SnowCrazed

Hi Jack and Sandi, thrilled to see you're back and your 2022 post! I'll probably get hammered for saying this but I know something that would help your shoulder and snowmobiling: jump ship to Polaris. 🙂 Be well, we'll be following your season and hopefully it all returns to normal in 2023!
Terry 

Hi Jack and Sandi, thrilled to see you're back and your 2022 post! I'll probably get hammered for saying this but I know something that would help your shoulder and snowmobiling: jump ship to Polaris. 🙂 Be well, we'll be following your season and hopefully it all returns to normal in 2023!
Terry 

Hi Jack and Sandi, thrilled to see you're back and your 2022 post! I'll probably get hammered for saying this but I know something that would help your shoulder and snowmobiling: jump ship to Polaris. 🙂 Be well, we'll be following your season and hopefully it all returns to normal in 2023!
Terry 

Hi Jack and Sandi, thrilled to see you're back and your 2022 post! I'll probably get hammered for saying this but I know something that would help your shoulder and snowmobiling: jump ship to Polaris. 🙂 Be well, we'll be following your season and hopefully it all returns to normal in 2023!
Terry 

Hi Jack and Sandi, thrilled to see you're back and your 2022 post! I'll probably get hammered for saying this but I know something that would help your shoulder and snowmobiling: jump ship to Polaris. 🙂 Be well, we'll be following your season and hopefully it all returns to normal in 2023!
Terry 

This is good that I'm posting this late.  It means we made it thru the border.  😅
We were asked for our passports.  The agent scans them and I'm sure all of our history comes up on his screen.  It probably includes what we ate at the Brown Cow restaurant in Derby, VT a half hour before.  Then we were asked for the ArivCan confirmation sheet.  He asked us if we were feeling well, no covid symptoms.  He asked where we were going and the purpose of our trip.  Remember to answer this according to what you put on the ArrivCan website / app.  The agent is looking at it.
We first go to Valcourt to pick up the trailer and snowmobiles but I didn't go into to that.  I just answered that we were going to Chicoutmi.
The rest of the questions were typical from previous years such as, weapons, knives, pepper spray, cannabis.  Are we leaving anything in Quebec?
It didn't take any longer than before.  I'm still a little gun shy from being turned away on my first attempt on Dec 1st.  I'm slowly getting over that.
A little background on the trip up.  No snow on the ground until we got 50 miles or so into VT.  Pretty good snow banks above St Johnsbury going over Sheffield Mountain.  In Quebec, the Eastern Townships had snow cover but not enough to ride on.  After Drummondville the snow got better all the way to Quebec City.  Motel Bernieres had snow but only one trailer in the lot.  L'Etape had many snowmobiles, cars and trailers.  Looked like a typical day at L'Etape.  Snow on the ground all the way up to Lac St Jean.
It was freezing rain a little overnight in CT.  From VT on up we were in and out of the snow.  Nothing terrible heavy.  Just nice winter snow.  Thank you Mother Nature.  Gas around Quebec was $1.47.  Here in Chicoutimi its around $1.35.
There are sleds here at the Sag.  Not packed but a dozen or so trailers.  I spoke with someone that just came in on their sled and asked them about the spur going out to trail 83.  He said it isn't broke but you can get to 83.  It goes thru the parking lot behind the stores instead of way back at the edge of the woods.  The groomer hasn't come thru yet.
I spoke with the lady at the front desk.  She said what she has heard from other snowmobilers is trail 368 south is OK.  There are a couple of thin spots but it is passable.  You can't get thru La Baie on 83.  It sounded like there isn't enough snow there yet.  There is snow in the forecast though.  She said it is better to trailer to St Honore and then ride to Mt Valin if we want to ride on the north side.
You have to wear a mask everywhere and also show your vaccination card for entry like at a restaurant.
If you are planning on Quebec this year, I would recommend doing a dry run on everything you can.  Get a Covid test.  I like the NAAT test by Walgreen's  Our results came back in two hours this time.  I think the test is free everywhere in the U.S.  See how far ahead booking an appointment takes.  See  how long it takes to get the test results back.
Get on the ArrivCan website or app.  Step 1, create an account for yourself.  Step 2, take a look at the itinerary part of ArrivCan.  It says not to complete it if you travel isn't within 72 hours.  I think you can still go thru it and then delete it at the end.  Do as much as you can to get familiar with all the steps.  I only had to create an account for myself.  Then I could put Sandi on as a traveler in my "group".
Ask me any questions you have.  I may not have the answers but someone else may or I will try to get an answer for you.
So that is what we know so far. 
Be safe.
Jack & Sandi

