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

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

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

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. 

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.😂

Bad news for the Tremblant/ St Faustin by-pass. Seems one form of government or another is determined to make the hoops impossible for the club to jump through. Here is a rough translation of what was posted by Diable et Rouge club. Frustrating is not nearly the word to discribe the situation. Hats off to the persistence of the club, 12 years and $170,000 spent to try and get a solution to our closed trail.
 
Mont-Tremblant, October 06, 2018
Subject: connecting the snowmobile trail between the municipalities of Saint-Faustin-LAC-Carré and Mont-Tremblant
To the stakeholders involved in the project to relocate the trail along route 117
Hello everyone!
I would like to take a few minutes of your time to take stock of the situation in the project of relocation of the snowmobile trail between the municipalities of st-Faustin-LAC-Carré and Mont-Tremblant.
After 12 years of intense negotiations.... on 18 December 2017, the representatives of the government of Quebec gave, at a press conference held in Saint-Faustin-LAC-Square, its agreement and the Financing necessary to achieve the connecting path linking three regions either lanaudière, laurentides and the outaouais. This project was the solution to the relocation of the trail of the train which was closed following the langlois judgment.
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This is the state of the situation that concerns us:
May 2018: meeting with representatives of the mtmdet in Saint-Faustin-LAC-Square; they confirm that:
01 -- only the mtmdet is responsible for work and authorizations in road roll (which turns out to be wrong later)
02 -- the devil and red snowmobile club is the master of work and responsible for carrying out this project
03 -- the red devil snowmobile club is mandated to hire an engineering firm, what we did (Team Laurence, including Mr. Régis Gold ing. Is responsible).
04-the devil and red snowmobile club in the name of social acceptability must request the approval of the riparian owners, located below 30 metres from the new path... all signed the document and two passage rights... Documents delivered to mtmdet.
The Laurence Team, from may to date, presented and submitted all required and necessary documents to obtain authorisations and to carry out this project.
The leaders of the devil and red snowmobile club have invested, to date, in studies, plans, requests for authorization, etc., over $ 170 recently, officials have let us know that we must have An environmental authorisation certificate to build 3 abutments of bridge in a wet environment... the request was made via the engineering firm council, a consulting firm specializing in environmental studies.
On the other hand, the city of Mont-Tremblant has a regulation that prohibits all construction in a wet and / or flood plain... we therefore ask for a derogation from this regulation... deadline: not before middle or end November to have Derogation....
In addition, the city representatives of Mont-Tremblant let us know that we must have the approval of the residents established below 100 metres.... outside the law of the vhrr is very clear about this, the 30 standard. Meters Apply in this case, since it is a relocation of a path that existed before and not a new path: see law on the. So, inconsistency between the vhrr law and the municipal regulation.
Law Act
12.- the movement of off-road vehicles at a distance less than that fixed by municipal regulation or, failing that, less than 30 m from a dwelling, an installation operated by a health institution or a Area Reserved for the practice of cultural, educational, recreational or sports activities is prohibited except:
1° Express Authorization of the owner or tenant of the dwelling or reserved area;
2° on a public road or built in the field of the state under the conditions laid down in this law;
3° on a road or private road open to public traffic in road vehicles;
4° on a path established in an abandoned railway grip and indicated in a planning and development plan or a metropolitan planning and development plan;
5° in any other place determined by government regulation.
The distance of 30 m provided for in the first subparagraph shall be increased to 100 m for any new path set up after 31 December 2011. The path which has been changed in a small way, particularly following the Loss of a right of passage is not a new path.
A path whose route is changed pursuant to the second subparagraph shall not allow the movement of off-road vehicles at a distance lower than that existing in a place mentioned in the first subparagraph before the modification, unless this distance is at least 100 Mr.
Following all these binding demands, which come out of all parts, the representatives of the devil and red snowmobile club, dated 05 October 2018, despite their goodwill and all their efforts as well as those of several of you , have no choice but to see that there is a deadlock and are blocked in the construction and construction of our path housing road 117, at least for the winter 2018-2019. Season.
We are still waiting for the following permissions:
01 The permission of the city of Mont-Tremblant to build a bridge.
02.. the permission of the mrc of the laurentians to channel a stream of approximately 150 metres.
03.. the environmental authorisation certificate for the construction of a bridge in a wet environment
04... the acceptance by the municipal council of a derogation from the municipal regulation or the recognition by the authorities of the city of Mont-Tremblant, as stipulated by the law of the vhrr, that during a relocation of the trail, The Standard of 30 metres distance from residences applies.
For the devil and red snowmobile club; we are ready
We have the approval of the government of Quebec
We have the necessary funding
We have the permissions
All the plans are made and approved, we have the full collaboration of the companies and entrepreneurs in our region to achieve this important path that is so important to us and which is vital for the economic development of the businesses in our region.
Unfortunately, as a result of administrative regulations and obstacles, too short deadlines.... the representatives of the devil and red snowmobile club, despite all their goodwill, have no choice but to see that there is a deadlock and that we must with Regret, make the decision to postpone the completion of the saint-Faustin-LAC-Square connection trail in Mont-Tremblant, next year.
I take this opportunity, on behalf of the board members of the devil and red snowmobile club inc. And that of all the riders, to warmly thank all those who have worked all their energies to advance this dossier
Happy snowmobile season... Still!!!
By: Roland Leroy, President club snowmobile devil and Red Inc project manager

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 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. 

Due to the current situation, I might be going to a more basic sled this coming season.

A sure sign of fall even before the leaves change is this:
 
 

A sure sign of fall even before the leaves change is this:
 
 

I have a sail boat sitting out of the water at a marina in Ontario. I could have put it in the water but later than usual by about a month due to covid restrictions. Marinas like every thing else were shut down and travel to Ontario from Quebec was for awhile shut down as well right when everyone works on their boats and gets them ready for spring launch. Once I could get to my boat in June, I elected to keep it out of the water along with about 25 % of the people with boats stored there. Why?, Because it was going to be a shitty season, going up the St Lawrence to Gananoque, Kingston etc despite being Canadian and and the boat being Canadian we travel in and out of US waters by the nature of the water ways, it was unsure if the Canadian 1000 island parks that we visit would be open or fully functional as well as Municipalité marinas we frequent in our summer travels. Add to that the thought that there will be a second fall covid wave and we might not be able to get back to the boat for haul out should they shut everything down again and it was a no brainer to give the season a miss. Costs are kind of irrelevant, in the water or out. All the costs of boat ownership remains the same, insurance mortgage ( if the boat is not free and clear), etc are constant. Out of the water storage however is cheaper than seasonal dockage and spring launch/ fall haul out fees are saved by not launching so there is a slight incentive to skip this year. 

A sure sign of fall even before the leaves change is this:
 
 

A sure sign of fall even before the leaves change is this:
 
 

A sure sign of fall even before the leaves change is this:
 
 

A sure sign of fall even before the leaves change is this:
 
 

Yeah sorry if you thought you were coming with the whole Ark!😂😂😂

Just so you know in case you sneak through the border:

Just so you know in case you sneak through the border: