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7 minutes ago, Yeti62 said:
Skip RDL it’s done!!!! Go to Matane we b leaving Matane now!!!
Where are you going from there?😬Google is telling me it is 45 degrees F there now.....
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I am curious if the " Contributing Member" status on a user's profile is related to content contribution, or financial contribution? I have given $125 to :
"PAYPAL *JOHN ROWE 888-221-1161 CA" since January 2023. Other amounts in previous years. I have been doing so via the membership drive banner at the top of the page,,,
Hopefully the money has been going to the correct place...
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Excellent! I am glad you made it through there. Back to Riviere Du Loup today? I hope it goes well.
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2 minutes ago, viper2 said:
Just going to Pabos tonight. Rooms are hard to come by. Not sure why, not many sleds on the trails. We called a couple places last night when we got in for tomorrow and everything in our range was booked. A short ride today will be nice, yesterday was a long day
Indeed. Lodging has become a pain. Hopefully you can get around the south side before the warm up. Unless you plan to go back North via Murdochville. Good luck.
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5 hours ago, viper2 said:
Day 2: Left Riotel FYI don’t have to go up the big hill. Go closer to the road around the back of the little brown building and it will take you right up to the road. Everything dry pavement in town, got up to the trail and took 5 East. Mix of good to fair with a few great sections mixed in. The most snow is in the elevations, all the towns are scratchy like late March. First 30 miles from Matane is pretty thin. Staying in Grand Vallee tonight. The deepest snow of the trip is out here, probably from Mont Louis to here. Calling for a warm up Thursday-Friday, we will see
👍Hope it goes well! What's the destinaton today?
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20 hours ago, BOBLER said:
let you know what the main stream trails are like, no inside info here, just my own
Best of luck.🤞
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11 hours ago, viper2 said:
Decided Friday afternoon to roll the dice and head to the Gaspe. 2 hours from our launch point of RDL. Will make tracks tomorrow and see what is out there. Crappy year gonna take the gamble. As much as we hate to waste time on the ferry, if need be we can cross to the North Shore or head down to Moose Valley. Time will tell
Good luck! I hope it goes well. I will be watching. 🤞
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2 hours ago, markusvt said:
I’m guessing we all got the same thing, sorry gang, nothing exclusive here……..
Indeed. I just thought it was bizarre that it came months after it was ordered.
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2 minutes ago, iceman said:
Plenty of riding if you know where to look.
Far from normal season yes but got to make the best of it.
Indeed, for sure. I enjoyed some 5000-7000+ mile seasons in the nineties. I have gotten fussy in my old age. I need a complety interconnected trail system, with good winter conditions that allow me to launch from Maine. I haven't given up yet, but if don't ride, then so be it. I am not going to spend the time and resources to do something I will be disappointed in, and possibly damage equipment. There is still hope, if it doesn't happen, then 2025. Good day, and good Farming. Keep yer stick on the ice. 😉
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I guess in my opinion, apart from cost, there is certainly no downside to having wheels. I have been riding on and off for Thirty-Six years, and never had them, however after my last trip in early March last year, I vowed I would not ride without them again. All parking lots etc were asphalt, and I had a difficult time maneuvering, and destroyed a set of runners. I ordered a set of wheels when I got home. I will say that I am running a 2021 Yamacat Viper LTX GT. My friend had much less trouble on his 2023 Renegade 900T.
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9 hours ago, snowmaster2112 said:
I have NEVER seen this board this quiet, conditions non existent damn near everywhere, and moral so down in the snowmobiling community. It is literally depressing beyond comprehension. I guess we all have so many other things in life to be thankful for and I’m sure we all are in our own ways (and so am I) but anyone reading this is a tried and true die hard snowmobiler and knows what it takes to be one. Countless hours, money, time and devotion to try and get a couple days/weeks every year doing what we all love so much. To see it all go to complete shit is sad beyond belief.
o.k. enough ranting. But this is how I truly feel:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C28S0rKgbOU/?igsh=Mzc3ZTVlOWMwZA==
Yup. Extremely frustrating. Particularly since I am at the point in my life where I finally have the time, and I can afford it, got through some life challenges, two and a half seasons of Covid shut down, now this...Oh well, as you said, there are many more important things to be thankful for. Just like the red sox, there's always next year. I will remain hopeful that this season can be salvaged.
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47 minutes ago, iceman said:
Saturday Feb 10
Rain and freezing rain overnight. Got up to survey situation 7:30. Not raining, radar showing worst is past so, off to breakfast then we will make a go out to check things out. Its warm though.
Dressed down best we could, first damn helmet I had that doesn’t leak air. Solid and warm.
Mrs Ice has to do class work for monday so we are going out and around back early. The plan was perfectly timed as we returned to Univerel it began to rain again an still gray and sprinkling on and off.
Left hotel and another first this trip, I neglected to mention yesterday it was the first time for Mrs to negotiate through a pack of 5 two up sleds as we passed. I will let her tell you. Nicely done. Cleanly safely and politely. As could be.
Today the first is over the bridge right here to the orange trail. Hey it’s the little milestones that keep me going. This is a new trail for me as was the 518 yesterday. Still nice here but we are sweating, Jackets open and snow soft. Too warm to enjoy. But not raining.
Orange local along the 20 to St Andre here to 559 boney along roads and crossings. It is what it is. Otherwise very nice. Greens and orange. Everyone touring running TQ 5 and it shows.
559 to TQ 5 east to 561 the to Club house for a break there. The 526 is next it was showing some use. Too warm but starting to get more cloudy and windy. One two up and a single holding us up a bit. The two up leading is one you have those dreams about. The one where you are in you lane minding your business and round next turn comes this guy keeping cemter left. Wow.
Caro was leading us and she said I am so afraid watching this guy. Afraid I am going to see something I don’t want to. She gets it. Very proud of her progress she soaks it all in. The force is strong in this one.Finally they go left on orange to join TQ5 we continue 526 up to TQ85 railbed bike path holdind up great, after relay at TQ5/85 here its got some ugly looking spots by peat moss bogs. Bad.
Into town not worst i seen. Asphalt all bare basically everywhere.
back with whopping 75 miles but Wife had fun and so did we, too warm now starting to rain again. This adventure is being called. Until next time RDL
We will return
will it be this year? Who knows
Mrs Ice gets all credit for photography
Thanks very much Monsieur et Madame Ice for the accurate reporting and photos.
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13 minutes ago, yorkxf9000 said:
no wheels on our skis,we’ll probably have to invest in a new pair of ski runners after the trip though 🤣
Indeed. I decided after my last trip in early March that I was not riding without them again...
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4 hours ago, iceman said:
Only 9$ a can
small wine bottle 28$
when bar is closed……..priceless.
Merci. Posted four hours ago. You are up late, I am up early.😀🍷☕I plan to enter the Bas St Laurent Tuesday on sled from Maine. Am I better off seeking lodging further up the River? Merci encore.
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17 minutes ago, iceman said:
Anywhere off the blue trails. Was 9/10 everywhere we roamed.
mrs ice is putting the social media together. Look for it soon.
great riding. Tomorrow is another story not tons of rain but warm and some rain. Lots of sleds an more on a saturday. Here shows more snow next week but not much.
Thanks very much.
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2024 Rivière-du-Loup trail conditions
in Bas St-Laurent
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The forecast is not spectacular..