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The final day,...... we kept it for our long elusive ride around the Pipmuacan reservoir. This ride had been studied for years, today the conditions where right, the planning was right, so we went for it, a 325 mile ride today, many miles of deep powder. A great wrap to our " Mt. Valin Early Ride" I suspect Marks Vt and Doorightwill be back next year to join in on the fun! Two very capable riders, nice to find birds of a feather! Here's.to a good Quebec Rider Season HappyTrails RR

Another visit to one of our favorite loops, the nic named the Pipmuacan Expressway😊. A fun several hours picking thru some tactical riding to make this loop complete. A big looped planned today to loop the Pipmuacan, with multiple sleighs in tow today. Happy trails😊

A great run to today to Forestville today, 250 in for this tun, lots of powder! Lots of Gas and oil burned! A great lunch at the Danube. More fun today! Happy Trails

A nice 235 today down to Escoumin for lunch, got to find some virgin snow along the way! Hooked up with Team VT today, we had a great ride with Markus and Dooright, more fun today, a backcountry and trailride to Forestville for lunch at the Danube restaurant. Happy Trails RR

Ice, We will have fun today with the VT boys, good snow dump up here yesterday, 10/12" should make an awesome day, heading towards Escoumin area today Happy Trails!

A small day today, good snowstorm settled in today, so we went to explore a Poirevoire that caters to snowmobilers north of here, Luc is a great gut at Poirevoire Itouk, they have fuel for. Guests, and a guide service if you want. A fun 125 miles. Markus and Dooright landed today, and we will connect with them for a few days of snow fun! Happy Trails RR

SM, yes they are calling for that amount up here Monday afternoon into the evening, should be good a good powder day Tuesday!!

A good run today over near Labrieville. Got to go check out the Quebec Hydro transmission line construction. These boys were working on the project today! amazing to see guys up on the towers working this construction project. A stop at Le Chenail, north of Forestville but nobody was home!😊. Than we intersected with the Pelchat trail later in the day, that had just been groomed and was an awesome way to end the day! 235 on today and a blue bird sky. 12" plus snow is in the forecast for tomorrow!😊 Happy Trails RR

Bob, I have had a 4 stroke expedtion since 2012, had the 1200's, currently own a 2020 gen 4 900 turbo expedition in addition to this 850 Extreme. I truly have been a 4 stroke guy. Watching all my riding partners running the 850's over the past few years, and other owners like you with very favorable comments ,made me wonder, will I be less tired at the end of the day of back country riding on an 850. So far, it seems very true, its amazing that the 50 lbs plus or minus makes such a difference in these two sleds. You guys and BRP have identified a really fun sled! More great riding today, 220 miles of perfect BC woods road riding, we road Northwest today. Amazing that the Pipmuacan resrvoir is still ice free in many places! Happy Trails RR

Sorry Iceman, got these posts above under the wrong topic last night, Happy hour had kicked in😉 RR

Pipeman, we dont have those answers, we couldn't agree more , the process debatable ! They did send a courier to Auberge 31. In our quarantine plan presented at the border we had committed to stay here for this entire trip. But we have wondered too how this would work saddlebagging? We realize we are in crazy times, we do what is being asked for as best we can to meet the requests.

Also, of five guys that came yesterday, two were asked for additional random covid testing, and yes, the courier drove to KM 31 to pick up the results today! crazy times Think Snow RR

Some-of the crew landed last night,so we were fairly well staffed today. As we suspected, great back country woods road riding, some off trail breaking , 215 miles on, while breaking trail most of the morning, we used 18 gallons to go 150 miles😃 More fun tomorrow doing similar type riding. The trail 93 today was brutal, very rough, grooming is expected tonight 😊

