mccaffrey

It looks like quebecrider.com has been renewed for another year! At a minimum, we will be able to limp along for the rest of the season, then figure out a path forward during the off-season. Happy riding...
 

I'm sure it looks a lot like this, maybe worse, and with 129" and 137" you will be stuck a lot.
 

North trail (93) surfacing in progress... (2 tandem resurfacers) We ask you to wait until tomorrow (Thursday, February 20) before using this trail. Your safety is at stake, as the snow drifts can reach 10 feet high! Thank you for your understanding...and your help!

Local Riviere Du Loup relais Les Aventuriers closed on 2/18/25 due to recent heavy snowfall 😮🤔😆.
Many of you have probably witnessed it before, but I have not. I'm not sure if it was Traill 544 or the local not far from the referenced relais Aventuriers, but we encountered on the trail a tractor with a huge functioning snowblower attachment eating and throwing the snow off the trail. It was such a great effort to make the trail perfect. Despite trail impediments, it was a great day.

There are many very successful accomodations and restaurants that sell for top dollar because of their success then the new owners change the menu or services to what they think is correct. These newbies just don't get the don't mess with success idea.

Stayed at Drakkar and I had just learned the day before that Reggie sold it to new owners on 2/7. Just a week before we got there.  After being there 4 days I can say it is definitely not as snowmobile friendly.  The owner puts his car (Tesla) in the garage so only 3 or 4 sleds can fit in.  Otherwise they sit outside. The breakfast is nothing like Reggie put out. They put no effort into making any food and they have limited bagels and juice etc and once out they don’t have more. I watched people get only toast. Place looks the same but is not run the same. Also they charge $20 a night if you have a trailer. It doesn’t matter if you are staying there every night they charged $20 to have a trailer there. I can only imagine what they charge if you park your trailer there and then leave on a saddlebag trip. Unfortunately I think I might pass on staying again. Time for me to look for new places. As a side note the trails were incredible. Some of the best I have seen up in Shawinigan. 

La Dore to Scierie 54 closed until further notice 
 
February 18, 2025
IMPORTANT NOTICE
For safety reasons, the sentier du Nord: from La Doré to the Résolu54 plant, is closed to all traffic. Extreme conditions.
thank you and we will advise you when it reopens...
 
the had to go rescue people last night and now need to recover the snowmobiles
pretty stupid going out in a storm like yesterday 

Myself and a couple friends decided on a long weekend trip to Shawinigan.  Drove up Friday morning and put on a quick 110 miles going east and south of Shawinigan. Some trails were still Soft and not set up week from the storm the day before. They were flat and perfect though.  Passed a few groomers going back to hotel. Sweetness!  Saturday morning everything was groomed to perfection. Trails setup perfectly and were fast.  Left shawinigan and headed up to LaTuque.  Trails perfect.  The only section not great was the pipeline. Thin and rocks.  Then took 73 out of LaTuque down towards st Raymond. A dream ride. Zig zagged towards st tite for dinner and then back to hotel. A great 240 mike day. Sunday we wanted to get some good miles on before the storm started. Headed south on 3 from Shawinigan down to 63 where the snow started coming down and the wind was crazy. I have never ridden 3 south that good. Some of the Best shape trails I think I have ever ridden before. A blast running them. Then the wind and snow really ramped up so he headed home and some of the fields were no visibility and big drifting. It was actually fun though. Stopped for dinner and yo the hotel. 130 or so miles and in safe. the storm was really ramped up. The drive home yesterday was hell.  Turned over tractor trailers, pile ups, closed roads, 4 hr wait at border, but home safe after an 11 hr drive (which usually takes me 5). Would do it all again for what we rode on. And the real kicker was we saw maybe 25 sleds on the trails total for all 3 days.  

Big Drifts from Big Storms, make for unstable trail sides. Further down than it looks, deeper than it looks.
A local Farmer came by and lifted me out.
Offered cash, would not except it.
Great Guy!
45 Minutes Later, returned the favor .
GutZ
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February 14, 2025
GOOD NEWS!!!
your magnificent footbridge (between La Doré and Normandin) on trail 93, is now open to traffic. We ask you to remain vigilant and cautious at all times... enjoy the ride!
 
 

Yeah we did it on 2feb; noted it in the st Ray report. 
 
there is a pylon on trail 330 to note the crossing or a crossing. It might not have been the official one as it wasn’t exactly at the end of the 951 just slightly before the end. It might have been a trail for a cabin as when we crossed the river we ended up right at a cabin but there were tracks right to the 951. 
 
if your coming from 951 I don’t think there was an obvious marking but the trail or driveway was clear. There was a gate that was open. 
 
