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Good morning, Looking at this section made me curious, do the locals run lake Kenogami over to the west end? Is it staked if they do?
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Good morning, had some friends leave RDL yesterday heading for Gaspé. They were into Matane last night around 5:30. They reported several detours but did make it over all the river crossings including the Metis in Mont Joli and the Tartigou in Saint Damase. They said there was plenty of snow cover, especially as you got inland away from the river.
Happy Trails
RR
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The Eastern Chaudierre region will survive the rains of Friday. The 1 3/4" of rain that hit this area opeed up a lot of streams and rivers but trail 75 from the Maine border to Armstrong club house was fine, 545 to 55 had 2 bad wet holes, but otherwise was good. Word is groomers should be back out tomorrow night in many places from lac etchemin east. We did find one groomer out today. Beauceville east should be very passable for all riders by mid week. The club houses were busy today with locals. (Armstrong below) It's awesome how they all come out to support!
Happy Trails
RR
- actionjack, vt_bluyamaha54, revct1 and 1 other
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Twin, It is signed at both ends, and signed At the jct with the Pelchat trail, hand written signs if I recall, not traditional Quebec trail signage
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Great pics and story of your adventure today. Each ride sure does take its own personality! Keep us posted! The next few days should be really good! Enjoy!
RR
Meanwhile back here in Maine, a foot of snow was not the issue, but trees and water made our discussion today
today. First time with the new Mikita chain saw, works really nice!
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26 minutes ago, smclelan said:
It very well could be, however if you head through and it snowed the day before and the groomer hasn't been out yet. Expect the unexpected.
That said, most sleds can do 120 miles on a tank of fuel.
Sm, is right ! Expect the unexpected! . you can’t take anything for granted, but all sections of that trail will have been groomed at some point, but probably do not fall into the category of “regular grooming”.
Always good to call ahead and check with the Portneuf sur mer club and Hotel Pelchat to find out when it was groomed last. Also the river crossing is not marked well with signage, so you might be better to continue on the west side of the Portneuf river, which is groomed as well, this trail intersects trail 3 at Portneuf Sur mer, adds approx 10miles. there is gas at Portneuf sur mer, so if you gas there you should be in the 110 mile range, than making your total trip into Forestville in the 130 mile range.
If you average speed is 30 mph, it would take you a little over 4hours Plus breaks,
if your average speed is 20 mph, it would be a little over 6 hours , plus breaks
Those uncomfortable with that range, probably should stay to the trails that are more traveled and serviced.
Happy trails
RR
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Hope for a blue sky day on that trip and bring your camera
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As TB says, that would be a great loop, and is all groomed except the short Portnuef river crossing. Take this highlighted trail to Forestville and Trail 3 back would be nice. Some of the best scenery are the valley runs down the Portneuf river trail( highlighted) and the orange trail that runs north of Forestville to Le Chenail. A beautiful ride in both situations
Happy trails
RR
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1 hour ago, snowfarmer said:
Hey guys how long ago did you stay there? I stayed there last year with a group of 8 and Linda had been there a couple of days before me and they really looked after us . There's a new owner and he claims he is really going after the snowmobile business in the winter and the ATV business in the summer.
Snowfarmer, when I stayed there it was several years ago, so your updated info makes sense and would be much more accurate. Sounds like a new focus on the snowmobile industry has made a big difference. Thank you for that info RR
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1 hour ago, eddieskidoo said:
its about 7 miles off tq 5 ... .trail is usually quite good. always seem not interested when you call and ask about rooms . stayed there once and cabin was very nice . I wont go there again. but that just me.
We did the same as you Eddie, feel the same way about a revisit.
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1 hour ago, mikerider said:
I used to often park at the Beauceville club house (just east of St. George) and ride to RDL. Never had a problem leaving my truck there and it is a popular parking spot, although not secure. Have parked there probably a couple dozen times from a couple days to several days. If you decide on this, I'll give you the trail#s.