The day just wasn't complete without a stop at La Chappelle!😊

Checked out the main trails today. 93 was a little rolly today and will get tons of traffic this weekend, note to self, stay away from this section until next week. The 276 was groomed half way to the Bras Louis, A big power line corridor is under construction currently in this area, the Bras louis and 276 are effected. More crew arriving today, overall, it just sends good to be back on the sled! Maine just turned down a small power corridor to bring Quebec power to Boston😜 . They could learn something from these guys! You gotta love Quebec hydro, they know how to move Electricity! Love it! http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2021_12/78D7A735-9354-4E39-AA23-82B86F094EB0.thumb.jpeg.a3d926774622f06e4314b2a6771909e5.jpeghttp://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2021_12/69A479F4-4832-49C3-8EAC-B4124659A3FA.thumb.jpeg.0b0023f9a13beac4772352fa1730b8e6.jpeghttp://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2021_12/9F267FC3-6E3A-47A8-BEBE-B78280F4774D.thumb.jpeg.ff8f18b8e81264da7a921ad27612b17d.jpeghttp://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2021_12/8BD25FDB-A428-4A59-911A-E7F1D5B32AE7.thumb.jpeg.1777db522463f677bb27c52509ccaf9a.jpeghttp://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2021_12/32B447C4-6C44-470F-A294-4DCD49C44962.thumb.jpeg.345c6339860883fcf690fc1e0c3482f5.jpeghttp://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2021_12/E569E82D-000E-48BE-8678-75D7EF1C95FE.thumb.jpeg.70ad05361d75d2bb633bdbe8c8fc515f.jpeghttp://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2021_12/9228615A-CDFE-4F52-BC60-EB0DA030D6E2.thumb.jpeg.e7ac3fd9da6e8554c2c2d1e332bbf8a7.jpeg

Sm, there sure is lots of storage on the expedition chassis, seems its always a trade off from one chassis to another on features and benefits, Bob, I sure hope this 850 expedition is as good as what you have experienced , hope to have a better opinion in a week or so😊

Its been to long!! How can one be deprived of the Monts for an entire season? Well thats the way its been thru all this. Today that changed, the border crossing ....after following " their process " was uneventful, kind of like normal years! The drive up after the border was normal, snow over the highlands, a little snow in the Sag valley, and good early snow in the Monts. The snow conditions in the immediate area of KM 31 are a solid 4/6" hard base capped with 10/14" of powder. Now that doesn't groom out to much but its a great start and for our mostly woods road riding, we will be fine! A quick 20 miles this afternoon, more over the next week plus! Think snow, and start planning a trip to Quebec, hoefully the border stays open🤞 RR

Steve, By the pics we have been seeing, it sounds like there is snow enough for them to pan some areas, this photo from Martin at Hotel Pelchat is most likely somewhere down near Escoumin , appears to have decent snow cover even there. We hopefully will find out shortly the extent of the snow cover and panning, if any? RR

Steve, it would have been great to connnect, we will post some snow pics for sure😃. We are heading back down on the 12th so will just miss you this year. RR

Bob, I hope so, have had the 900 T expedition these past few years, thinking that a little lighter weight up front may be good! Hopefully we get to test them out later this week😊

Hi all! Its time for the Season to begin, With our first measurable snow here in Maine, its time to think Mt Valin. Yes, we are keeping our fingers 🤞 crossed on the border access, but if everything goes as planned, we will be there later this week! The fresh snow here in Maine allowed for a quick , couple mile test ride of the 850 Extreme before loading on the trailer later this week. It passed that quick test😊 Think Snow and open borders! RR

Mike, sounds like you got to get a ride in. The best time to ride here is definitely mid week, as you said after Thursday its a mad house!

Playhard, I am even confused, 😀😀, LOL, My response to SM was that the location originally pictured was the Petite Manicougan Dam that also has the Cartier railway tracks and at times the Iron ore train that uses the dam to cross the river as well, as it hauls Iron ore from Fermont to Port Cartier. Sorry for the confusion.

SM , you are in the right area, this was a fcmq trail, years ago, albeit not a groomed trail, and ran from Port Cartier to Fermont along the Cartier Railway service road. The ore train, which is still active, runs over the dam where the picture was taken at the Petite Manicougan dam.