understand the exact circumstances surrounding this sad event," says Deshaies.

Did not end well, sadly all 3 dead. https://www.journaldequebec.com/2024/03/26/deux-motoneigistes-sont-portes-disparus-pres-de-sainte-anne-des-monts