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Wow Mrs Ice, great adventure and wonderful pictures. Wife and l hope to travel the Gaspe on our Spyders in August. My wife is an avid kayaker. Is there any place you came across on your travels that rents kayaks ?

This will be a good option to have available. Can depart Forestville, ride the loop N of Baie Comeau and stay in Bay Trinite for a nice 300 km/ 180 mile day.

I think we paid $200.00 a night last March, with this expenditure wouldn’t be surprised rates may increase significantly. Time will tell.

When l read this concerned the Chic Choc trail in Gaspe may never open again? Gaspe loses some of its appeal not having this trail available especially if only doing 3 or 4 days loops. We like to do a 6 day Gaspe/NB ride and the Chic Choc trail was important link for the 3 days we spend in the Gaspe. FCMQ has spend millions on other regions like Lac St Jean and the Cote Nord mainly on bridges. I hope the Gaspe gets some attention in the near future. As one of the most iconic areas of Quebec it hasn’t seem to received must attention from the FCMQ in recent years.

We left RDL this morning, over to Squatec down to Deglis, at hotel 1212 tonight. Mid winter conditions, would never know it rained and fresh snow from the last storm. 200 miles of excellent riding. Heading to Moose Valley tomorrow

Arrived at Hotel Universal today around 4:30, driving from Ontario. Had perfect driving weather until about 50 miles west of RDL started light snow and blowing snow but nothing serious. Right lane was still bare pavement. Very little new snow accumulation here in RDL. Estimate only a few inches. Hwy 20 was closed at the Hotel Universal exit. Obviously from reports conditions are lot worst as you go further east along the north shore of Gaspe. Tomorrow we will ride south from RDL down towards NB border, likely stay at hotel 1212. Then next day head into Moose Valley NB and spend a night at MV lodge. Hopefully by Tuesday or Wednesday they have the north shore of the Gaspe groomed up so we can head towards MSP then eventually work our way back to RDL. Nothing booked for this trip, adapt and execute is the plan. See Bonvoyage Tour group is here tonight. Imagine having a large group all booked for the week then a storm like this completely alters the plans. Tour business looks like fun until the wheels fall off the master plan. Will report tomorrow night what we find for trail conditions. 6:05 AM check the grooming map then plot a route on the Garmin.

Hi Mike, we may come to RDL next Saturday night. If we can’t get rooms at the Universal what’s the next best hotel to stay at where we can leave our trucks for the week? Thanks Steve

Was Posted on FB the Club President and Vice resigned effective immediately for the Rapid Blanc club at Gros Morne which is north of Murdochville on trail 5 east over to where the shuttle is running this year. Reading between the lines speculating a few people over worked for a thankless job. With such a sparse population in the Gaspe it has to be a huge challenge having enough volunteers to accomplish all the work. Hopefully other people step up and can keep things going

Good luck trying to plan trip routes right now with the new app. Trails and Hotels are appearing then disappearing daily. In this pic l posted the Chic Choc trial in the Gaspe has appeared again. As we all know it’s closed again this winter. In Mont Valin the orange trail the Domaine L’Or Piste is on doesn’t even show today. Getting close to show time particularly for planning trips. Not bad if you know the area but for people planning a trip to a new area for the first time they will have some misleading information. Also has to be frustrating for the hotels, gas stations etc. when their icon is not appearing. Still haven’t heard why the new app was even developed. The old app worked excellent and had confidence in it. Hopefully they get things corrected soon.

I see Hotel De Lice in Mont St Pierre, Gaspe is showing up. My friend stayed there in September on a SxS trip and they said would be open this winter. At least some positive news for the Gaspe

Pulled these two images from Goggle Maps of the bridge on Route 132. Bridge is relatively narrow, has curbing, curves in road coming from both directions with significant distance of guard rail both directions. Like Iceman says l doubt this will be an approve alternative for the duration of the winter.

We’ve done a week in NB before and spending 6 days this winter doing a big loop in NB after doing 6 days in the Gaspe the previous week. If you’ve already done the Gaspe a few times NB is some new territory to explore. NB isn’t as scenic as the Gaspe but some fun riding especially if you like faster pace. A lot of NB is forestry roads is it is fast but fun because trails are always up and down and winding so you have to be engaged while riding. The ride we’ve done twice in the past few years that makes a perfect trip is spending 3 days in the Gaspe and 3 days in northern NB. Can do the most scenic parts of the Gaspe in 3 days and then enjoy the faster pace riding in NB for 3 days. The 3 days in Gaspe includes the Chic Choc trail so with it being closed this winter complicates our usually route. Attached is our planned 6 days loop in NB doing this winter assuming normal snow.

We planned our dates a week ago. Will ride 6 days in the Gaspe starting February 15 then spend another 6 days riding New Brunswick starting February 23. Mid March will do our annual couples trip with another couple. Will wait and see where snow conditions are good at that time to decide where to ride. Usually go to the Mont Laurier area for a few days mid -late January as soon as there is enough snow for good conditions

Doing the Alaskan Cruise next week. Went to the bank the other day to get some US dollars. Cost $1.42 CAD for 1 US$

We did 1,800 km Cote Nord trip starting in Les Escoumins out to Sept-iles at the end of February. Spend 2 nights at the Econolodge in Forestville. Allows us to spend a day riding all the orange trail loops north of Forestville. Beautiful scenic ride, felt like parts of the Gaspe without the water. The warming hut up there is the nicest one we ever came across.. The day we spend there trails we’re perfect, not a single bump. We also rode the big loop orange trails north of Baie Comeau. This is also a beautiful scenic ride. The 2 loops north of Forestville and Baie Comeau were the best parts of the trip.