Cnc
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So sad, he may have been saved. I read of this on sno goer magazine and came here to post the link if no one else had started a thread.
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We ate lunch in Duhamel last Sat, it was a on the trail decision to head that way,I'm guessing you were not around then JG.
It was a busy weekend, I saw more sleds on the trails that weekend that most of the season.
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Last weekend March 5-6 we experienced probably the best conditions of the season, plenty of snow and fine weather in the mid 20's.
it all went down hill from there with mild weather and rain during the week. By Thurs afternoon the 10th of March many lakes were a sea of slush.
We had hoped to get early morning Friday and Sat rides in before the trails softened for the day.
It was not to be. I checked my lake and it had about 15 in of slush on it and I had no desire to try and run the 3 miles down it to access soft snow on un-groomed trails. The local clubs were saying trails were passable but streams that cross the trails were beginning to open up and it was too warm to groom. Both clubs in my area were pulling the plug today and removing pickets on the lakes. Coupled with the late start, one of the shortest seasons I have seen around here in years.
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Oh man that is terrible. Is that a high traffic rapid circulation road?
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That is good news to be able to do it on line, because of multiple machines in our family and the cost of a registered letter for each, most times I never bothered to go after the refund. I certainly will next year. Thanks Mid- Range.
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Part of your pass cost is mandatory public liability insurance, if you have proof of private insurance you can apply for a refund cancelling the mandatory insurance. Read the paperwork that Came with your pass. It is about $40 Can, but it must be done within 10 days of buying the pass.What refund are you folks talking about? I have a full year pass.Thanks
Someone here said it could be done on line, I didn't know that, I thought you had to send it in by registered mail.
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I used to water ski and even bare foot in my younger days but now being an old fart has it 's advantages, I get to guard the beer cooler. Grin.I am in the Thousand Islands a lot during the summer. Also a spectator for the Poker Run for the last 5 years. Definitely in if there ever is a Quebecrider Water Gathering.
I have a wake boat, I'll take some of you old farts tubing and surfing behind my boat. Lol
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lol Yes those video phones!! "please place your passport on the square under the phone please" lol Yes we have been going to the poker run for at least the past 10 years now. Maybe you have seen us go by. My previous boat was the 38 Topgun (Trigger Happy) and my current boat is the 388 Hustler (Shot in the Dark). If you see me this year flag me down!
Cool boat for sure and will do. I guess many sailboats look the same when your zipping by but if you see this one, Clair de Lune V, it is us.
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Well if you do the annual poker run from Kingston to Prescott I may have watched you go by.I too every summer enter Canada by boat. Drop boat in around Alexandria Bay, NY and take boat over to Kingston Ontario for the boat poker run every august. Very easy check in (just a phone call) and when entering back into the US checking back in at a choice of a few locations. Would be very easy to just load and go however. Again so far, never an issue either way. But then again I don't have anything to hide or any skeletons in my closet. lol Boating the 1000 Islands and traveling out into the Great lakes are unbelievable times. Maybe a summer QR meet up...?
We used to keep our sailboat in a Montreal yacht club when I lived there and travel up the seaway to 1000 islands for our summer vacation. For the last number of years, we keep it in a marina just east of Kingston and travel by car to it. I usually have a seasons pass for the park islands. Yup 1000 islands and Lake Ontario are a boaters paradise.
We did witness an incident in Clayton where they have check in by video phone that scared the heck out of us and swore us off of using those things to enter the US, but it is a little long and best told over a beer swapping boating stories.
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Upon our return to the U S A Tuesday this week we were questioned more than I ever had been returning. All registrations, what do you do for a living, how do you know each other, for how long? Opened trailer to see what was in there. There have been times coming back into the USA they barely had us stop. This guard had something to prove...
Yes you do get guards like that just like you get during a routine traffic stop a cop who appears to be on a power trip. But consider this, not all people looking to do the western world harm these days have a certain look. Lots of cases of home grown terrorists. Could it happen that some one decides to pose as sledders to transport illegals or bomb making equipment into the country, anything is possible. Or perhaps on a less sinister note they are checking that you are not importing stolen sleds. These guys are working for all of us trying to keep our countries safe.
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I think Ice man touched on a few good points, I have often crossed by boat across Lake Ontario and also a number of different land crossings with a motor cycle. I have noticed a big big difference in the way US border guards act toward us since 911. You Americans folks may not notice coming back into your own country, but for a foreigner there is that extra edge of precaution and I notice it in the manner of speech and questioning. Big difference to the reception I get returning to Canada. While it may only be a drug, dwi or some other crime you did in your youth, remember border gaurds are the first line of defence in security to any country. They don't know you and any red flag on your record will set things in motion. The very worst is not mentioning something or not being truthful and they find something in your record. The laws are there to protect the country and it's citizens and zero tolerance to any offence is the easiest to police. I am not sure if any of you in the US can get a program called Border Security, it is all about The CBA and how they handle people coming into Canada. It is a real eye opener on how they pick up on people not being truthful etc. I'm not saying rejection over a old arrest of 20-30 years ago is just, but it is sadly in part a reflection of the state of the world today.
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Sad to hear. This brings up something I have been noticing more this year than ever before. While it was not an issue in these accidents it is still important.
Used to be when you gave a hand signal to on coming sleds of the number sleds in your group, most would reciprocate. I seem to pass more sleds that either ignore you or give a silly little wave back than those who signal back.
