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mr GutZ, I just returned from a western trip, starting in Shawinigan. Plenty of snow there but I would suggest starting in Rivere Mattawin about 45 minutes up rt 155. Never had a problem parking the trucks there. Also stay out of Mt. Laurier. No need to go into town, plenty of outfitters 30 miles north to stay at, all have gas too. If you need maps of area I will be Town of Lee wed and thur aftenoon and evening. Pittsfield on monday . I'll pm you my number Joe

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again this week computer signed me out of QR and couldn't log in. Last night I followed hparaptor instructions , installed Malwarebytis,scan,deleted bad files, restarted and was able to log in. Thanks for the help

to be correct ,the manual list the weight as 950 ibs. I consider myself law abiding , but when it comes to the fish cops I usually don't stop to talk to them. With so many woods and trails in w.mass I don't spend a lot of time in the state forests . To many rules and to many riders.

My Razor is the standard model. It is 50" wide, the width of most big 4x4 quads. Weighs 750 lbs. I ride on all trails back home inthe berkshires and it fits no promblem. If I was to ride mostly in PQ I would get the XP model

some more photos of Lac Fallon BTW it is for sale

groomer, u get to ride like this everyday

After some electronic issues resolved, here is the August trip. Knowing we would have some long mileage days ( do to having to work sometimes) I planed a trip using mostly riding on zec roads, with some nice woods trail also. With only two of us , we should be able to make good time. day 1 start from the Comfort Inn in Mt. Laurier. Ride trails around Devils Mt, had to go to Mt. Laurier Polaris for parts (tire and wheel) , rode to Rabaska Lodge. 112 miles day 2 Ride to Club Gatineuau , got a napkin map of trail along river Gatineuau with chutes, bridge wash outs and indian section to avoid on way to Clova. Visited with Carol at Tamarac, told story of WW II pow camp out in the bush. Was told it was for German Officers P.O.W. , they were the ones who dug the canels to connect the lakes. Will search for it another time. Ride high speed trails ,stopping at Babuzard. It is only open to large groups. The ride to Lac Fallon was like riding in the desert. With no trees from past forest fires, no rain for a long time, dry and dusty like Nevada. Got in to Lac Fallon to enjoy a swim from the nice white sandy beach. 285miles day 3 Lac Fallon Peter gave us napkin map to get to Lac Matchi and zec roads and trails to get us to rt. 117. Ride to Kitcisakik, then south towards Jonas. Got information it was closed, but you could go but needed to bring your own food. Ride to La Domaine for the evening. 250 miles day 4 Ride more zec roads through Zec Petawga to Club Gatineuau. Ride trails to Notawissi, St. Anne Du Lac, loop to Meekos , to JB Scotts. New owner , no rooms. Can't believe with 75 camps there is none available. Ride into dark on small woods trail to Cheval. 235 miles day 5 Visit with new owner Franswa, let us use his shop for some maintenance work. Rode to Club Lounan, no one around, zec roads to Beauregard and trails to L'Ascansion , back to Mt. Laurier 135 miles. No rain for a long time made for a dusty 1017 miles. But with only two of us it was rideable. Even the swamps were dried up.

wow, lots of information here. I had success . I reloaded Flash 11,5, turn firewalls off , reboot and was able to "sign in" from my mozzilla fire fox. I may have pushed some other buttons too. I turned firewall back on, but now I am getting some pop ups. I'll get that later. I will try to follow hparaptor suggestions when I have more courage. Give me a Mikuni carb and I'll rejet it with my eyes closed, but with a computer I 'm afraid if i push the wrong button everything will be gone to cyber space. For now I can put the hammer away. Another great asset of this site is the diversity of members knowledge and their willingness to help with a problem. Hparaptor, I used to put on many trail rides from my place in Tyringham, but the past few years not to often. It's that busy thing. When I do I will contact you. Thanks all, for the help, Joe

can't sign into my Quebec Rider account. When I click on "sign in" nothing happens. My compter uses XP and mozilia fire fox. I did enable cookies. With Mr. Gutz 's suggesting I tried from Intrnet Explorer. First time I couldn't sign in, then a pop up said to down load Adobe Flash 11.5 . I did this and then I could sign with Internet Explorer, which is not my default browser. Downloaded Adobe Flash 11.5 to the mozilia fire fox, my default browser, but still can't sign in. I am not to knoledgeable with computers, but I am learning. Some times want to smash the thing with a hammer. Maybe there is some program I need or don't need. Goose

thanks. loaded image resizer program and works fast. from Tyringham, MA

It took me months to figure out how to get the photos to the computor from new smart phone. Any one have easy method to resize photos smaller to post them. The only way I know how is to send photo in email , makes it smaller, edit, then file, then save it. Have to do this for each photo thank you , not to smart phone, Joe

would that be lac long look out

hello all, I will guess the warm up shack 27 miles before eltape on lac champlain coming from st. raymond

hello jean guy, 4 of us leaving today for the great gaspie. be by your area maybe sat. will look for you. joe

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Jackstraw, no the atv trails are not marked well. This past trip, there were no summer atv trail from Sherbrooke to Parc du Massif. There is a marked atv trail in the parc. We did not see any other atv's. Some areas of Quebec have atv trail maps, but not a lot. I mostly use Zec maps, topo maps and gps with topo maps to plan a route. Mt. Laurier area has good atv trail maps. In the winter you are limited to riding on the groom trail. In the summer there are hundreds of thousands of miles of dirt roads and trails to choose to ride in PQ. It is up to you to navigate and find a route.

