RoadRunner

The jackpot was down near lac of the east on the way into St Pamphile on trail 557, gorgeous powder!!

We are meeting in Cabano and then heading toward Moose Valley for a couple of nights then a tour of NB for our buddies from PA! But you never know things can change! LOL
 
Andy

Looks like we will all be stomping that area, we have a group heading up that way during the same time window. Hope we connect!
Happy Trails
RR

See you up there Eddie & Dave.  We're heading up next Thursday Jan 12th also!

Sounds to me like a Quebecrider gathering next week. Myself plus Timbo and 4 others are meeting next Thursday to ride for a week. Mild weather coming in for Wednesday for NW NB hopefully short lived! I will keep my eyes open for all of you!
 
Andy

Sounds great and looking forward to saying hi.  I'll be nursing a rouge or two that week.
mike

They do it right.

After that workout we got , I skipped the gym a day when I got home !

Today we are starting a little later.  We just feel a little lazy today.
There is 3-4" of fresh snow on the ground and it is still snowing some.  A little breezy so there may be some drifts.  We leave the Sag and head west on 83.  We ride by the Delta and give it a wave.  There is some drifting in the open fields but not much.  We cruise along and take the Local 7 up to 383 where we turn left.  383 is nice under the fresh snow making for a smooth ride.  No traffic out at all.  We stay on 383 but notice that the trail to St Charles is barely broke.  No signs for St Charles so I don't know if that crossing is open.  We continue on and the junction to Larouche has a couple of sled tracks but hasn't been groomed.  We stay to the left and drop down to 83.  Here we cross the corner of Lac Kenogami and pass Relais Grenoule.  We continue on picking up 23 and run up to Ski Bee Doo for lunch.  Oh no.  That is what we were afraid of, it is closed for New Years Day.  It is going to be hit or miss today.
23 is in great shape.  We keep heading north into Alma and cross the river on the snowmobile / car bridge.  We turn right on 93.  This was in great shape yesterday and is still very good.  We turn left on Local 554 and go to Relais des Lacs.  Again, closed for today.  
We continue on 328 but when we turn right towards Begin, the trail is just barely broke.  This doesn't look like fun.  Time to u-turn and head back down 554 to 93.  Good choice.  Much better than beating ourselves up on 328.
We stay on 93 thru St Ambroise and turn right on 367.  At the camp ground, the trail has been plowed.  There is still a bit of snow on it but also dirt and rocks.  A little ways past the campground the trail drops down and runs thru a sparsely treed area.  Ah ha!  The groomer must have gotten stuck in here.  The drag is parked on the side of the trail and the trail is a mess.  It looks like the club must have come in with a big piece of equipment to pull the groomer out.
After this mess, the trail is good again.  We run back to the two bridges and head back to the hotel.  No lunch today but a nice ride.  We only saw a few sleds out and the trails were good.  One more day to ride and then it is time to load up and head back to CT.
Jack & Sandi

This morning the wind has died down and the sky is beginning to clear.  It looks like a great day for riding.
We leave the Sag and take 367 to cross the two bridges.  We stay to the right on 134.  Today it has been broke and not too bad.  We are on our way to Mount Vilain so at 93 we turn left.  Ah, this was just groomed last night.  The sleds are warmed up and we are off.  Just before St Ambroise we turn right on 367 and it is still groomed.  This is Quebec grooming at its best.  All the way to Mount Vilain it is perfect.
A couple of sleds in the lot but its early.  We go in and have soup and coffee.  The workers here are as friendly as ever.  Looking out to the Canadian blue sky and the sleds parked in the lot, this is vacation!  The snow piles around the lot are already 5'-6' high.
We get back on our sleds and continue west on 367.  This part of 367 has had a little more traffic but is still wonderful.  Some light puffy snow has blown in over the groomed trail to make the ride so smooth.  I fall back a little from Sandi to stay out of the dust she's kicking up.  We jump on 328 and go to L'Ascension to top off the tanks.  We get back on 328 and run to Alma.  Many times this early in the season, this area can be thin but there is plenty of snow cover today.  We turn left on 93 starting to make our way back toward the hotel.  A little choppy around Alma.  After we cross over the 23 intersection, 93 smooths right out again.  This part of 93 is so much fun when it is smooth.  It has gently turns and a few rollers here and there.  Such a nice ride.
At Relais Montangarde, we stop and read the sign.  The relais is going to open Jan 6th.  Continue on to St Ambroise.  Its early so we turn left on 93 and run back up thru the potato field and return on 134, the way we came up this morning.  Back across the two bridges and back to the hotel.
Most of the trails were groomed last night.  Maybe so they don't have to groom tonight, New Years Eve.  
What a great ride today.  The riding this year compared to other years has been great.  For those of you that follow us each December know that we have had years that we had to trailer to Valinouet to ride.  Not so this year.
See you tomorrow and we wish everyone a Happy New Year!
Jack & Sandi