mike
We have done the same as Mike many times without an issue. We had two riders on our trip last week to RDL, meet up with us and leave their vehicle there. It’s easy to get too, not lots of traffic around, and you are ready to head east on the trail 55 which is a typically great trail all the way to tourville, 200 ish mile ride depending on the route up you take to RDL
Enjoy your ride
RR
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Mike , it’s great to see you out on the snow, you have definitely got some great conditions to look forward too. Keep up the reports! 🍷🍷
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Got a great call last night from QR’s dmccrea, asking .....Road runner ...., tell me what your sled was doing in that 3 to 4 feet of lake effect like powder you ran into in Bas st Laurent lastweek. So I told him, hey the sled would go no problem without getting stuck, , just no visibility and the engine could not get enough air to stay running right. So he said well we went our last weekend in similar conditions in upstate NY. Where they def get lake effect snows. His buddy had a gen 4 summit with windshield and flares like ours and he had his stock freeride 154 with basically no windshield and had not had a chance to put his on. His buddy had the same visibility issues and engine intake issues we were having, while his ran perfect on no visibility issues. So they pulled of the windshield and flares of the summit and than everything was fine. I thanked him for the heads up and when we hung up, thought, wow, that makes perfect sense!
So if you get out on the trail with no plowed roads to run nearby and just got to be there😉, pull off the gen 4 windshield, strap it on back, let the snow go by your waist in stead of your face, and ride on lol.
Certainly a rare occurrence, good to keep in the resolution bin however!😁
Enjoy the great trails!
RR
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22 minutes ago, Saguenay Bill said:
RR Ran into a mutual friend on Sat, Yeves, the guide. Told me after 3 years he will be able to ride with you guys, lol.
Yes, Bill, we have had a great time connecting with Yves, we are looking forward to our trip up to Cote Nord later this year with Yves
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9 minutes ago, Saguenay Bill said:
Had a very interesting day today. Went out to start my 900 ACE, first time since Thursday. With the snow and wind we had, it started, ran for 10 secs and stalled. Took relays out, went inside. 8 Yamaha's in corral. 6 started, two didn't. The ones that didn't were ridden by two gals. One gal was taking a back rest off to get at battery. She told me it needed a boost. I had offered to put it in garage. She said it needed boost. However it was turning over quite well. With boost it wouldn't fire. She asked me if the garage offer was still available. There was a male and other female with her at this point, two of the 6 that had gotten started. I told them they could use the garage as long as they would tow me, if mine didn't start after warming up relays. We got the one Yamaha in the garage. Other one that didn't start was determined to have more wrong with it than what they thought. They decided to leave it here and come back tomorrow and pick it up on a trailer. My 900 started so I was fine but the engine was full of snow. Between 10 and 11 I went to the Trappers pelt selling show, which is an annual think here the first weekend in Jan. Talked to the Bilodeau folks Went to the Yamaha in the garage, started and the two gals put the 2 up back rest back on and took off for home, the Charlevoix.
By this time it's about 11:30. The hotel has their Sunday brunch going on. Next thing I know the new owner, 1of 3 guys, of the Delta Saguenay comes over and introduces himself to me. He is a snowmobiler, great news, and tells me he has a Freeride and loves off trail riding. This guy is no spring chicken, maybe their is hope for me doing the off trail stuff, NOT. The plans are to build a new indoor swimming pool starting in May he tells me.
Then at 12 noon I decide to go for my ride. It is starting to snow so I decide a short ride is in order. I ride down 83 east to the cross country ski place, have lunch and get back a little after 3. Lots of drifts and the fields are wind swept of snow. Trails were OK except for the drifts which will be fixed by tomorrow. Riding alone sucks for me.
Bill, Glad to here you like your 900. We have a 900 Enduro here, my wife loves it, but everyone that try’s it, enjoys the amazingly smooth engine and performance . Regarding the starting issues, we had 2 Yamaha Vipers this morning in Quebec City that would not start. Fuel pump would cycle, both engines would sputter at times but not start. With our Ski Doo four strokes you never touch the gas, and these guys had never had issues other than the solenoids sticking sometimes. Finally we started working the throttle. If wide open nothing changed, however, with both sleds, once we cracked the throttle about 1/3, they both fired and stayed running? Wonder if any other owners have had to do this?
Enjoy your 900,
Happy Trails
RR
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On 1/5/2018 at 6:56 PM, actionjack said:
Nice sled. Like the mirrors on the shield.
Yes we usually do ride with Ed W and 603 Back country.
Also, we had a very nice ride today from Levis to the Maine border below Armstrong. We took 75 all the way and it was near perfect. It always amazes me what they can do with a snow storm. We ran some similar areas earlier in the week and they were worn down very thin in places. Riding in The Chaudierres is looking really good
- snowfarmer, Florida Snowman, 182ray and 2 others
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The high lighted yellow is groomed and marked to the Normandine, the old trail in Red is not marked or maintained anymore to the L Oisiere or 4 Points
This trail went down a street in a residential area, so not sure if that was the issue or not?