Mr. fuzzy600ho, I do not ride atv in Maine. I have a friend that does and there kind of strict up there. There are a lot of trails, but they don't all connect. So it is difficult to do a long trip. If you ride on the dirt roads, the fish cops will give you a ticket. Also they do not allow atv riding in the 3 million acre Allagash region. The time it takes me to drive to northern Maine is the same or more than to go to Quebec. In Quebec they are much more friendly to atv riding. The atv trail will ride on the road right done main st. in the center of town. I have ridden quads during summer in Quebec for the past 13 years. This year switching to a 2011 rzr side by side. Yes I very happy with it .It is same width as a quad, so it fits on the tight trails. Has soft ride on rocky trails. You will need to buy some extras though. Full skid plates, 2'" lift, big tires, winch, roof, windshield. The other quad is an Outlander 800. Very nice machine. Hi JG, how do I do it. First of I told my wife before we got married that I don't like the beach and take my vacation time in Quebec. Next, I try to keep my mouth shut every time she goes to the mall!

Last week did a short 3 day fall ride. Started in Sherbrooke to Thetford Mines, to Parc du Massif . Rode to the look out towers. St. Georges, back to Sherbrooke. No rain but getting cold in morning. -6 c.

Je me Souviens, to answer some of your questions. I would recommend a first timers try the Mt. Laurier area. But in reality any area in Quebec you are familiar with or have a desire to ride , go. Mt. Laurier to the south, to Maniwaki, Norte-Dame Du Laus, DuHamel, Reserve Papineau. There are a lot of woods trails. Mt. Laurier north to Clova, Parent is mostly dirt roads. The area Mt. Laurier to Clova and Parent there are a lot of outfitters. Places you can stay and get gas: Club Gatineau, Club Rabaska, Club Notowassi, Club Fontbrune, Club Mekoo's Club Beauregard, Club JB Scott, 100 lakes, Chevell. As for enjoyable woods riding there are plenty of woods trails off of these dirt roads, where they go are for you to find out. You may want to consider riding in the many Zecs and Reserves as these offer thousands of miles of dirt roads and woods goat path trails. L'epine road is a dirt road with some high speed sections up to Clova. I recommend from Club Gatineau after you cross the river Gatineau take the woods trail on your right. It follows the river than goes up to Clova. The dirt road riding gets boring to me, you may have well loaded up a SUV and take that. But if you need to get somewhere you can do 200 miles a day riding dirt roads. As Trailblazer said you can ride Rabaska to Clova in 1 day. so yes you can do this trip in 2 days. I would recommend you take 3 days and start in Mt. Laurier . The 1st. day get your maps, registration and ride to chutes Windigo and up to Devils Mt. Then to the Rabaska. 2nd day to Clova. 3rd to Parent then back to Mt. Laurier . This would be all dirt road riding. Or from Clova back to Mt. Laurier and check out some woods trails. If you want information on where to get maps, registration and secure truck parking in Mt. Laurier pm me

Je me souviens some info and more photos http://www.fqcq.qc.c...ish/accueil.asp

Hi George, yes you can ride the Clova area. Parent to Clova to Senneterre is mostly dirt roads. Mt. Laurier to Clova is a good place to ride as there is a lot of outfitters to stay and get gas at.. Get as many topo and zec maps of the area you want to ride. This is mostly how I navigate, as the quad trail maps are very limited. Every year there are more and more quad clubs expanding there trail maps. Also I use gps with topo maps. Carry extra gas. I do not ride any later than September as it can be 40 degrees and pouring rain. Not fun. Also in October you will get snow. If you are just doing day rides this can be fun. But if you are on a trip a snow storm on a quad can be disastrous. This is why I enjoy riding in the summer. You can ride it the rain but it will be 70 or 80 degrees out.. I'll try post some more photos.

After problems with my quad on a ride around Lac St. Jean last month I decided to upgrade to a 2011 Polaris RZR side by side. After 12 years of summer quad riding in Quebec, the side by side is the the way to go. The RZR at 50" wide fits on the trails and bridges. Plus there is plenty for room for extra gas and bags. and you can bring a friend along. Did a 4 day ,500 mile ride a couple of weeks ago. Started in Mt. Lauier to Maniwaki, devils mt. (s.e. of maniwaki in Notre-Dame-Du-Laus), DuHamel, Zec Mazana, Reserve Fanique Rouge-Matawin.

Mid Range, on a quad ride this week , should be in Maniwaki on Thur nite. maybe have the great pleasure of meeting you. Joe

have a happy birthday Jean-Guy. 27 years..... will try to find your camp on this trail ride and hope the homemade wine survives the trail