Where we crossed the river there were trees on it, so well marked and it was safe.
 
no pictures but hope that helps. There were a number of crossing in the areas too so I bet you’ll find one to cross!
I have the gps track somewhere if you really need it

So what I am hearing is the Domain Registration needs Rob's approval sent to his email to accept the renewal and we cant get that.
Proving ownership needs a current license , Passport , etc.... or U\P PIN# and most likely some kind of MFA.....
I believe Godaddy will let you pre-register, so it can be grabbed once it expires and not released into the public pool of names.
I think I can assist if hosting is needed, I have a server or two we can stuff it on.
Let me know if I can help.
GutZ
 

It will be sad if the band has to break-up. 😔
Good luck on getting it fixed.
 

We were at the Double Tree in Quebec City getting ready to head out, and there was three sleds loading on to a flatbed, I assume they were heading back across the river.          Flatbeds are being used.

Day 3 .. ender
Woke up to 4-6" of new with big winds and blowing snow . Was kinda disappointed as hoping for more snow and bigger drifts heading out the 83 actually 😕 
We took the cut over passing through Saint Andre du lac to 355 (601,602,603) . Bolt south to lac Edouard for lunch.  Most new in that area ... 12-14 ish 
Roll to La Tuque and off back to Vermont with with the black trail pretty white today  😁
 
Cheers 

Day 2 on the trail  . Seems the cold followed us again  -20°f this morning  .   Off searching orange gems up around the lake . Lunch at the famous truck stop .. always awesome..  Pass by the big bridge.  Head south takin the express to pass by Otis. Continue south to cross the Saguenay not on a bridge and then to the La  Sagueneenne for tonight.  
Awesome day . 

It will be sad if the band has to break-up. 😔
Good luck on getting it fixed.
 

The next few days are going to be critical for the future of QR. One of three things is going to happen:
1. Things remain the same and we continue to limp along.
2. The site disappears for a while before i post an update.
3. It's gone for good.
I would grab any key information or contact info you might want to be on the safe side. If it's #3, I'll post a special link on my personal website https://www.howsitrunning.com for updates.
 

Thank you for posting, it helps us on our future rides in that area.

Left Marineau La Tuque Tuesday morning.  Super nice 73 north! 
Relais 22 at 11 , lunch menu just started.. bowl of soup time.
Meander north 83 .. again near perfect. 
Buzz some local "oranges" 
La Dor'e for fuel and off to Relais des Buttes for tea time 😀
Du Jardin for the evening.  
 

Totally agree with how valuable this site is.  I have been riding Quebec since 1987, that makes me old with lots of experience.  I remember making dozen phone calls before planning trips trying to figure out were the best snow and conditions were.  I would call Dennis at LeCabanon back when there was no connect trails to Parent and he would explain which way to go.  Our group was one of the first to find our way to Relais 22  then onto Lac Saint Jean, with most of it not being groomed nor marked.  Now I log into QR and not only do I find great trail reports with lodging and gas locations that sometimes aren’t listed on the map, I get to see some of the greatest pics you could ever ask for.  I miss Towings reports, but follow the boys from Vermont and pay special attention to Iceman and crew, who we got to meet last year at the Caribou on our Gaspe trip, they helped us with a fuel pump problem, thanks.  For you who are much younger and never been without these modern tools we have now, don’t take this valuable resource for granted.  I am not computer savvy but read this site daily during the season, yet post very little.  Which brings me to my message, that I realized after reading the concerns many of you have with the survival of QR site that it is important for us to help support QR financially, which I have not been doing.  With that being said I don’t have a lot of money in my retirement years, but have become a contributing member last week, trying to do my part for this great site, as all of us should.  It would be a shame if I had to start making all those phone calls again.  Fred
 

FB QR is nothing like here............  

I am not going to FB. Not happening. So I hope we can keep it going here. 

On the trail from Fort Kent, Maine  at 0818 this  -14°F. Trail 92 was good for the part that Fort Kent Grooms. Pretty rough for the next 35 or so miles. Then it was fabulous to the Canadian border. We crossed without issue, then hopped on Lake Pohenegamook and got fuel at the Irving. Back on the lake and Jumped on TQ 35. Made our way North East, and rode a bunch of local and regional trails. Had a soup at the clubhouse in Rivière-du-Loup. Then another small loop back to the Hotel Universal. 160 miles. All trails were good except the one section of ITS 92 in Maine.
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