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I am thinking they may have changed the format some what if or when they upgraded the version of the program. An earlier version of I Motoneige had that feature where you clicked on a groomer button and the little white dozers poped up and the time in real time they passed. The2015/ 2016 version of I Motoneige and I presume 2017 version just highlights the trails in different colours indicating a rough time of the last grooming, 12-48-72 or something like that. I much preferred the earlier system.
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4 hours ago, Trailblazer said:
Dam St.Remi gone too, I would suspect Vendee is still operational as they serve a few lakes of cottages in that area. Duhamel is in good shape even more so now, the sister of the 2 brothers that run the place just won the lotto 2 weeks ago......drum roll please.....$12 000 000.00. However not sure if they'll be there next year. They told me they're getting out of Duhamel in April, The depanneur has been up fore sale the last 2 years now they're willing to give it away, just pay the inventory he says. Know someone who wants to start a dep? A campground comes with it.
Too far a commute for me, grin. Besides I try to avoid work as much as possible.
Funny how much business is generated by recreational vehicles. We organized a motorcycle rally this past summer and one of our group rides brought us through Duhamel so we arranged a lunch stop at Le madorick for the gang. Jacques the owner was really glade to accommodate us, business is pretty dead in summer. My Neighbours run a casse croute in Montcalm and would stave in winter if they stayed open but make all their money on bike traffic in summer.
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St Remi gas station burnt about 5 years ago no gas there either now.
I hope that there is still gas in Vendee this year. Guessing in Duhamel that the depanneur makes enough with the constant line ups of vtt's and sleds that he could afford to up grade tanks if the government goes after him.
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Yes that trail branches off from the 317 close to where 317 crosses hyway 327 and connects to the Weir end of the old Railwaybed trail that went to 16 island. Very nice trail. About 15 -20 minutes lake M to Weir. Last few years We running a back road To make the connection and I think the road took longer dispite the fact we were moving faster. Be aware of gas stop loses. Pine hill there is no gas at the depanneur anymore, but Hotel Chasseur has a fuel tank. Weir and Huberdeau lost their gas stops this summer thanks to the Gov forcing them to upgrade with new tanks or shut down. 16 island still has gas. I fear other small mom and pop places will stop selling gas as the cost of upgrade is more than they can handle.
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4 hours ago, SkippyDoo said:
"Just don't follow the sled trails in your truck lol. We saw it twice in Saguenay last week. The one was up by Passion. They made it pretty far up TC93 before they buried it. The other one was on 368 if I remember right"
Ha saw that twice up this way. One a delivery truck on a summer road and the second a pickup from Ont in the Papineau Labelle reserve. Both cases I guess their GPS's directed them to take the shortest route and both locations the roads used in summer are snowmobile trails in winter. Both times like you mention they got a long way before getting stuck.
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3 hours ago, Trailblazer said:
Do you have any information on a new trail that has been talked about between Lake MacDonald and Aurendel?
there was talk about a trail from Lake Macdonald that would join up on the railway bed trail between Arundel and St Remi. Has not happened yet. I guess the pressure to do that is off since last year they opened a new trail from Lake Macdonald to Weir and completing the loop that way.
just a further update on the weather, the snow changed to light freezing rain in the late afternoon and then back into snow 10-15 expected through the night. We did not get any rain.
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After what seems like a long wait for things to freeze up exaggerated by a fair bit of early snow things are coming together around here. Club Diablo et Rouge as well as club Hebou Blanc report most trails have been packed by the groomers without a drag and just in the last day or 2 groomed. Lake Macdonald and lac des seize Ile have been marked with pickets while lac de les this Montange remains unsafe as does a river crossing near Brebeuf. A run to Tremblant from My house in Montcalm by car revealed the trails looked good. We received a good snow fall New Year's Eve and today while early weather reports predicted rain / freezing rain, that changed to a snowfall warning for here and it has snowed 2-3 inches so far an let up for now with a few ice pellets. Been fairly busy and not time to play but depending on if we get the rain or not they are getting further south( Hudson , Montreal ), I will be out and about on the sled this week.
