800R MXZ X

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Buddy and I are arriving at the Delta Saturday for the week as well, this will be our first time in the area also. 

We are headed up Saturday.   Hope to see you!
Pam and Russ

Seems like a lot of folks will be up next week! 

I went all day, and it did very well.
It was -10-15 all day, when the sun went down it did cloud up and I had to stop evey 1/2 - 3/4 hrs to use No-Hairs power port to clear it up.
I also have a spare cable\controller just in case.
GutZ

Yeah I saw that.  That is what has got me pumped !!  

Waiting for mine to come in. Season cannot start fast enough!

Getting amped for the upcoming riding season.  Just purchased me and my wife's trail passes.   I will be ready to rock as soon as the conditions allow.  
Hope to see some of you on the trails or at the relais !!  Think Snow !!!
VTrider

iMotoneige shows 3 bits of trail near Val Dor and Chabugamu groomed today, October 5.
Or maybe they’re just jockeying around getting oil changes and maintainence?
I’ll save you all some time and just be the first to ask.........How will the trail conditions be in 2 weeks?
 

How about Coffee in the Lobby at 6AM!!!! 
So I dont need to sneak it out of the kitchen!
GutZ

Big East Show:

 
Kept Nudging Him to come back on, as well as everyone who stopped by the booth.
GutZ

Sled season must be getting closer, I received my first FCMQ motoneige mag of the season in the mail today. Lots of eye candy.

Groomer, be careful in the woods!
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5817677506001/?playlist_id=2114913880001#sp=show-clips
 
GutZ

I finally got out of the shop @ 3 am Sat. morning, went home and packed, on the road @ 730 am, off to Universal in Riviera Du Loop to meet Sno Horse and his 17 year old son , for 8 days of adventure. Minor details, we lost the alternator in the truck 40 miles south of the border in Vermont, half hour detour @ Napa, fixed it pit-stop fast in the parking lot, then got thru customs fast. Arrived RDL at 430 pm, put sleds in locked down area and went to dinner, we were spoiled by the restaurant there at dinner and breakfast. We were on the trail by 8 am, trails are hard and fast all the way to Matane, many places faster than I will admit to!!  We were very fortunate, police were checking sleds at a road crossing 30 miles from Matane, and were writing tickets as we approached, they were so busy with the dozen sleds they had, that they waved the 4 of us thru. We took the ferry over to Baie- Comeau and arrived just at dusk. It is colder here and a LOT more snow. As we were riding in the dark a blinding storm dropped a quick 2 inches in less than an hour. Trails here are as good as it gets, no other way to describe it. Sno horses' son is missing a week of school, and he really misses it!! Great rider for 17, very impressive. I have a former employee along with me on this trip, another young guy, 24, he is in heaven, never ridden Quebec before, and he is starting at the top!! We checked in to the Comfort and  took a taxi to dinner@ Greco's, nice place, middle of the road prices, when I saw Jared and Phil's steak, I new I had ordered the wrong entrée. Other than a couple of wrong turns, that we quickly righted, the days ride was great. We are not expecting much traffic going North to Sep-tile and if the trail is reasonably passable we will continue East of there, we would like to be back to the truck in RDL by dark on Saturday. Tomorrow I will try to post some pics. Ice, sorry you could not make this trip. I changed the skis on the 850 Back Country for this trip and went with Simmons gen 3, 8 " wide, what a good choice, flotation in deep snow is amazing, 0 darting, much more planted and all the tippy stuff from being high and narrow is gone, only a tad more steering resistance, you would have to be unreasonable to even mention it, it may have lowered the mpg by .5, I will know better after another day. We are all looking forward to the trial in the morning...to be continued!!

We did this loop starting on the 2/9. We were checking out the sites so only about 200 miles a day.

Forecast is promising. Those on the fence giddy up. Wednesdays sleet & light mist did little damage if any, albeit the trails pre-lunch were like concrete but flat as it was 1F when we pulled out @ 0830.  Scratchers were definitely a plus.
1" of powder forecasted for Friday afternoon and another 1 x 3 friday night into Saturday will make for continued fast - awesome trails.
Post lunch @ Relais Onatchiway  we lifted the scratchers & ran down & over to Relais  A Labreque where we enjoyed a beverage.
No bumps the entire day. Regretfully no photos to share as I left the phone in the room :  )  . 
It has been a great few days as we are on the black trail tomorrow.
Wonderful to see everyone again. A  great support team / family here @ the Delta. Thanks to each of you. 
Stay safe....
Paddy O 
 

These are the places we stayed.
Gaspe Trip Itinerary.xlsx