Hi Everyone,
We didn't snowmobile at all last year.  We are driving up to the Quebec border this morning via Rt 91 thru VT.  I hope it all goes well.  I think I have everything we need.  I brought the snowmobiles up Dec 8th.  The first attempt was Dec 1st and I was turned away because I didn't complete the ArrivCan form.  The 2nd attempt on Dec 8th went much smoother.  I went up by myself.  Sandi couldn't go.  Work gets in the way sometimes.
With that said, I went back on ArrivCan for this trip.  I added Sandi as a "Traveler".  When I finished the form, only Sandi printed out on the confirmation.  I had to delete that form and do it again.  I forgot to put a check mark next to my name so it only printed out Sandi.  Everyone has to be listed on the confirmation form.
I hope the next post from us is while we are sitting in our hotel room at the Sag!  😊
Be safe.
Jack & Sandi

Mark,  As I recall the rentals are $250 a day or $165 for half a day.  
Today's trails were 210 miles of magic carpet ride. Never went above freezing, but looks like the warm up is coming. Saw a burned sled on the trail, wasn't there yesterday.
mike
 
 

This morning we were out the gate at 0630 and at Shin Pond at 0745. Coffee and jumped on the rental Polaris's.  The fun factor of these sleds and their amazing handling made for an enjoyable day. Went up around Libby's Camps, across to Unclocus  Camps and back to Shin Pond at noon for lunch with 110 miles on the rentals. Trails were fantastic. Riding back to the hotel hit a few small stretches of chop over by Abol Dam. Great sunny day with below zero start and mid thirties finish.  One hundred and ten years of snowmobiling between gkw and myself. Then happy hour talking about all the great sleds of the 60's and 70's, for those that know back then what a Red Baron or Honker meant.
 

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This has probably already been posted by someone but we got to ride in Quebec Saturday!! OK, so it was only about 100 feet.... (trail 105A in Vermont shares a bridge with Quebec) 🙂 
The big tower thing is board patrol watching.

This has probably already been posted by someone but we got to ride in Quebec Saturday!! OK, so it was only about 100 feet.... (trail 105A in Vermont shares a bridge with Quebec) 🙂 
The big tower thing is board patrol watching.

This has probably already been posted by someone but we got to ride in Quebec Saturday!! OK, so it was only about 100 feet.... (trail 105A in Vermont shares a bridge with Quebec) 🙂 
The big tower thing is board patrol watching.

This has probably already been posted by someone but we got to ride in Quebec Saturday!! OK, so it was only about 100 feet.... (trail 105A in Vermont shares a bridge with Quebec) 🙂 
The big tower thing is board patrol watching.

This has probably already been posted by someone but we got to ride in Quebec Saturday!! OK, so it was only about 100 feet.... (trail 105A in Vermont shares a bridge with Quebec) 🙂 
The big tower thing is board patrol watching.

Hope you got back on your side before 8:00 pm.😁

As long as they keep their helmets on they will not become domestic terrorists and will stay off the no fly list. Parts of norther Maine are as far north as St Donat, trail and snow are similar, hope you are enjoying a great ride, happy trails, Bob.

Rebels!!!

This has probably already been posted by someone but we got to ride in Quebec Saturday!! OK, so it was only about 100 feet.... (trail 105A in Vermont shares a bridge with Quebec) 🙂 
The big tower thing is board patrol watching.

This has probably already been posted by someone but we got to ride in Quebec Saturday!! OK, so it was only about 100 feet.... (trail 105A in Vermont shares a bridge with Quebec) 🙂 
The big tower thing is board patrol watching.

This has probably already been posted by someone but we got to ride in Quebec Saturday!! OK, so it was only about 100 feet.... (trail 105A in Vermont shares a bridge with Quebec) 🙂 
The big tower thing is board patrol watching.

This has probably already been posted by someone but we got to ride in Quebec Saturday!! OK, so it was only about 100 feet.... (trail 105A in Vermont shares a bridge with Quebec) 🙂 
The big tower thing is board patrol watching.

This has probably already been posted by someone but we got to ride in Quebec Saturday!! OK, so it was only about 100 feet.... (trail 105A in Vermont shares a bridge with Quebec) 🙂 
The big tower thing is board patrol watching.

Stayed at Lopstick once. We were in the lower lodge by rte 3 and the office is up the hill on the other side of a town road. Rode my sled up the road to the office and back down the road to the lodge. Someone staying in a another room asked me if I got stopped and ticketed. There was no signs or warnings to stay off the road and the cops park there giving tickets out like beer nuts to people staying there. I got just got lucky.
An upside of Pittsburg's popularity is there are other areas just south that have much less traffic and are as good as their neighbors north of them.