Not much to get excited about from the map above but we decide to check imotoniege and head south to 3. It doesn't take long to see 16" of powder plus new drifting from the wind, so we have to backtrack. Imotoniege shows the C900 groomed half way which doesn't make sense since he doesn't turn around there, he goes to the 252 intersection. Starting out is perfectly groomed, one pan wide, so he hasn't returned. We ride on, skies are getting blue and the wind strong. We meet the groomer turning around and on the sat phone, probably updating imotoniege. Of course no one has touched th 93 or 252 from there, so we bust through drifts back to chapelle. After a quick break we expect hell to Valinouet, but lucked out because the groomer made one pass and was getting ready to turn around. 
Today was one of those brochure days where around every corner was a view you would see in an ad...

hi eddie and steven !!!
 
yaaa...low traffic...i know about that !!!logging road has nt been plowed in a week .....many roads have been plowed....even next to '' orange camp '' !!!
pic 19 and 20 ...at the ''29 ''...i was with 2 friends ...landed my truck in the snow bank...left side...waited 6 -7 hrs in the middle of the night !!! the guardian of the faribault camp  saved us around 9 am in the morning !!!must be back in 85 or 86 !!!
all my tracks steven ...no machinery along the road !!!
old pics today !!!
dad 's birthday today ...he s 93 !!!
still sunshine ....-17c !!! wind kaputt !!!
 
jean-guy

Yes, I used 2 ram mounts to mount to the bumper, got them on Amazon, they have worked good.
 
RR

Two weeks before I arrive at RDL.
RR, if you could get that snow packed down for me, that would be perfect.
Thanks, And thanks for posting, looks awewome
mike
 

Yep!

We live for days like that Thanks for sharing.
 

Sure was great running into you and your group today , a few times ! 
We had first tracks a long ways into Tourville after we split from you this morning...heaven on earth !
 
Randy

The jackpot was down near lac of the east on the way into St Pamphile on trail 557, gorgeous powder!!

A great run out of RDL this morning back to the Armstrong. Club house.
Met  Markusvt and Dooright at the universal this morning  and got a chance to connect. It was great to talk snowmobiling , and put faces and names together. You can tell we all have a passion for snowmobiling!
Than a bit later in the morning we reconnect, we both were headed west, so by chance we ended up sharing duties breaking trail out of RDL this morning.  A nice storm laying anywhere from 10" to 18" in places, should set this region into the full on winter mode. 
Still I'll hard to believe it is still December!
This was trail 526 south to the 35 Railbed this am.
Awesome powder to ride in!
Happy Trails
 
RR
 
 

The jackpot was down near lac of the east on the way into St Pamphile on trail 557, gorgeous powder!!

The jackpot was down near lac of the east on the way into St Pamphile on trail 557, gorgeous powder!!

A great run out of RDL this morning back to the Armstrong. Club house.
Met  Markusvt and Dooright at the universal this morning  and got a chance to connect. It was great to talk snowmobiling , and put faces and names together. You can tell we all have a passion for snowmobiling!
Than a bit later in the morning we reconnect, we both were headed west, so by chance we ended up sharing duties breaking trail out of RDL this morning.  A nice storm laying anywhere from 10" to 18" in places, should set this region into the full on winter mode. 
Still I'll hard to believe it is still December!
This was trail 526 south to the 35 Railbed this am.
Awesome powder to ride in!
Happy Trails
 
RR
 
 

The jackpot was down near lac of the east on the way into St Pamphile on trail 557, gorgeous powder!!