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  1. Well I think I am living the dream. In 1971 my father, my brother and myself bought a cottage in the laurentiens as a snowmobile base. In those days there was sledding in lots of places on the island of Montreal where we lived but we wanted more. It was a small rustic summer cottage on a beautiful lake and we fixed it up some and had winter and summer fun with it. Fast forward to a few years back and I bought out my brother the remaining partner, turned the cottage into a house with full basement etc ( although it is still a work in progress ) sold up in Montreal and moved there with my wife. We have all the major stores 20 min away in st Jovite, medical etc and Montreal is only 1 hr and 10 min away with our kids living there to impose on should we want / need to stay there. Got summer toys and winter sled trails accessible right down the lake, although the number of trails lately have declined and one must travel on a sled a bit further to get into fresh territory. I could saddle bag almost anywhere right from here if one has the time but I do agree trailering to new areas or areas that get blessed with better conditions at any given time is an important option.
  2. JG, We run that road sometimes when conditions are right which is a lot of the time unless it has been mild. When you come to Weir by the new trail from Lakeview and the trail turns onto a bit of the old railway bed, you cross a road just before entering Weir. ( It has all the big satellite receivers from Tata communications not far up the road). Turn right on the road and follow it to Jackrabbit Rd about 10 min then left on Jackrabbit. Jackrabbit is a summer bush road and the 4 wheeler club was using it, but it seemed unused last year. Anyway we have been stopped on there by the 4 wheeler club guys and I always explain we have no other way to get to the trail from Weir. Where it joins the sled trail it is a shared trail. They always said ok take it slow. About 1 km down it and you arrive at the 43. Right to 16, left to the relais and or st Jovite. I was up that road the other day in the truck and I did meet a SQ, first time I have seen one on there ever, but you know what to do about that!
  3. Yeah great news on the 325. I hadn't been on FB Diable page for awhile so I got the news here first. I wish they would connect 16 to Weir but it will never happen down the old railway bed. Did you know that there is a road ( ch de Larose ) right where that new trail comes into Weir. 10 min down that road and you arrive at the now 43 trail running from the relais to 16 closer to the 16 end of it. The road is usually snow covered and very few houses. Don't know why they don't run a trail along the side of it.
  4. Yes it is all the buzz on the Diable et Rouge FB page. It was promised last winter as a done deal for this season, but fell short. This fall delegates from the club had a meeting with the ministry of transport and came away being told the club or sponsors would need to chip in 25% of the cost. Don't what has transpired since then but it does seem that there has been monetary movement on the governments part. They now say in time for next season. https://m.facebook.com/Club-Motoneige-Diable-et-Rouge-115355755241948/ they promise more news shortly.
  5. Yes would be nice to meet up sometime. Around here progress is in full reverse. One by one the local drinking establishments closed or burnt. Whiskey Jacks was one of the last hang outs. We were there often. Everyone around here knew the owners, sadly it closed, was sold and reverted back to a summer home then burnt down. You are right not much in the way of places to eat anymore. 16 Island I think may still have a restaurant but it is too close to home to stop there. Pine hill ( hotel chasseur ) is decent food. We still go to the little restaurant in Brebuef, Duhamel, or the train station in Labelle depending on the day loop we are doing. Failing that we pack a lunch if if is not too cold. St Jovite sometimes, but it is not my favourite destination by sled these days. We do all our shopping there and are there at least once a week so for me not exciting. 20 min by car and 2hrs by sled. If they ever get the bypass going to St Agathe it will be great. We once ran up the median between the 117 from where the petit train du Nord is closed at St Faustin to St Jovite. Not really that long, maybe 15 km. Doable but not recommended, kept expecting the SQ to stop us but more than one passed while we were ding it and they never bothered us.
  6. I can see why you upgraded. Oh that's the after pic, my condolences.
  7. The dead end in Brebeuf was caused by the municipality not wanting to let sleds cross the Rouge on the bridge sidewalk through town anymore I believe. You can still cut through the town from either end without crossing that bridge as I think you and road runner found out last year. The main trail crosses the Rouge on an ice bridge just out side of town Both ends where they branch off the main trail are marked as dead end but the locals use that route and it cuts off a good 20 min over going around the re routed trail. The dead end I was talking about was Weir. After all the closures the only legal way to or from Weir was take the railway bed all the way from or to St Remi. Along way, maybe 25 km. To get to Lake Macdonald or Sixteen one could chance it and run some back roads or run the closed railwaybed to Sixteen. Not the best options but hey if your land locked, you do what you have to do. I don't know enough about the Lynx club to speculate on their reasoning but IMO if it is financial issues, abandoning grooming any trail to save money will drive people to support a neighbouring club that does a better job.
