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I found three trees that were covered and took a picture of Gemma.
We head off to the hotel.

We climbed up to the lookout and see the trees are not covered with snow like last year. It’s quite windy up here. My hands are freezing in a few seconds.

After lunch we take 579 and stop for gas. We are making a run up to the lookout. 

We decided to stop for lunch at Valga. We take the orange local over. It’s too is in great condition.

We make our way to TQ5. Team Ice was here.

What a day. Even 5 is super.

There’s a section where you ride along the river. It reminds me of trail 13. 

We cross the bridge toward Esprit-Saint. The other side is also in top condition. 

We passed a sugar shack and see some guys at work. The trail is perfect. Then we pass a groomer going over the perfect!

After fueling up we get on 35 East. We have perfect conditions. It looks like it has been just groomed. As we head east the sky turned gray.

Over to 571 and again great conditions.
We head over to Squatec for gas.

We make our way to 544 and it too is looking very good. We pass a clubhouse and see Team Ice has been here.

We are off to a great start trail 85 conditions couldn’t be better.

We get on local 44 it’s in nice shape as well. 

Day 9 196 miles
It’s a blue sky day 26 degrees. We head out and the trail has been groomed overnight. We pass the clubhouse and give thanks to the groomers.

We stop for gas and the hour was getting late. We change plans and double back on 571 and take 544.

We take 571 over to Squatec. 

We head back to 518 then 5 West. TQ5 is getting a lot of traffic and it shows.

Then over for a view of the Saint Lawrence. There’s an Island with a light house off the coast. iPhone doesn’t do justice.

We take the orange trail toward Saint-Fabien. We go to check out some views. The first is up the mountain by the cross.

We find the over look by the lake. Visibility is not optimal but it’s a nice view.

We drop down across the lake and get gas. 

We take 544 back toward the hotel. I haven’t been on this on yet. It looks like it’s a plowed road with not much of a base. It’s fine today but I’m not sure how it will look on a sunny day.

We take the local 40 over to 526. The trail is very nice. We get on 85 and day light is gone. Another great day. 
 
I see my photos are not posting in order. Not sure why.

Day 8 220 Miles 
It’s snowing this morning. We head off to Ile Verte for a look.