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Thanks, Happy New year to all. May you find Peace, Happiness, and freshly groomed trails in 2017.
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I Motoneige groomer reports were not working for some and mine started working the other day. At first I thought it was local as no grooming was going on at that point but trails I knew had had groomer activity by reports on here didn't show either.
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1 hour ago, MrGutz said:
ICE fishing would not need the boat? I hope...
GutZ
Just a joke but I wouldn't go out on the ice around here just yet without a boat or a very fast sled. Ice is still iffy.
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A canoe?, maybe they were going ice fishing.
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More to the point, where is Pauline now? This too will pass.
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Lucky you! Got about 6 in here today and the groomer from Diablo Rouge is out without the drag packing the trails and filling the streams and deep ruts. Could be a bit longer before they drag, but hey it's a start.
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Yahoo we have been up graded to a snowfall warning here near Tremblant. Guess the local weather man looked out the window. Started snowing and blowing this morning to the point that I couldn't see far out onto my lake, but the weather for here said light snow and 7 kph winds, say what? We are now expected to receive 20cm.
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Well one reason it's not working around my region, the groomers haven't started grooming yet!🚜
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21 minutes ago, Trailblazer said:
Nope in Duhamel, we left Pointe-Claire at 1:40 arrived in Duhamel at 5:20. Freezing rain the whole trip.
Usually we take the 50 from Grenville but under these conditions dragging a weighted trailer I becided to stick with the 148, no mountains and no crazies racing from Gatineau to Montreal or Montreal to Gatineau.
Papineauvile north all white on the road, ice pellets mixed with the white stuff, thick on the road but more drivable, Duhamel on breaking 6-8" crusted surface to the chalet.
Snowmobiling always an adventure.
Adventure That's for sure. Guessing we were about 2 hrs ahead passing through Hawkesbury.
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You say your back in Montreal? We came up today the freezing rain started as I got off 417 onto the 17. The roads up here were better prepared for the weather than down there. I'm guessing you take the 50. We take it in the other direction but figuring it would be slick we avoided it today by taking a series of dirt roads. Still freezing rain near Tremblant.
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Welcome, I bought a 2015 venture GT to replace an aging Polaris 2 up. Still have 2 other polarises but the venture is my go to machine for 2 up. Comfortable, gas milage is decent and it is reliable. Still trying to get it to handle better on the corners but all and all very happy. Gold wing huh?, my brother has one and I ride a Nomad 1600 in summer. I use a zumo 550 on the bike, but use the IMotoneige app on a cell phone when on a sled. Not a preference, just never gave much thought about using the zumo and what Quebec trails I could load on it.
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Maybe just me but I never found it worked that well on the motoneige 16 either. I preferred a earlier version a few years back where there was a groomer button at the bottom of the page and when activated little groomer icons popped up on the trails with the time they passed.
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May you all have a safe and Merry Christmas.
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These two fisherman decided to do a public service deed testing the ice for others. They got 100 ft from shore towing their hut behind. When the ice gave way the driver took off for shore leaving his buddy trapped in the hut till rescuers arrived. I don't know what gets into people's minds so early in the season.
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Main sled these days.
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I haven't really done any off trail riding since before there were real trails, yeah really dating my self! Anyway i am thinking if you want to goof around trying it there are a lot of trails in the area that use portions of the hydro line corridors. I always see lots of off trail tracks in those areas. Also I am guessing maps that would show crown land might be useful, no sense tick off private land owners.
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Well you should have told me you were going to try that trail today.
My original plan was to wait for a friend to come from Lake Macdonald to Montcalm on the new trail and then we were going to head to st Remi and beyond maybe Labelle. His sled was running fine getting it out of his garage but after stoping it it was dead so change of plans I went over that trail to lake Macdonald about 11:00 am to give him a hand and back to Montcalm about 2:00 or 3:00 pm.