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As mentioned, lodging has become a tremendous problem. And in my opinion, so has the decreasing length of time that good riding conditions exist. Therefore, as also mentioned, February is peak season, and really the best time to make the trip, which further complicates the lodging issue. I can certainly understand booking way in advance for a group of your size. This is not my personal preference, as too much can go wrong, namely weather and trail conditions, next,mechanical and health issues. The list goes on from there. However, Advance booking is probably best for your situation, you can always cancel. Last year three of us, three men, taking two rooms, made the trip. We drove up from Southern Maine/NH. We unloaded in Monticello, Maine, and rode to Fort Kent, staying at the Northern Door Inn, eating at the Swamp Buck restaurant. Yum. We had a reservation for the Hotel. From here we wung it reservation wise. I can speak some French, so that helps calling ahead for reservations. We stayed at the Quality Inn Mont joli the next night, although Matane is certainly doable. From there we made a reservation at the Delice in Mont St. Pierre. I understand they will be closed this winter. keeping an eye on that. Snow was predicted for the next day, so no reservation was made. We encountered snow very early, and it became heavy by mid day. Being older, and in my case fat, I don't want to risk getting stuck. We were able to get rooms at the Caribou Inn, Riviere Au Renaud early in the afternoon. It was still snowing in the morning, we got a late start, and managed to get out of town without getting stuck, and the weather cleared quickly. We skipped Perce due to the late start, and stopped in Grande-Riviere for fuel, then stopped at the clubhouse to use the wifi and attempt to secure a room for the night in New Richmond. No rooms available. We pressed on. My sled flashed an error code upon getting into Chandler. We stopped at the Motel Chandler. Very quiet there, It was early February, and there had been little or snow or riding in January. The lady there, Beatrice, was very helpful, letting us use the wifi, and made a call to the dealer for us. By the time we figured the sled was going to run fine, minus the thumb warmer, and plus an annoying code on the screen which obliterated my trip meter, we had killed an hour. It was after 3 PM, so we took a room there. The restaurant was closed, so Beatrice gave us a ride to and from the Dixie Lee for supper. We secured rooms at the Interprovincial In Pointe-A-La- Croix for the next night, Super Bowl Sunday. Nice room, great meal, some Molson Canadian, snored through the Super Bowl. We secured rooms at the Hampton Inn Presque Isle, Maine for the next night, and the next morning called Mundles for the transport across to Cambleton, New Brunswick. They dropped us trailside in town. There is fuel, and injection oil for our two smoke friend across the street. Trails in New Brunswick were great for a while, but we hit a few hours of junk. Crossed the border at St Leonard/Van Buran, and got to the Hampton Inn without issue. Just over an hour to the truck the next morning. In your case, you could take the reverse route mentioned above, and reenter at Fort kent. Not sure what will happen this year. I will buy my trail pass Monday if the website doesn't fight me too much. I never tire of the Gaspe, Winter or summer. I hope your trip goes well. Please share.
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On 8/20/2023 at 2:04 PM, iceman said:
Trail permit types and prices
The price of a trail permit includes the cost of the liability insurance, defined as mandatory under article 19 of the Act respecting off-highway vehicles, as well as all applicable taxes.
$ 440 for an annual trail permit purchased on or before December 9, 2023
$ 530 for an annual trail permit purchased after December 9, 2023
$ 900 for an annual trail permit sold in trail*
$ 400 for an annual trail permit for antique snowmobiles (2003 and older)
$ 285 for a 7-day trail permit
$ 185 for a 3-day trail permit
$ 95 for a 1-day trail permit
$ 650 for an annual trail permit for a rental snowmobile
$ 40 for a replacement trail permit
Is it available to buy yet? I cannot get anywhere on the FCMQ site. Merci.
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49 minutes ago, iceman said:
No longer open. At motel. They do like takeout pop up restaurant a couple times a month.
Ok, merci. That is disappointing though...😣
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Is this open currently? I am hoping to make a clockwise loop of the peninsula this week. I recall hearing mentioned here during snowmobile season that the couple running it were leaving. I always liked that spot. First stayed in 1997.
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On 6/28/2023 at 11:44 AM, iceman said:
Oh well. I guess when my Japan Yamaha’s are all done so am I.
