Grampsledder

OMG I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!  Have fun and be safe!

Today was a 10-no question.   The snow quality, the grooming, the terrain, the views, and the weather all led a top notch day!    The trails were mint when we left the Ambassedeur, all groomed and firm.   For the most part the drifts were gone with the exception of a few spots.   90% of the trails were groomed.   We passed groomer laying his ribbon of white-gave him a big hi.    The snow was great even at the end of the day when it was in the mid-upper 20's.   Saw deer and a coyote.  Passed the Intrepid Snowmobiler's team when they were stopped at a store.   We're at the Francis tonight.    Heading for Chandler via the 595, Chic Choc trail, and the 597 tomorrow.  

Pictures from today.  There are feet of snow in the woods.

Today was a 10-no question.   The snow quality, the grooming, the terrain, the views, and the weather all led a top notch day!    The trails were mint when we left the Ambassedeur, all groomed and firm.   For the most part the drifts were gone with the exception of a few spots.   90% of the trails were groomed.   We passed groomer laying his ribbon of white-gave him a big hi.    The snow was great even at the end of the day when it was in the mid-upper 20's.   Saw deer and a coyote.  Passed the Intrepid Snowmobiler's team when they were stopped at a store.   We're at the Francis tonight.    Heading for Chandler via the 595, Chic Choc trail, and the 597 tomorrow.  

Pictures from today.  There are feet of snow in the woods.

Today was a 10-no question.   The snow quality, the grooming, the terrain, the views, and the weather all led a top notch day!    The trails were mint when we left the Ambassedeur, all groomed and firm.   For the most part the drifts were gone with the exception of a few spots.   90% of the trails were groomed.   We passed groomer laying his ribbon of white-gave him a big hi.    The snow was great even at the end of the day when it was in the mid-upper 20's.   Saw deer and a coyote.  Passed the Intrepid Snowmobiler's team when they were stopped at a store.   We're at the Francis tonight.    Heading for Chandler via the 595, Chic Choc trail, and the 597 tomorrow.  

Pictures from today.  There are feet of snow in the woods.

Pictures from today.  There are feet of snow in the woods.

Pictures from today.  There are feet of snow in the woods.

We rode from the Universel to the Ambassedeur in Amqui.   Early on the  fields had some drifts and there were studded bumps on some of the power lines.   Took the 579 after a recommendation.  Nice trail in the woods. Had lunch at Domaine Valga, a first.  Nice log cabin.  The trail to the wind mills was pretty drifted and bumped up with all the soft snow.   Beautiful sunny day with great views up top.    There is a ton of snow here. The banks are 1-2 ft high on the sides of the trail.   Most was groomed and in great shape-the wind was the problem not the grooming.    Overall a great day!   It won't upload my pictures.  I'll try later.  

We rode from the Universel to the Ambassedeur in Amqui.   Early on the  fields had some drifts and there were studded bumps on some of the power lines.   Took the 579 after a recommendation.  Nice trail in the woods. Had lunch at Domaine Valga, a first.  Nice log cabin.  The trail to the wind mills was pretty drifted and bumped up with all the soft snow.   Beautiful sunny day with great views up top.    There is a ton of snow here. The banks are 1-2 ft high on the sides of the trail.   Most was groomed and in great shape-the wind was the problem not the grooming.    Overall a great day!   It won't upload my pictures.  I'll try later.  

We rode from the Universel to the Ambassedeur in Amqui.   Early on the  fields had some drifts and there were studded bumps on some of the power lines.   Took the 579 after a recommendation.  Nice trail in the woods. Had lunch at Domaine Valga, a first.  Nice log cabin.  The trail to the wind mills was pretty drifted and bumped up with all the soft snow.   Beautiful sunny day with great views up top.    There is a ton of snow here. The banks are 1-2 ft high on the sides of the trail.   Most was groomed and in great shape-the wind was the problem not the grooming.    Overall a great day!   It won't upload my pictures.  I'll try later.  

Just arrived at the Universel.   We start our 6 day trip in the morning.  We've started all 7 of our tours of the Gaspe here but never seen so many snowmobiles here before.  The place is packed with rigs.  We'll post trail updates.   We read the updates from other riders and greatly appreciated the real time info.   Amqui tomorrow.  
Russ and Pam

I thought maybe you stutter. 😁
Ride safe.

Nice meetig you Russ and Pam at dinner with the rest of the QR group, we will see you on the trails for sure!

Sorry for the multiple posts-the internet was slow and I hit post a few times...

Have fun!
chris

Just arrived at the Universel.   We start our 6 day trip in the morning.  We've started all 7 of our tours of the Gaspe here but never seen so many snowmobiles here before.  The place is packed with rigs.  We'll post trail updates.   We read the updates from other riders and greatly appreciated the real time info.   Amqui tomorrow.  
Russ and Pam

Louise has been there for 4 years or more.

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

Been riding Gaspe since Monday. Thursday trails were really getting rough, combination 2 days of snow, warm weather, lots of traffic and wasn't much grooming done for couple days.
This morning we left Amqui heading for Mont Joli to complete our loop. Most of the trails were groomed last night. We wanted full day of riding so we did few loops over to Rimouski, 579,587 etc. In summary we did 280 km having an excellent day. Passed a few groomers during the day. They are getting things back into shape. Fields were drifted today but was soft so fun at times. Looking at the weather I would say by Sunday conditions will be very good. Anyone starting out the next few days doing the loop counter clockwise might be the best option

Louise has been there for 4 years or more.

RDL is back to its glory!
We rode east today to Rimouski and then southwest to Squatec and back to below RDL. Packed powder, groomed and beautiful snow packed trees along with lots of sunshine.
We then made a quick loop west of RDL, still good but they did not get as much new snow. Some places today looked like they had gotten more than ten inches. 275 mile day, Oilman, JAK and I were smiling the whole way.
Now in Room 209. (Remember still zip for any type of cell service).
mike

We have arrived at the Universal.  We haven't been out on the trail yet.  I'll leave the trail update for Mike or whoever else feels ambitious.  
We can give you an update from the black trail though.  At the border crossing from VT, the snow was thin and that is a compliment.  We really didn't see any significant snow cover until 30 miles or so before Levis / Quebec City.  Here it looks like there was quite a bit of rain.  The snow has a shinny crust on it.  Around Montmagny there is a little more fluff on the snow and it is getting deeper.  The trees have a lot of ice on the branches indicating a fair amount of freezing rain recently.  About 50 miles from RDL we drove thru a quick snow squall and some wind.  Arriving at RDL there is good snow cover and some fluff on the crust.  The groomers have been out and the trail at the hotel shows traffic.  The parking lot is packed with truck / trailers on the gas station side and the east side.  Many, many riders are based out of here.  I would think a lot of them are on a Gaspe adventure.  The weather forecast for this weekend looks great.
We hope to see some QuebecRider folks this weekend.
Jack & Sandi