  8. Those plastic fasteners Are used on my two Polaris windshields. They get loose and rattle with time and when I rolled one of the sleds they all broke or popped out saving the windshield from breakage. Maybe they are meant to give like that so using them IMO any impact and those bottom panels may part company with the sled.
  9. I belong to Diable et Rouge. I could support Hebou Blanc as they come into Weir now but, I have been supporting Diable since they took over the Weir to St Remi and the trail over the mountain from the relais to 16 Island. They are also the club that is spear heading getting the bypass trail from Tremblant to St Agathe going. How about you Grumpy?
  10. Yes, we lost two important trails here and almost lost the railwaybed from Arundel to St Remi due to a clubs poor management a few years back. As the story goes, first the president of the club had a fight with a land owner and managed to lose a right of way that goes back to the seventies. It branched off the Arundel trail passed through near Barkmere connecting the Relais des Pins and beyond. Around the same time this same president refused to let a land owner plow a small section of the railway bed going from Weir to Lac Des Seize Ile on Lac Des Pin to make easier winter access to her cottage. She closed her section that she owned of the railway bed and we lost that trail. The trail on the railway bed from Weir/ Arundel to St Remi was virtually a dead end and since that club had no direct access to it from other trails in their sector, they rarely groomed it. Lucky it was taken over by Diable et Rouge club and they maintained it. As you probably know Grumpy, things started looking up again when Hebou Blanc got the trail pushed through from Lakeveiw to Weir and we are no longer on a long dead end. It takes good foresight and clubs with good people skills and negotiating skills to keep us interconnected these days.
  11. You could maybe use clip nuts and bolts. https://www.dormanproducts.com/c-642-speed-nuts.aspx
  12. If I'm not mistaken this is not the first time Hibou blanc has had issues with their trail system as it connects to the Lynx club. We get enough disconnects in the trail system due to loss of right of ways and other issues beyond a club or the FCMQ's control. On the surface it would seem very short sighted of the Lynx club to decide to abandon a trail.
  13. Nice trucks fellas, when I read the title I expected to see some fire breathing long paddle track machine with a boom and hook out the back!
  14. Older versions may still work as a map and where you are on it but, if there are trail routing changes from one year to the next it won't show the new route and you may find looking at it out on the trail it shows you in the middle of a field or such. Don't ask me how I know.
  15. Always sad to hear of the loss of a fellow snowmobile enthusiast. I have never met the man nor did I know until reading this the thank you I and others owe him for this forum. My sympathies to his family and friends.
  16. Already? Wasn't on radar your favourite activity last year JG?😄
  17. The place he might of used was this one.http://royallaurentien.com/en/rates-and-conditions/ North of Montreal by about 1.25 hrs. On the petit train de Nord around st Agathe.Not much sled activity in Montreal unless that was where the office was. There is another out of Mt Tremblant Qc. I think both are more geared to one day outings but, who knows what can be arranged.
  18. A lot of these restaurants do a great business in season but just about stave in the off season, so if there was a camp ground closing that could be a factor. Le Madorick is very busy in winter, well weekends anyway, but dead in summer. I brought about 25 friends on motorcycles through there a couple of summers ago and we had arranged to eat there. The owner was very thankful to have the extra summer business and told me so several times. They just don't get bike traffic. Same thing when we went through a place just outside of St Donat. They go nuts in winter being on a sled trail but have to close a couple of days a week in summer. Where I live same problem, different season. My neighbour runs a hot dog stand in summer and is flooded with motorcycle clientele, but come winter there is no sled traffic and they shut down for the season and go snowmobiling with us.
  19. Your lake needs a little refrigerating JG. You still have more snow than us, ours is mostly gone.
  20. Cnc

    Well it is a start

    Info is very vague at this time but a short summary on face book of the Diable et Rouge AGM suggests the ministry of transport came up short on the funds and the club is looking for a solution. The club needs to come up with or find regional investment for 25% of the cost it would seem. Pretty darn sure the Tremblant - St Faustin by pass is not happening this year dispite talk last Feb it was a done deal.
  21. Cnc

    Well it is a start

    Hi Fuse, it was supposed to be a done deal last spring, the bypass connecting Tremblant to St Agathe via Lac Carre St Faustin that is, but it seems there is a hiccup. The club Diablo et Rouge is in charge of the project and they are awaiting approval and funds from the ministry of transport not sure if it is for the bridge or not. I will try to get more info as it gets updated. That info was on the club face book page Nov 6th and they apparently are expecting news shortly.
  22. Thanks JG we will have to try that one out.
  23. The weatherman predicted freezing rain for around here, in the Tremblant area. We got a tiny bit of freezing rain last night then nothing. I woke up to this, about 2 inches of white trail surfacer.
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