PISTON LAKE CRUISER

The size of the beams under the deck makes me think there may be some log trucks in thaat bridges future.

Our group of 4 (2 rooms) has early booked for over 30 years for our saddlebag trips. We have always had a plan. We have only had to pay the non refundable deposit once in all those years due to a breakdown although we have had to cancel rooms a few times. We prefer not having to be thinking about those issues while riding but thats us and that unified thinking is likely part of the reason that we still ride together when we can.

I wonder if some of this concentrated logging is due to the forest fires last summer. Trees that were not severely burned are stilll good for processing but the shelf life on them is short. Companies may be concentrating on getting those trees before they are of no value. I

You really just need the 22 miles of trail from Mont St. Pierre to 597 to change colour then you could re route straight down 597 to 5 and either go over to Perce if you want or head west on 5. In my experience, yellow trails in Gaspe are better than many green trails in Ontario.

The only reason there was ever gas available on 93 to Chibougamau was because the mill had fuel and was good enough to lett sledders buy it. Selling gas as a complementary sideline like the mill is the only way that any fuel supplier could survive in such a remote area.

I thought it was 316 that crossed the Harracana not 309??

Correct but you are almost a month away from your ride. The red showing this morning would not affect getting anywhere on the itineray suggested. I'd bet heavy that any red in that area will disappear unless its not just conditions keeping it closed. There is still some red in many areas of Quebec. It to shall pass.

Yellow up in that area is better than green in 75% of Ontario and trail status is changing daily in both Ontario and Quebec. Not to mention that you are almost a month from away from your ride. No worries. JMHO

Totally agree Muskoka2. Why drive an additional 2 hours each way. The Temrose in Temiscaming has very nice accomodations and a very good restaurant as well. Parking is available. If you arrive early and want to ride up to the Bannick to stay there you can park at the Esso just as you arrive in Temiscamming from North Bay.

WOW! How could BRP not understand that you need individual controls that can be set on the fly. Not to mention that to change settings is a complicated system for those of use who are tech challenged. The designers need to ride in some real world cold conditions and feel their thumbs burning!

Depends where the trail goes. You can sign/stake bush and rail trails early but you can't always do that with farm land. The corn crop on my field that the trail crosses didn't come off until November 13th and then the field had to be plowed after corn was finished.

Some that are open may close very early in the evening especially in the early part of the week. When you ask if the restaurant is open also ask the hours.

In my opinion if you stay on 5 from Perce to Pointe a la Croix they isn't scenery like the north side or the interior. You shouldn't have any issue catching the last tilt and load to Campbellton. We wouldn't have gone to Gaspe as often as we have if it was all like the south side. JMHO

Its hindsight but a "lentement" sign up the trail 100 meters before the stump and some trail marker reflective stakes put up around it might have been enough "due diligence" until the club could get the stump out if they intended to.

it's about 235 miles from Perce to the Inter-Provincial Motel/fuel/restaurant on the Quebec side of the bridge in Point a la Croix. If you go to the Quebec on line trail map at https://fcmq.fcmqapi.ca/fr/carte-cond.html#map there is a blue box called itinerary on the upper left side of the screen. Its for planning trips and calculating distances in kilometers. Multiply km's by .6324 to get miles. Its about 12 miles into Perce off trail 5. Both times I rode in there the trip in and out wasn't pleasant but that was back about 1996-2000. maybe it was my bad luck.

Thats a great itinerary Fuse 6. Big day mileages but sounds like thats what the guys are into. Personally I'd take more time the day up on the top side crossing the mountains as it is the most scenic. I would agree with bypassing Perce Rock. If you've never seen it I guess its OK but in my opinion its a long way in and out to see a rock with a hole in it and depending on the weather you may not see it anyway. I'd rather see it in the summer.

Wow! Took a while to sell Eh.

In Ontario the clubs cannot open trails until the individual clubs' trail boss signs off and sends the form in saying that all required signage is in place. As mentioned its liability protection.

Exactly what I thought when I read the post above. Lac Faillon used to be a place our group looked forward to staying at. Tough to keep good employees in seasonal businesses.

I don't understand how a cell phone app could ever work properly without a cell phone signal.

X2, I changed my settings back to what they had been and can like the posts again. Thanks for letting us know.

We left the Suburban and trailer in that same parking lot on our first ever Quebec/ Gaspe (1996) and second trip we made to Gaspe. That parking lot was probably one of the sketchiest of any we have parked at over the years. It looked like it should be OK right across from the motel but was a good distance away. We pulled the main ignition relay out of the fuse panel under the hood and parked truck to snowbank. Had no issues but felt more at ease when riding having performed those little prevention items before leaving.

I have always felt safe leaving our truck/trailer at various hotels in Quebec but wouldn't feel safe leaving my truck & trailer there over one or more nights. Empty parking area with no lighting in a rural setting. JMHO.

Thank you scorpionbowl! Your solution worked for me and I'm using Windows 10

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