Hanging up the helmet
Wow......😬 I have a 2021 Yamacat Viper. Previous sled was a 2014 Venture. Same 1049 motor which I like. I bought the Viper after the 2021 season. I have ridden it for two seasons. This past season I had a cat problem with it, The thumb warmer quit working which threw a code, and prevented my odometer from displaying while riding. Local dealer here in the states fixed it for around $400 as I recall..🙄Not sure what I will do next. Probably try to run this thing a few more seasons, and see if the riding season continues to shrink. I will be 61 years old for the upcoming season. I had hoped to ride into my seventies. I certainly enjoy riding in Quebec, and have done a fair amount of it over the years. However the cost of the sleds seems to me to have far surpassed the inflation rate, and reliability doesn't seem great either. All this combined with the shrinking riding season and cost of fuel etc makes it discouraging. I wish Honda made a snowmobile. I put 221k miles on my last Goldwing. By far the most reliable and fun vehicle of any kind I have ever owned. Anyhow, I am still looking forward to winter. I registered my sled on July 1st... 😀
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Very bad, and sad. 😥
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That is some rugged territory. A friend of mine from Nova Scotia did part of that route a few years ago. Not a trip he would repeat. I will try and get information from him regarding guides.
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A friend is telling me that Hydro Quebec has 992, 000 customers without power....I can imagine the trail system is affected by fallen trees and limbs.
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Great trip with friends and family! That's good information to know regarding the sock filter in the 900 Turbo. I am glad the dealer got it fixed for you. My friends and I rode to that dealership Saturday 11 February at 10:30 in the morning and it was closed. No sign on the door indicating hours. Several vehicles pulled in apparently expecting them to be open. Perhaps there was a staffing or illness issue. Glad they were able to get you going and you had a nice trip.
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1 hour ago, NH-Moose said:
Few pics of the last riding day, Mt St Pierre to the trucks in Matane.
Beautiful day!
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23 hours ago, quebec bob said:
They are open, we stopped there the day they were opening, everyone was very excited and they said hopefully it would be open for ever, great opportunity for them it's a very popular spot.
This is near the junction of the 595 and TQ 5? It was very busy this past Friday 10 March.
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27 minutes ago, GSX800 said:
Four of the six of our regular riding group have had air ride suspension sleds since 2010. What the dealer said is very true. Drop that air ride to 1 and get that snow flap closer to the ground when conditions are hard will make a big difference. Add scratchers too, big help with cooling and hyfax lubrication. One other thing that our group did is replace the stock hyfax with vespel hyfax. End of melting your sliders. They are expensive, but I have moved mine from sled to sled since 2016.
Quick story - My wife has a 2016 900 Enduro. In those hard conditions she would overheat all the time with the air ride on one. Let it cool for 10 minutes, ride another few miles. Repeat. My wife weighs about 115 lbs. I would change sleds with her, no more problems with the Enduro, but she would overheat my sled. I only weigh 165 lbs, but that little bit of weight made a difference in the snow flap height. I ended up replacing the torsion springs in her sled with a lighter set. End of problem.
Great info. Thanks very much.
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7 minutes ago, NHsrx701 said:
I'm thinking that Skidoo has a bad head gasket and or warped head. The gasket or head can fail in such a way that it is only pushing compression or combustion gases past it into the cooling system wich results in an overheat condition.
I wouldn't expect a failure on a 2023 but if it was my sled I would verify it is still pumping water. After that I would be checked for CO gases in the cooling system.
This is a link for old school non electronic Gas detection.
https://www.cosda.com.tw/radiator-co2-detector-kit-with-co2-tester-fluid-sd-1025e.html
The snow flap thing... I doubt it. It would have cooled off in field with a lot of snow passing through the tunnel.
It's at the dealer now. He will check everything. The field was really just as hard as the trail. We will see.
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Help withTrip planning around gaspe 2024
in Gaspe Peninsula
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It could be traveling in a North Westerly direction. To head toward the Gaspe Region, I believe it's about 30 Miles East to NB 12 just North of Edmunston. From there, it's not very many miles to the Border and Quebec 85, and the town of Degelis, where you can hang a right onto the greet 571 and head North Easterly toward the Gaspe.