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Thanks for all the good advice. As for the group of nine, we all ride together many times before, all newer sleds, Polaris, Skidoo and Artic cat. We do pool our money together and assign a banker to pay for everything, works great. I do have a Garmin 550 with the Canadian maps loaded, works great in Canada and NY! I will have all the waypoints loaded and tested. I plan I taking the epirb also for a real emergency's. I would like to keep gas stops within 100 miles but may have to extend to 125, don't think this is an issue. I see the biggest problem is to get going early!

Hello fellow sledders, I am planning our first backpack trip March 8-12. It's 9 guys from our NY snowmobile club, the Snowrats. We have done trips out of St. Donat and St. Michel Des Saints, but never backpack trips. So if anybody has any suggestions about routes, gas and lunch spots please feel free to chime in. We are leaving trucks and trailers in Shawinigan first day go up river and connect up to 355 to lac eduard for lunch and fuel then on to roberval for the night. Next day will be leaving roberval taking rt 83 to Saguenay for fuel and lunch, if anybody knows any good lunch spots? Then onto Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu for the night. Third day we will take 3 through Quebec, figured there would be plenty of lunch and fuel stops in Quebec, again any good suggestions in Quebec? then onward back to Shawinigan. Some other questions I had is about breakdowns, is there a service you could call to grab you and your snowmobile? Also do any of the hotels or gas stations carry 2 stroke oil? Thanks again for your time

Thanks for the Reply iceman, Not sure which route, was planning on direct route to Lac Edouard, which is about 117 miles, as long as the fcmq map route planner is accurate.I think I will ask all my questions in another thread, as I have many being first time backpacking.

I am not familiar with the river, but we are planning a trip beginning of March out of Shawinigan to Roberval. Is the river safe in March to travel on, and is it a fast ride? My other question for lunch and fuel, La tuque would be the best stop?