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  1. I knew it was not the end for you fellas. love following along guys enjoy.
  2. Day 4 Monday Great night as usual with the gang here at Pouvorie La Dore. Gonna get up here this summer for a weekend for sure. Said goodbye to our new friends. They are very excited as soon they will get their one month break in April before starting season in May. Been a busy winter with advertising on I motoneige. Was a good move. Little colder thus morning making it comfortable in the gear. Seeing some grooming near restaurant du chef. Out to TQ93 and back to orange to Chef. Sweet grooming here. White asphalt. Gas at chef for the last time this season. Continue on still beautiful here groomed right to bridge on TQ93. Up TQ93 to 373. Getting used up in spots for sure. Seeing more and more ground less snow. Still good bit of nice trail. After one road crossing the Mrs is shooting wicked snow from right ski. We stop and it’s the curse of Bullwinkle. Rock jammed in snow tracker. We get sled tipped up, got the Mrs holding it while I try to extract the rock, rubber mallet and leatherman tool get er done. 373 across to TQ93. Up to Girardville still cooler today have seen no sleds. Just at turn for Girardville one sled. Ruins our no sled day. We decided to go see if relais Lac des Coudes was open for lunch but got nothing more than a small bonus ride up and back. Closed on Monday. 2pm at truck we decide we will sleep at home tonight, so it shall be. Great few days on great trails. Not as nice trail as last week here but very nice. So this year Caro saw three regions different. Escoumins in January, February saw her in RDL first time there and then to the Honey hole in LSJ and the Oasis in La Dore. Solid rider and gaining experience each day. She learned how to get rock out of Snow tracker. And put her first middle rider in the bushes. Sweet ride back to Home. Great time. Dry road.
  3. Day 3 Sunday Decided to shake things up today as we headed to the relais Lac des Coudre just north of Girardville for breakfast. It was great. Today we are going to Pouvorie La Dore. But as usual in a roundabout way. Decided to fill in the bingo a bit with center orange and west side orange then TQ93 back towards La Dore. Some traffic but light. Saw 17 sleds all day. Trails holding up nice in spots but by late afternoon very soft and the big sun taking its toll. With the exception of Friday when we got here and trails were concrete and very icy. I have had the Mrs. leading and she is doing fantastic. I want her to read the trail adjust for conditions and navigate. She is good. I am having her check signs at intersections and tell me which way we want to go. Then when we return through an intersection from another direction i ask her if she has been here before if she doesn’t recognize it straight off. All in all great experiences. Not to mention her pictures. Today we wind our way to La Dore stop for gas and supplies and head toward our destination on TQ93 Getting close to the end between La Dore and intersection with orange trail to resto du chef on TQ93 powerlines. Lots of mud and rocks here. TQ93 still nice up to entrance to Pouvorie. We are minding our business heading in this feeder to Pouvorie. Its small in spots and tight. Around corner comes this guy riding like he is all alone. Right on a corner. Right turn for Caro left for him. She is as far right as possible like always. He is right up the middle. He was more scared than her. He missed her. I immediately radio, watch out he is surely not alone. Here comes the girlfriend following. She aint got the same skills. I see her eyes from behind Caro. Big saucers. She swerves from middle to the right, ski goes off on corner and she pins the gas and hits the tree. Bang stuck there. Luckily it was only minor damage no one hurt. Caro has stopped around corner and is asking me if she did anything wrong. I told her absolutely not. You cannot ride the middle like they did and luckily she hit tree instead of you. Almost taken out by nonsense. Innocent victim. But that is every trail everywhere. I help the guy pull her out some plastic broken, but no mechanical issues. He says merci. Yeah ok. 👍 Onward to Pouvorie it’s a bit in her head now as she still is questioning if she did something wrong. Told her repeatedly you did nothing wrong. You were on your side and they were not. Chalk it up as first one you ran into the sticks. It happens. Arrive at the Oasis and tabernac still alot of sleds here at 4pm. Say hello to Stephane and gang, busy with the crowd. We head to chalet and have happy hour on the deck outside. Real nice. We have company for dinner 6 locals from their camps nearby are here too. Stephane gave us some homemade dry sausage wow really good. Caro tried the dried Bear meat sliced right from hind quarter but was not for her. Thats ok more for me. After pine liquor shooters then back to chalet where we take time to sit outside and just admire the sky. Unbelievable the stars it’s totally clear and beautiful. Another successful day.
  4. Someone loved her first time ever to a Pourvoire
  5. Way behind on my report. Had some interesting events in the last 2 days. Will get all tyoed up for you tomorrow. Landed at truck 2pm. Loaded up. Stripped down to the Hypnose under gear. We R Trucking. 2:30 departure. Black trail to St Hubert Roberval. Then South bound for Shawinigan 155 dry and rolling on. Touchdown 6:55pm. When the black trail is dry you can make time up there. Nice to be home.
  6. It is located in St Etienne des Gres not Trois Rivieres. It’s a new building right next to existing Dealer location. Been a BRP dealer there for a long time. Performance NC is a big group they took over around 2016. Now they are bringing in the BMW bikes as well to the new building.
  7. Right, but it’s Sunday Sunday Sunday!!!!!! Things are getting melty fast. Back to insertion point tomorrow will report later on today
  8. Ok sorry for the confusion. Sucks to end up in the truck, no matter what. The app is sketchy as hell.
  9. Screenshot of Imotoneige trail conditions from just now tonight we rode the best stuff in yellow. Green was ok yellow was best. You tell me? Who decides if trail is yellow or green? I see it with my own eyes. Its not accurate. Most pictures from today were from trails in yellow you tell me.
