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We met one sled all the way back to Forestville  .. so odd in the freezing rain 
Guess ya needed to be the adventurous type 😎

Left some fun un-done a few weeks back up in the new snow  . So we return  ! 
Forestville to points west 

All depends on where you look. 😉
 
 

Day 6, last day left Valga and doubled back south to 5. When we get to 35 we take that, some of the trails around Rimouski are showing red again and since we took 5 on the way out we will try and stay more inland. Stay on 35 to the 546 cutoff and take that, it’s in really nice shape. Local traffic is starting to pick up now but everyone is acting nicely. We take the 571 when we hit it then the 544 into St. Cyprien and have a good lunch at the St. Cyp. Continue on the 544 to the Orange local, think it is 44 but not positive and take that to 85. 85 still in good shape and covered well but icy. After the Adventiers clubhouse things get pretty bad. Mostly dirt and gravel with a little snow here and there to the 526. The 526 is no better and pretty much no snow the last 2 or 3 miles into the Universal. We had a great trip, the clubs are all out doing their best and trails are mostly good. All towns are bone dry getting in and out, even Murdochville is dry blacktop at the gas station. Many areas WILL NOT survive the warm up and rain this week. It will take a good dump of snow after Wednesday to open it all back up. 142 miles for the day 1050 for the week

Saturday,  heading to Windigo from Barrage Gouin to meet up with some awesome friends ! Plan is to cross country it the whole way (ended up using about a mile of marked trails in a 192 mile day ) Awesome mission  . 
Super fun evening meeting up with Team iceman and the balance of Team Vermont  . Of course the host here at Windigo top notch as usual  😁 .
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Ran cross lots from Gouin to pourvoirie La Dore (iceman's oasis)  about a hundred miles each way for lunch  . Snowing almost all day with the temperature dropping 30°f during the day  . Wicked windy as noted in another post . 
So yes  , Back at Barrage Gouin for tonight.  Full house of 27 riders here ..  Jonny say first time this season full for them  ! 

I twisted myself around at that same spot last weekend.  Now that 345 pops out north of repos screwed up my sense of direction.  My trak maps is from 2016 so it’s not really up to date.
Ben left the horseshoe at least 3 years ago.  The place is now owned by the mining company that is prospecting the copper vein just north of the outfitter.  The two ladies running the joint now doo a great job.
I hope the prospecting doesn’t lead to mining in the area, that would be more problematic than logging. 
 
The WIFI password is the name of the company:  KINTAVAR.
There is a report on radio Canada on the whole operation.  I found a video on YouTube last summer showing some of the exploration.

We rode through that trail on Sunday. It’s fine. Rough moguls from the turnoff of 351 but there was enough snow and the logging sections are not great but not that bad either. 
 
There were worse trails that were green coming from Mt Laurier area on Saturday in my opinion. 

Fer a cheval 

Fer a cheval 

Fer a cheval 

Winning 

Fer a cheval 

Windigo or relais 22? Was a toss up for our group and I picked 22 (which was great) but maybe Windigo is the place to be?

This is the snow level and trail at font brune on 30JAN. 

Last day (3.5). 100 lacs back to the truck at font brune. 
 
Dinner was great at 100 lacs, we even had the “honey moon suite” above the restaurant which is interesting.
 
trails were good till st Anne du lacs after which they sucked. Just not enough snow. Like others mentioned the groomers are doing miracles with what they have.
 
back to the truck by noon completing our 1220 km trip. Happy trails!

This is the snow level and trail at font brune on 30JAN. 

Last day (3.5). 100 lacs back to the truck at font brune. 
 
Dinner was great at 100 lacs, we even had the “honey moon suite” above the restaurant which is interesting.
 
trails were good till st Anne du lacs after which they sucked. Just not enough snow. Like others mentioned the groomers are doing miracles with what they have.
 
back to the truck by noon completing our 1220 km trip. Happy trails!