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Our group stayed there back in 2010.  It was not in the plan as we were headed back to the Saint Zenon area.  A bent carbide and some bad heated visors caused delays and backed us up several hours.  We stopped, gassed up and had a quick bite.  We hit the lake and by time we got to the end of the lake, the two guys having shield problems were completely frosted over.  Decision made,  we can not ride that far, this late in the day (about an hour from dark at this point) with those shields like that.  Back we went to the Domaine du Lac Edouard.  We got three rooms, unpacked, had a great meal, and had a great time that night.  Towards the end of the evening, a guy came in that was way out in front of his buddies.  He said, I might as well have a beer while I wait.  He ordered a beer and one of our guys said, “they’re all out of that, we drank them all”!  The guy went through a few more, with our guy saying, we drank all of those too before he finally found a brand we had not cleaned them out of.  Great fun that night, great memories that we still laugh about.

Been thru there many times, very nice people, and always remember you from year to year, a class act.

Just wanted to put in a great word for Dumaine du Lac Edouard. We stopped in there last Thursday night and have nothing but good to say about the accommodations but the owner really went above and beyond. He gave us great food, cold drinks, good rooms, but spent over 45 minutes on the phone trying to help us find lodging on the busy Friday night ahead. If your ever in the area highly recommended! Also helped us out with a dead sled in the morning due to freezing cold temperatures. 

Just wanted to put in a great word for Dumaine du Lac Edouard. We stopped in there last Thursday night and have nothing but good to say about the accommodations but the owner really went above and beyond. He gave us great food, cold drinks, good rooms, but spent over 45 minutes on the phone trying to help us find lodging on the busy Friday night ahead. If your ever in the area highly recommended! Also helped us out with a dead sled in the morning due to freezing cold temperatures. 

Just wanted to put in a great word for Dumaine du Lac Edouard. We stopped in there last Thursday night and have nothing but good to say about the accommodations but the owner really went above and beyond. He gave us great food, cold drinks, good rooms, but spent over 45 minutes on the phone trying to help us find lodging on the busy Friday night ahead. If your ever in the area highly recommended! Also helped us out with a dead sled in the morning due to freezing cold temperatures. 

we stopped there few weeks ago. id say more high end from what I've seen. we liked it for few drinks and a absolute beautiful view. def off the beaten path! id go for it 

Good wine spot if ur into that

we stopped there few weeks ago. id say more high end from what I've seen. we liked it for few drinks and a absolute beautiful view. def off the beaten path! id go for it 

What a ride today. Started out chilly but the ride up from st. Ray to the delta was great. Got a little choppy the last 10 miles on 83 but overall we had an awsome day. 

Owwwch! Lol well it is what it is. Thanks for the imput. I definitely feel better making the run up. Sitting at Roquemont now drinking some beers waiting to go tomorrow!!

Great thank you. Safe to say I think it’s more then ok to just make the run there with our machines 

Its about 110 miles.

Definitely not more than 200 miles and it may be a little less.  You're going up on Sunday so there will be traffic.  Around L'Etape you will be meeting all of the south bound traffic.  Be safe and have a good ride.
Jack & Sandi

Why not stay in Jonquiere at Delta or La sagueneenne? They are 200 miles from Roquemont. Then sightsee on way to Passion next day.

Looks like 222mi, but you should typically add 10% to 20% to what Via says:
http://www.viaexplora.com/snowmobile/index.html?attraits=&unit=mi&lat=47.984216&lng=-69.806085&zoom=7&force=1&ewaypoints=4690258,-7181488,175444,92285&cst=1.0,1.01,1.05&csts=1.0&cstr=1.01&spd=50000,50000,50000
Like others are saying doable but a full day, depending on velocity & conditions.

Mostly WFO (wide open) from St Raymond to the Saguenay area, then still pretty big trails.

we have made that ride .... if conditions are good - nice fast ride! very doable with good conditions and riding during the week with little traffic....only slow down is through the city
If bad conditions or there are issues ....there are options....auberge presbytere mont lac vert is a nice B&B type place....and or the Delta

Hope trails shape up some! We're getting ready to begin drive up tonight. It would be great if we cross paths at some point! Have a safe trip can't wait to see what's in store. Hopefully the storm this coming Wednesday there calling for backs off!

Just arrived in Mont St Pierre for a little lunch at the Le Delice. Trails to here have been all top notch . Will continue on 5 and see how things are on the top side

Well we put it off a few times because of the weather and finally pulled the trigger and landed in RDL at the Universal Thursday night . By looking at the the grooming map  we should of waited one more day lol! Any way the 8  us of loaded up and headed out on 5 distination Cap Chat and the Grande nature Chic-Chocs.  
The trail was a mixed bag and that was to be expected with the near freezing mark and the traffic. The power lines where great with about 3 inches of new snow . Just before we reached Rimouski we lost a ski doo 800 to a blown engine( more on this later! )  It was windy with some blown drifts in fields but not bad. We took 578 to Mont Joli and hit 5 to Saint Damase . Well we got to the river and a club member was just putting up the tape to close the trail across it . The edge on the east side opened up about 4 feet . They had some wood pallets they had used but it had open up to much to be trusted . The water was about 4 foot deep he showed us . Well he said he would float them one more time for us . Nora was unsure but went along and made the crossing . We were the last , but with the cold it might tighten up in the next couple of days. In St Damase we met up with Mcstar and his crew for a nice little visit at the club house . The rest of the way was a mix of groomed and chop to Cap Chat. 252 miles and the crew was glad for the end of the day . COLD and windy this morning!

OK I'm not selling my sleds! We left New Richmond on freshly groomed trails on our way to Amqui and the riding was as good as it could possibly get. It was cold, the Sun was shining and the trails were mint. We took a few secondary trails and they were even better if that's possible. Today was the best riding I have done in over two years. The amount of snow up here is staggering. Fresh snow everywhere. Tomorrow we will ride back to RDL. So far in 5 days of riding 4 have been great with only one bad. I'm looking forward to our last leg of our trip tomorrow. The best part is I'm riding my brand new sled and I haven't even opened up a side panel. Just add gas and go!
Joe

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