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still snowing ,heavy wet snow .came back home at midnight and it was freezing rain .it does nt look like it , but about 3-4 '' on the ground .-3 c . groomer !!!

freezing rain late last night ,snowing right now , -3 celsius !! at least the scenery is white !! groomer !!!

thanks !!! if you take that ride ,just don t forget to take piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiics !!!!! groomer !!!

what i hated about bringing a passenger ,i could see he was falling asleep ,so i did nt know if i had to talk to him to keep him awake or stop talking and let him sleep . i don t mind talking while grooming ,but the dullest part for the passenger ,80% of the time i look behind at the drag ,the 20 % left is just to know if im still on the trail !!! ha !! ha !!! i posted that pic to show that the sight of the passenger must look like that after a few hrs of grooming !!!!!! groomer !!!

hi swicthback2006 !!! if you want to take a ride in one of those machines ,do it !!! it s another way to see the trails.but first ask the operator how long the run will be ???? next season will be my 8 th one and in the first 2 i brought 3 friends at night for a 12-15 hrs run .they all felt asleep !!! probably the first hrs will be a lot of fun but then you ll realize you won t be home soon .seating in the passenger seat can be boring after a few hrs ,because you have nothing to do .when i began to groom i did two 12 -14 hrs runs just to learn and i won t do that again.as an operator i don t realize that because i m working all the time . so a good advice ,try a short run first and if you like it go for the long one !!! ps: plain-rev , if you read this ,took those pics the day i met you .march 7 groomer !!!

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i m not a workaholic but can be very close !!! i put a lot of my own time in there .grooming is nt a 9 to 5 job.you must nt be afraid to groom at mid night ,3 am , 5 am ,noon,4 pm etc.can go to bed at 10 am and start grooming back at 5-6 pm in the same day .im not the guy to sleep 10-12 hrs in a row . 4-5-6 that s enough for me . grooming it s tons of hrs but can be very gratifying !!! groomer !!!

sorry to tell you that sb 2006 ,but i never been there .im too busy to groom here.if i take the truck logging road ,murdochville is about 130 miles from home and la cache 75 .sure it must be a nice place to ride in the powder !!! btw i like deep snow !!! i used to go a few times in the faribault area (32 miles north of la cache ) in the yesteryears but since i groom ,let say i don t ride at all .i do a few miles in april and that s it !! groomer !!!

salut switchback 2006 !!! welcome aboard from the matapedia valley .btw, i use the same '' expression '' than yours . it takes all kinds of people to make a world !!! hey shane !!! to be honest i didnt who was ansel adams , so i made a little search .now i understand .thanks for the comparison !!!! that s why i put 2 scenery pics . groomer !!!

samething here !! did nt go in the woods ,but from what i heard ,about 2 '' outside town in the higher elevations . groomer !!!

it s snowing here right now !!! but its only -2 c just talked with the vp and he told me that the relay between cross point and the st fidele cable bridge where i turn around ,should be open next season . you re welcome plain-rev !!! groomer !!!

just saw on a french forum ,it s snowing right now in the lac st jean area !!!! groomer !!!

from mid january i can see the traffic increasing ,then feb is the peak .by the end of feb i can see the traffic decreasing and back to '' normal '' in the first week or so in march . like plain -rev said , days are longer and you '' relax '' a little more on the trail .(pic enclosed ) like s b said too ,taking those alternative trails is a good idea ,can save you a few bumps !! groomer !!!

ha !! ha !!!ha !!! don t worry i know how to handle that coffe '' machine '' !!! groomer !!! ..............coffe inside !!!!!

grooming it s a '' job '' some runs can be very long or some night can be ''boring '' . when it s a '' boring '' night i do extra works on the trail even if i know i ll be home later in the morning .at least it keep me '' smiling '' all night long !!! ha !! ha !!! or i stop to take pics !!! i know i ll be smiling !!! and for sure you (i ) must enjoy it because of the loooooooooooooong hrs !!! if you expect to come up here dont forget to let me know !!! groomer !!!

sure it s a full time job!!! and you can add a few xtra hrs for maintenance and little things to do every weeks .on my second year of grooming ,friend of mine told me : you don t play anymore ,you work !! told him ,you re right johnny !!!! it s a job you( i ) must enjoy to do ,because it s a lot of hrs ,if not better stay home !!! i never know when i ll start grooming ,can be at 4 pm ,midnight ,2 am etc and i don t know when i ll come back home .from mid january to mid march ,some weeks can be very crazy .don t sleep much.but i still like it . groomer !!!