  10. Thanks man, hit it just right. I think.
  11. Unreal but not surprising sadly Wes they manage the parks and wildlife reserves, so if a tree was injured then they could probably do something but doubtful. People they are not interested in them.
  12. Day 2 Saturday Noticeably warmer this morning after a cold night. We headed out after breakfast in no hurry to go no particular place. We decided to follow the groomer for a bit. So from here down the TQ93 then to the 373 all of it mint. Groomer has broken up the majority of the ice and yes still some icy spots and the usual south and west facing full sun areas starting to melt through. This is end of March conditions on the 2 of March. That is this season. 373 across to TQ93 then down to orange trail through Site d’ours and over across river to Relais Buttes. Spent time talking with Gaetan there. Did you all know that the Relais closes all off season. It opens December 1 and he does Christmas parties for businesses then that carries him through until trails open. Then when trails are done so is the Relais. Interesting. Mrs Ice had the tomato and stars soup and she loved it. 2 other sleds here. So far we have seen about 15 sleds all morning. We say goodbye to Gaetan sadly I won’t be back this way (not in the plan) as it’s noticeable the difference just a little bit further south here. I am bailing back north. The good stuff is shrinking must stay north. Not un rideable at all, just not what we are looking for. Up 373 to TQ93 took the gas just to take it at La Dore’. We did not know it until Mrs Ice saw on FB we crossed paths with The Snow Traveler from FB as our radio conversations were intermingled with the open mesh. Wish i knew I would have loved to meet them. Maybe another time. Debated on next move but ran back on TQ 93 then over the famous bridge from last weeks run (Mark and Phil sr love this crossing) lol. Complete the loop passing orange trail again and its TQ93 to the river lookout. Had to take the paddle boarder to see this river. Nice break here coats off its warm but there is a cool breeze. Back up to the TQ93 and still great trails all good softening up now and real nice. Run to Lac a Jim here a late lunch. Took time to ask about summer and paddle boarding Lac jim is 10km so small by my Mrs paddle board standards. Few other sleds here but been pretty tame for a Saturday. Straight shot back to Home sweet home Girardville. All alone again private accommodations. Great relaxing day. We aint here to set no records. Going to take time to look around and see. Plenty of time for the mrs to take lots of pictures so enjoy them. Tomorrow we go on an adventure. Stay Tuned.
  13. The snowmobiling community is certainly one of the best alive... This relay (Relais Champlain on 23 near l'Étape) has certainly saved the lives of 2 hikers in recent days. Without this relay, which is accessible 24/7 and has a wood-burning stove at its disposal, we'd currently be searching for 2 bodies in the Parc des Laurentides. Situation: Two cross-country skiers and snowshoers had set out 7 days earlier on an expedition that took them from Quebec City to the Saguenay using the national trails through the Réserve Faunique des Laurentides. At the time of their departure, the weather forecast did not indicate the presence of the extreme cold front and torrential rains that preceded it. The rain hit them hard, and temperatures plummeted to -35 (felt). They soon began to show signs of hypothermia. One of them even fell into a stream while trying to find shelter. Luckily, they came across trail 23, and at the same time a snowmobiler passed by. He told them that the Relais Champlain was less than 15km away. They set up temporary camps and warmed up with the wood stove while waiting for help. Help arrived more than 24 hours later, on Friday morning. One of the two hikers had frostbite on both feet and needed medical attention quickly. Two snowmobilers picked the hikers up from their seats and transported them to l'Étape, where they were helped back to Quebec City to see a doctor. * SEPAQ was contacted before two other snowmobilers decided to transport them to ask for assistance (we're on their territory) and they simply replied "there's nothing we can do for you, sorry make arrangements".
  14. It’s all part of the game. Improvising and overcoming whatever comes along. A fine blend of incident management and logistics.
  15. Too damn funny. What a friggin adventure that was. gone country.
  16. Yellow is the new Red been thin by Alma and all under lake from Roberval goind east on 83 all season. Surely will be first places to be gone after big warm and rain last Wednesday night and into Thursday. where was your truck? i am confused are you the ones originally posted about stuck in Roberval needing help? Or you are a different situation?
  17. I was seriously considering heading to the Island back to St. Croix USVI. Instead of this sled ride. Felt warm like the island this afternoon but trails will survive at least until Monday and that’s all we all looking for. Cannot have high expectations this year. Limited good trail. We aint looking for marginal. We got more than good. little peek 👀 more later
  18. I am starting to think i need to start a recovery service. 5hrs each way $200 per hour sweet.
  19. May or may not be…wink wink Nothing to see here move along
  20. Day 1 Friday Loaded up and trucked out. Debated long and hard and it was tough to choose. I had rooms lined up in Matane, but it’s game over there. Cancelled. Had Escoumins too it was there or since we already been there this year, I considered going long to Forrestville. Then a run to Baie Comeau is easier for the Mrs. We aint riding a week. This is 3 days and done. I felt Cote Nord was very safe play. But after seeing last week up here decided to pull the trigger and head right back to the “honey hole” Ugly from Lac Bouchette right to St Felicien. The road is closer to the Lake so for sure less snow but the rain did serious damage to already non existent base of nothing. It rained quite a bit up here more than i thought. Oh well let’s see what it looks like in Girardville when we get there. Surprised to find it not bare everywhere. Lots of ice in parking lot. Seeing sleds all along from Normandin and to Albanel. Touchdown at just before 2pm. Get in room drop the iron and suit up. Out on icy but not bad at all trails. Little more traffic and warmer temps its gonna loosen up nicely. Up to check middle orange dowm as it shows groomed after rain storms. It does not disappoint. Scratchers down not even trying without them. Quick 40 miles and back in. All alone we are here. Snohorse the mrs is loving the place. I think i will keep her. Chez Ben for some grub and all is good.
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