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Just got back from Montreal snow then freezing rain then lots of rain down there pretty sloppy. Up here near Tremblant we faired much better. My brother in law tells me it was all snow yesterday then some rain and mild today. Driveway has about 4-5 inches of wet snow that is fast crusting up and a bit of powder on top. Looks like we did not lose any snow but gained some. Looks like mid winter here. The local club says they will groom all trails tomorrow. We are headed out tomorrow, we should be in good shape through the weekend.
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Running on groomed trails assuming that your next planned gas stop will be open, he hasn't run out, you won't get detoured or not expecting that the place burn't down overnight can get you in trouble. All of the above has happened to me over the years. Not planned for, not our fault but Sh*t happens. Carrying gas is a lot less inconvenient than the alternative, so I carry gas.
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In that area the following have passes for sale.
POINTS OF SALE
You are in the area and want to buy your pass in person,
Get to one of our points of sale !
Trails Pass Supervisor
Lorraine Larocque
819.449.3806
819.441.8365
South
Maniwaki and center
North
Épicerie Gravelle
Cayamant
819-463-4222
Resto-Bistro de L'Aigle
Cayamant
819-463-1919
Bar Chez Rick
Gracefield
819-463-2434
Restaurant Pineview
Low
819-422-3517
Auberge du Draveur
Maniwaki
819-449-7022
Château Logue Hotel Golf Resort
Maniwaki
819.449.4848
Équipement Maniwaki
Maniwaki
819.449.1744
Maniwaki Sports
Maniwaki
819.449.5325
Sports Dault & Frères
Maniwaki
819.449.1001
Dépanneur Messines
Messines
819-465-2733
Baskaventure
Grand-Remous
819-438-2271
La Pointe à David
Grand Remous
819-438-2844
Épicerie J.B. Lévesque (Alain Thibault)
Grand-Remous
819-438-2685 / 819-438-2810
Le Pignon Vert
Grand-Remous
819-438-2012
Motel Restaurant Le Classic
Montcerf-Lytton
819-438-5557
Dépanneur S'A Wesine
Montcerf-Lytton
819-449-1616
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In planning your rides, be sure to take in devils mountain and the relay. Fantastic view from the top. Also there was a trail called the CIP trail on the mountain that went higher to the cell towers. Not sure if it is accessible any more but quite the view there. Number of years sice we were there, but one of the days we were all the towers and trees were heavy in frost and we were in the clouds very cool.
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Left the Laurentiens today for errands in Montreal. Mostly snow there and 4-5 inches of snow down here before it turned to freezing rain. Rain in both locations later. This pattern has repeated it's self every major stom this year, as long as the snow is greater than the rain, it all makes for a nice trail when it gets groomed and temps drop back down. Colder weather Fri for my area and looks like snow for Sat, Sun and Mon.
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None that I am aware of. You could ask when checking motels if they have video cameras in the parking areas. A good precaution is to bring heavy chains and locks for the sleds and disable the truck by removing a main fuse so it won't start.
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Duhamel, or St Jovite ( now called Tremblant ) both closer to NY than Mont Laurier by a good hour or so and in fact all 3 places are accessible to each other by multible trails. I live 20 minutes from Tremblant and I can tell you that there is plenty of snow and trails are in good shape. Duhamel is limited in terms of accommodation I would think. In Tremblant I would suggest hotel Vaccances Tremblant or comfort inn. Both are on the major hwy coming in 117, lots of restaurants to choose from and both are right on a groomed trail that while it dead ends in Tremblant, 15 minutes ride will get you to other trails with lots of options.
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It is my understanding the Doo DESS can't be bypassed. Also SkiDoo has a great computer system and you can have your dealer enter the VIN as a stolen sled. The thief needs to go to a dealer to get a new DESS key and have it programmed to the sled with the computer.
At least that is how I understand it.
Well since sleds in general disappear at an alarming rate it is not unreasonable to assume that many are not just stripped for parts but rather re registered and resold. That takes a more organized ring and that then poses the question, could a dishonest dealer or theft ring have and use the dess software to reprogram stolen sleds?
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Be advised that chutes Windigo, the little trail side motel is apparently closed this winter. Village Windigo a few miles away is top notch but much more expensive, maybe too expensive for a father son adventure.
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I have been using this for quite a number of years, so far either it really works, no thieves wanted my sleds, or there were no thieves in the area when ever I have used it. 3/4 braided steel cable and 1/2 inch thick hasp.
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So dynomite if you end up going let us know how it was. Been a few years but the wife always wants to go back there.
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Yes I was sort of confused too, but I thought since he posted on the Laurentien board, mentioned Mekoos was booked that he was talking Ferme Neuve - Mont Laurier area.Thanks, as I thought there were two windigo out there and one here in Mauricie. Very confusing all these Windigo's. Was just not sure.
Here is the link to le Village Windigo. It is maybe 15 minutes away by sled from les chutes Windigo motel.
Saint Michel-Des- Saints Conditions
in Lanaudiere
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You may wish to check directly with the local clubs rather than the hotel as to their grooming plans. I would think Mt Laurier and St Michel de Saints had similar tempt to us in Tremblant the last 2 weeks. Turned warm and stayed warm,40-55 f most days. We went from perfect conditions to closed trails in 4-5 days due to lake and river crossing becoming full of water and slush and run off deteriateing trails. Our lakes and river crossings are now not safe here.
It is now cold and should be for the next week but dispite snow coverage remaining I would now expect rock hard trails and many disconnects as Mcstar mentioned.