Hopefully by next year the club and businesses will find a solution.
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On 1/5/2018 at 3:09 PM, revct1 said:
A heads up for those of you staying in Levis.
We are planning our next trip Valcourt to RDL and back. Now that Motel Bernieres is no longer in the picture for this season we are going to stop in Levis for one night.
Plan A: One suggestion was the Four Points. I call Four Points and the receptionist said that the snowmobile trail ends at route 20 and there is no access to the Four Points for this season. She said hopefully the trail will be routed to access the Four Points for next year.
Plan B: L'Oiseliere is nice. We stayed there many years ago. I call and the receptionist says that you can get to the hotel by snowmobile. I make the reservations and I'm a happy camper. The Four Points said the trail ends at route 20. I wonder which side of route 20 because L'Oiseliere is on the same side of route 20 as Four Points. I'm concerned so I call Tourisme Appalaches. Patricia said the trail does not cross route 20 this year. She said that via snowmobile we would have to stay at the Comfort Inn or Econo Lodge on the south side of route 20.
Plan C: I call the Comfort Inn and make reservations. The downside to the Comfort Inn and Econo Lodge is they both use the Restaurant Normandin for super. I'm happier with a restaurant in the hotel so we don't have to dress up and go outside to get food, but, it is what it is. There is a Shell gas station across the street from the Comfort Inn and the Normandin is next to that.
Things are always changing.
Jack & Sandi
We can report that all the above Is true, both the l Oiselierre and four points are not easily accessible. We did Worm Hole our way into the l Oiselierre tonight but we had to put our highway mapping to work. Basically the groomed trail goes to the Normandin. You must navigate by local trail .....single trail.....and your own navigation, as you go under hwy 20, locals do this, but not marked anymore, so proceed at own risk and capability, to get to either of the above locals.
ps only breakfast is available now.
We did hit a big home run on dinner, by a very short taxi ride to the Delice restaurant, very nice!
Enjoy Levis
RR
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11 hours ago, doonali said:
Much to my surprise my 137” 1200 did very well in 30”+ of light fluffy snow last season.
Je me souverne, and Doonali, our biggest issues were keeping air going to the engine and visibility, other than that we could have gone a lot further. The 154 track does give you a much wider range of capacity. But as Doonali says , that 1200, 137 will also get it done, just works harder to do it and is a bit less forgiving if you miscalculate and get into a bad hole😉. Overall, we just loved getting to experience that much powder all at once, as I posted last night, this pic has the sled sitting in the middle of trail 544 and was not stuck, just needed to clear out shield for visibility. Standing up and leaning forward was the only way you could keep vision, but when you hit the drifts or extra deep spots , you lost all vision, a fun experience for sure!
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Today we headed back west, ran 5 to Mt Carmel, down to 35 to Tourville for lunch. Than 35 to saint Damien de Buckland, than onto Levi’s for the night. A cold but great ride, the 35 was nicely covered the entire length with good snow, and the 547 trail to 5 in St Gervais was good.
A cold ....but good 200 mile ride.
Tomorrow, back to Maine, for a nice, 1150 mile ride, with a very wide spectrum of riding conditions.
We met several, sleds out and about today, Tourville was busy
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Today we found out what the Bomb Cyclone was all about, we were heading to Moose valley for the night but we did not make that by a long shot. We ended up with 80 Miles for the day of some of the best powder riding we had experienced since the Gaspe 10 years ago. It was a fun, exhausting day of laughs, exercise and memories. We found in some areas 42” of new snow in the trails. Light fluffy snow that if you could see and keep the snow from plugging the air intakes you could go on a 137” , but the 154 was an added bonus and the snow bungies got worked a lot. We had an absolutely great time playing in this Bomb Cyclone Snow Blast!
Heading west tomorrow so we can enjoy the frigid temps that are coming tonight, home Sunday night.
The last two pics, the sled is not stuck, and sitting in the middle of the 544 trail, just west of St Hubert!
Think more snow😉
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On 1/4/2018 at 5:51 PM, Pullinfront said:
Got out before Xmas, trails were good, still needed a little snow on the woods trails.
Roadrunner are you riding with Ed W.
Pull in front, he usually does, but did not go this trip
Mont Valin Waterfall
in Saguenay-Lac St-Jean
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I believe this is the waterfall you want to see? Enjoy