hi gtse800 !!! if i m talking only about the tq 5 ,from home to the st fidele cable bridge(pic) (east,toward cross point ) rougly 25 miles x 2 = 50 miles in between ,i must groom a local trail ,5 x 2 = 10 miles once a week then north - north east of town ,there s 2 more locals trails.one of 10 miles x 2 =20 miles then another of 8 miles x 2 = 16 miles so roughly it s about 96 miles or between 40 to 50 hrs a week depending on many factors ,drifts ,trail condition ..etc . but time to time on those local trails i skip a run because there s not much traffic there.so this give me a '' slack '' ha !! ha !!! must sleep time to time !!!! when i wake up in the pm ,i don t know if i must take my breakfast ,diner ,or supper !!!! ha!! ha !! groomer !!!

hi kitty !!! just arrived to show my dad the pics and i noticed that you had already posted .sorry if i did nt see that yesterday .probably the '' effect '' of all those days at my camp !!! :wacko: still feel '' asleep '' ha !! ha !!! talked with a friend earlier this morning ,he works near by relais gabriel ,north of the hydro quebec dam '' manic 5 '' , 135 miles north of baie comeau .last monday there was 10 '' of snow there but melted on tuesday .there was about 3-4 ''about 40 miles west from here ,monday too !!! groomer !!!

gtse800 : never happened to me !!!! ha !! ha !!! hi plain-rev !! he was roughly 50-60 ' off the road .put those 2 pics in between the 2 in the last post and you ll have the complete story .he went to hide between trees , '' called '' him ,turned around and came on the road !!! groomer !!!

friends hunt for the food ,they don t care about the size of the rack !!! looking at mooses , the ''funniest '' part about it ,from may to december i can see their '' attitude'' change .they are more friendly in may (female ) than end of september (bull ).first pic ,just '' called '' to make his head turn to have more pics .he turned his head but jumped on the road 25 ' from me. right there where i took the pics of the bull ,4 years ago , ive been '' caught '' by 2 bulls during bow hunting .it was serious '' business '' .the biggest one was 20 ' in front of my truck and the other one came at 8 ' from my left front fender.wow !!! just looking at their ears and eyes ,they were nt too happy to see me there !!! it has been an awesome adrenaline rush !!! it was nt time to smile !!!! :D ha !! ha !!! groomer !!!

hi !!! you re right !!! taking pics of them and then later , bang !!!! that s the sad part. i don t have that '' killer instinct '' myself and never killed moose of my life .i rather shoot them with my camera !!! we were talking about that earlier this week ,there s 22 ,000 hunters in the gaspesie for roughly 5 000 killed mooses. and sure it s good time when i take pics ,but im careful with those mooses because i m not a pro !!! sometimes its a very good '' adrenaline rush '' !!! groomer !!!

i took 2 short video with that ,but they are probably too '' big '' to put here .it was my second bull fight since i look for mooses .first one turned bad .i had my 35 mm camera at that time and used to buy 24 exposures.so when i saw the fight ,began to take pics .click -click-click .i realized that i was way over 24 exposures .looked at my camera and i had forgotten to put an exposure inside my camera !!!!! :wacko: :D ha !! ha !! ha !!! can someone tell me if 30.9 mo or 3.9 mo video are too big to post here ??????? thanks !!! groomer !!!

happy birthday rob !!!! thanks for letting me post tons and tons of pics !!!! groomer !!!

few scenery pics from the last 8 days at my camp .pics with snow ,last monday morning around 8 hrs am .i forgot ,on the other post ,on the last pic ,the moose is just right to the mid of the pic.you can see the '' beard '' clearly !!!! groomer !!!

hi mustang !!! this is what i see in my backyard !!!! ha !!! ha !!! back from hunting at noon .the two bulls fighting '' friendly '' last thursday morning .saw them for half an hour.the last 2 pics,it has been a great experience !!!! saw the bull at 1800 ' from me on a road.called my friends to '' spot '' them at the right places.took an old road ,turned around because i had forgotten my camera.so waited for about 10 mins,crick !!! crack !! and that bull came 25 ' from me .took 2 pics ,he moved away 40 ' from me and i just looked at him for 25-30 mins .20 mins before darkness ,decided to go .told my friend where he was.my friend went there alone ,waited 10 mins and bang !!! took the last 2 pics 22 mins before he died . groomer !!!