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Nailed it!

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Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and a healthy new year to all. Stay safe.

We always seem to be the short end of the stick.

Yes me too, one of those situations were a few throttle jockeys can ruin the whole party.

hello, hello Good News!!! We have obtained the agreement of the MTQ to open the route 117 trail between Saint-Faustin and Mont-Tremblant this season. The opening of the 9.2 km trail will reconnect the Laurentians and Laanaudi èrere and contribute economic and tourism to the 2 regions. A big thank you to all the collaborators on this issue.

Yeah when they figure out an electric powered generator for when the hydro goes out as it does on a regular bases in my neck of Quebec, they will have discovered the age old quest for propetual motion.😁

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Yes and they will need to overcome the drop in battery performance due to the cold. It was pointed out to me that car manufacturers can always find room for places to stuff more batteries and increase the bank size and range with in reason, but on a motorcycle or snowmobile the amount of space for larger battery banks will be more restricted.

I am pretty sure it will be a long way off for electric only sleds. First off the original announcement specified the ban will be new car sales, this does not address existing gas cars on the road at that time which probably will take years to eliminate. It also does not ban vehicles from out of province that run on gas so I don’t see a sudden drop in the number of gas stations come 2035. There also is a long way to go in improving battery life/ mileage per charge before off road vehicles or even motorcycles become practical. I just read a report by a guy testing out the new Harley live wire. He borrowed the bike from Harley for a 500 mile shake down cruise. While the estimated range for battery life was 180 miles, throw in speed head winds and hilly mountainous roads he was averaging 80 miles before needing to recharge and actually ran out of juice once a few miles before the next recharging station. He experienced waiting for a unoccupied charging station, sitting on the curb cooling his heels waiting for the bike to charge at others and the frustration of getting nowhere fast with all the stops. His round trip of 500 miles took him 31and a bit hrs and he commented that broken down he averaged 16 miles per hr fog the trip. Imagine doing that on a sled?, are they putting charging stations on trees? IMO a lot to iron out to be practical for off road vehicles so by the time it really effects snowmobiling many of us won’t be riding anymore.

Ok I’ll come clean, it’s not tug hill nor St Zenon. This is a small trail that leads onto the lake I am on which in turn connects to the old 43 between Weir and Arundel. Full story: after a heavy mid winter rain and freeze up, my friend jokingly asked my brother-in-law to go check on the trail and see if it was passable before my friend got up To his cottage for the weekend. We never thought my brother-in-law would take him seriously but the joke was on us. My brother-in-law not wanting to try with his machine kinda borrowed my friends ATV without permission since he wasn’t around and had left the keys in it. I got a text with this pic, I’m stuck, come get me! I had to come from my end on the lake by sled, pick up a very wet, freezing and muddy guy, take him home, dry him out and go back to haul the machine out. My friend got a text, trails open!

The exact Metaphor location is up shits creek! 😁😁😁

Ok, where am I?

I think your right, Legault certainly won’t be in a hurry to want the border opened up, we in Quebec For Christmas are allowed To have a maximum of 10 people gather for Christmas only during a 4 day period and are being asked to quarantine for a week in advance and a week after. Numbers are up and will certainly be up higher after Christmas. If Québecers are still dealing with these restrictions and no vaccine till later in the new year, I can see them being resentful big time if the gov starts opening up the border to non essential visitors.

Yeah I’m willing to ride slow through there for sure, now if they could just get the stretch from Tremblant to labelle open we would be in great shape.

I would have liked the trail to travel down the center median of the highway, higher cost is not an excuse compared to the fact that after all this money has been spent this section will always be a bone of contention for these residents and just a handful of throttle happy sleddders can potentially ruin it for everyone else. Ride slow and be respectful if you get to travel this section Please. Having said that, I find it ironic that a group of residents are fearful for their safety from snowmobiles crossing their driveways when in fact their driveways enter directly onto a 2 lane highway with people passing on that highway dependant on those residents vigilance For their safety.

Placement of the registration plate has always seemed like getting too picky for nothing. That part of this document is really nothing new. On the rear / on the left rear part of the tunnel, It’s not like a cop is going to be able to read it on a moving sled. All registration checks obviously have to be done stopped and snow rubbed off to find it. On one of my older sleds I have the QC plate on the right And have been stopped numerous times, only once did an officer tell me it should be on the left, but went on to tell me since I already drilled holes for it, next sled I buy put it on the right. Last time I was stopped they didn’t even look or want to see the plate, where’s your pass?, you got mirrors, good, flash your break light for me, good, ok go.

I can see the last guy on the seat quickly becoming an ornament on an on coming sled windshield. Not going to keep tight right with that sled.😂

I haven’t heard anything new about it from club Diable et Rouge yet this season.

Yeah it varies some days as low as 40-60 new cases BUT Kids are just going back to school now and already there has been a few cases linked to that, so unfortunately it is likely to rise as we get into fall here.

I tend to use the interactive map installed in my brain coupled with trail signs and I motoneige. Can’t remember the last time I unfolded a map trail side anyway.

I read that Ont press release today. The way I read it they want you to buy early $190 pass and if covid shuts the season down early you get a $50 credit for next year. Wonder worst case, covid shuts the season before it even starts Will it still only be a $50 credit? I haven’t heard of any news from FCMQ other than they cancelled their annual convention normally in September.

When helmets get more expensive than snowmobiles, I think it will be time retire From the sport.