Carman
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It’s amazing how the weather can change in 6 hours, we walk up to 6 inches of fresh pow in the morning. Firstvtracks most of the day now back at Lac Blanc getting ready to hit the hot tub and sauna.
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300km ride in the rain today was not pleasant. Sitting here at Chalet Spa Lac Saint Jean trying to figure out what is the best route(did not get destroyed by the rain) to get back to the truck and trailer tomorrow located at Lac Blanc.
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1 hour ago, PLAYHARD said:
The map & app are correct, 378 is closed east of Baie St Paul.
Too bad we didn't look prior, and too bad the FERME sign is set back up over the plow drift.
Add 20 miles for the trail 3 go around.
The clubhouse resto at the 3/378 BSP feeder trail has gas.
It looks like 378 was just groomed, why is it closed?
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How are the trails holding up after the rain? I haven’t seen any groomer activity for 48 hours...
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1 hour ago, momojohnny said:
And( (L' Etape) QPP with a radar gun on weekends 😳 Limit is 50k 😇
Thanks for the heads up ; )
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Riding from Roberval to Saint-Raymond next Saturday. What is the better route for fast, wide, picturesque trails; 355 to 73 or 23? Any good lookouts or trail side attractions we should check out?
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We are running the route Thursday March 21st so hopefully we have freshly groomed trails and not a lot of traffic around Quebec City.
Thanks for the info and advice!
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1st day of our saddle bag trip is Hotel Sacacomie to Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu. Just wondering where is the best place to stop for lunch around the halfway mark? Is the Ice Hotel accessible by snowmobile? What is the best/fastest route to take; we like wide fast trails vs tight twisty?
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3 hours ago, PLAYHARD said:
This place looks amazing! What is it called and where is it located? How is the food; 5 star dining?
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I'm putting together a relaxed, high end, amazing food saddle bag tour and all the hotel recommendations are great! We are going to start and end at Hotel Sacacomie, day 2 is Fairmont le Manoir Richelieu, day 3 looking for 1 more place north towards Mont Valin/Roberval/Lac Saint Jean. What do you guys recommend? Are route is going to be something like this:
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I am trying to compose a list of the top ten hotels/resorts to stay when saddle bagging Quebec.
The nicest place I have stayed is Augerge Du Lac Taureau.
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It was a tough 8 hour drive back to the GTA, freezing rain to start, then extremely heavy snow and then crazy rain and wind(that's why we named ourselves the Redscreen Riders). Another great Quebec adventure in the books, now to prepare the sleds for the big 600km Endurance ride in Cochrane, Ontario this Saturday.
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Easy 350km day with blue skies and freshly groomed trails all day. We started off with a nice big breakfast at Lac Taureau; what an amazing buffet they have on the weekend! Rolling by 10, quick blast down the lake to the doo dealer in saint michel for some oil, it was only $10/Litre cheapest I’ve ever seen it. We continued on to Cabanon where we had a quick fuel stop and chat with Denis who informed us of the poker run going on in the area, he said we should be out of the heavy traffic once we were north of the 360. We made it to Repos by 1 and the place was packed, 20 sleds lined up for gas and the lodge was standing room only! We continued on to Manawan for gas and a chocolate bar, this was the only rough trail we have seen all week but it was short and as soon as we were out of town freshly groomed all the way to Meekos. We arrived at 5, amazing dinner at 6:30 and the night was capped off with some GT’s and a big come from behind win for my Leafs! No surprise we were the only ones cheering for Toronto in the bar LOL.
Sleds are fueled and sitting safely outside are room, early start tomorrow to bang off the last 85km to Village Windigo/truck & trailer and beat this storm for our 8 hour drive back home to the GTA.
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Bluebird drama free 455km day. We left Windigo at 9 and arrived at Lac Taureau at 6. Gas at Relais 22, La Tuque, and Mattawin. Everything was freshly groomed and we didn’t see a lot of traffic. We finally got to ride the M20 trail and our timing couldn’t have been any better, 30 seconds from the M20/360 junction we met the groomer coming right at us. I can’t remember the last time I had a 50km magic carpet ride like that! We headed south and visited Barrage Matawin before reaching our final destination. We had a fantastic dinner paired with a beautiful Super Tuscan recommended by our waiter Paul and then hit the outdoor hot tub and sauna. If you have never stayed at Lac Taureau I highly recommend it, you will not be disappointed.
Later start tomorrow as we only have a 350km day planned to Meekos.
Carm and Roger
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No ice fishing at Village Windigo or Fer a Cheval. Pourvoirie Windigo does have ice fishing but the ice is 2-3 ft thick so they only ice fish in December for pike, walleye and perch.
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Late start because Village Windigo doesn’t serve breakfast until 8am, no big deal we were rolling by 9:30. Fresh 15cm of fluff with hard pack underneath made for very comfortable riding the entire day. We took 319 to 53 and then back tracked to local trail 233 north(not by choice, and that’s why you always carry extra gas), lots of logging activity this year all the way up to the 13, they groomed a trail on the shoulder following the logging road but it was very tough to find our rhythm on tight trails with trucks flying by every 5 minutes and rental groups from Meekos NOT STAYING TO THE RIGHT. Made it to Cheval by 11:30 with a group of 14 sleds waiting for gas in front of us, they were from California and New Zealand and were nice enough to let us jump ahead in line and gas up right away. They also helped Roger get his Sidewinder unstuck after he was pulled into the soft shoulder waiting in line(see photo below LOL). From this point the trails were perfect. Parent to Weymontachie makes my top 10 favourite runs, very easy to find your rhythm; quick gas up and on to Windigo. We rolled in at 5:30 and the place was empty, not for long Stephanie, Daniel and Martin told us a group of 13 Americans doing the ‘Big Boar Tour’ were on the way. We had a great dinner, as usual, a drink or 2 ; ) and had some laughs. Martin gave the tour leader a track map using the lake to save them 70km, I wished them good luck and happy trails at breakfast. I couldn’t imagine trying to ride with a group of 13, CRAZY!
Today’s distination Lac Taureau and I finally get to run the M20 trail, and looky looky the groomers were busy last night freshly groomed for us.
Stay tuned,
Carm and Roger
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I am at Village Windigo right now and heading north to 100 lacs and fer cheval today I will ask the locals and update you tonight.
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We left the Greater Toronto area at 10am and arrived at Village Windigo at 6:30pm. We stopped in Bancroft for lunch coffee and fuel; we found a great place across the street from the gas station called Vito’s Pizzaria. Couple of chicken parm sandwiches and fries to go and we hit the road. Great driving conditions the entire way. We had a fantastic dinner at Village Windigo and now we are enjoying some wine by the fire in our chalet. Tomorrow morning we start our 4 day saddle bag ‘luxury’ tour, destination Pourvoirie Windigo.
Stay tuned,
Carm and Roger
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Leaving the GTA early tomorrow to get ahead of this storm coming from the south. I am officially in vacation mode!
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1 more week until we are Quebec bound, Mother Nature is setting us up quite nicely!
6 Amigos on the move, the final run!
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We saw you guys today, it was a great day to be out in the trails!