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Another great report, thanks

The gas station in Murdochville had BRP Synthetic when I was there 2 weeks ago.

Great report Alain, thanks for posting

Fuse 6 you should definitely continue on to Havre St Pierre the scenery is good and its about 165 miles give or take

Great pics still looks great

Blue blood the trip is doable as soon as the ice freezes we carry enough fuel to make appx 300 miles and we are able to get fuel at most of our stops

Another eventful day we left km 31 and headed west thru some bush trails and ended up on the west side of the pipmicuan reservoir. Headed north to chutes de passes, from there we headed east to track the north side of the reservoir snow was deep once again. We had a fuel pump problem on one of the 850’s so we loaded it onto the Sleigh and towed it back to km 31. Also broke the tongue off one of the sleighs but we repaired it trailside. 301 miles for the day and in by 9:15 pm. Time to eat, signing out for the evening 603 backcountry

Snowmaster2112 yes even with the top gear we use we still had to dry gear every night. Slush on lakes and rivers digging out etc. working up some serious sweat everything needs to be dried out

Jak we actually do get some sleep some nights more than others

Yes smclelan it is the gorge between pc and fermont. The train actually goes thru the mountain where they bored a hole, the sidehills and drifts are quite challenging

Day 5 from Manicouagan reservoir back to km 31, pushing miles and miles of snow, snow was really sticky and we were chewing up fuel and oil faster than whimpy eats burgers. Arrived last night into km 31 around 7 pm with 300 miles for the day a big day for sure. The teamwork of this group led by Team Maine’s Early Rider is nothing short of amazing. After 1,000 miles of extremely adverse conditions not being on any marked trail this is truly an adventure not for the faint of heart. Take care signing off from km 31. 603 Backcountry

Some more pics from day 4 up they the gorge trail and even came upon a nice herd of Caribou. Huge country up here and big big areas of nothing.

Slush on the lakes made it tough traveling with sleighs in tow, we even managed to pull out the superwide 24” with 2 backcountry 146” hooked together with snow bungee and rope. A great friend from Baie-Comeau was with us the infamous “Johnny 24 Dufour”. He was definitely ready for battle.

Another set of falls to traverse and endless miles of powder.

Many tough areas where the snow was not set up and bottomless. You know it’s difficult when the super wide 24” and 20” wides will not go but we pulled a lot of skis and put the snow bungee to the test.