SnomoGary

Awoke yesterday morning (Monday) at the camp , had breakfast, cleaned up and headed the 75 miles back to the truck at LeCabanon 
had a GREAT 2.25 day Season ender BLAST that my buddy and I agree would be nearly impossible to beat again. 407 miles of smiles 
here my buddy resting at the camp. He actually got a light sunburn. Everyone have a great summer and see ya on the trail next season !!

× 2 on that Don same as air medic....

Ditto.  Idea is sound, hope it pans out

And we never need to use it!
GutZ

Brilliant  idea..... fingers crossed  its rolled out  all over Quebec. 

Beautiful day in paradise.

Ok incase people missed it on Quebec rider Facebook page Bill posted message about getting  a Bill trail sign from the saguenay club and is taking orders. 
There $40 cad each plus shipping from  franconia but he needs to know by 15th of April . So check out on fb...  

How's that trail gonna be in 2 weeks?

Big thanks  to Gemma and you Jim great pictures and reports we've loved riding along with you  in the comfort of our sofa..have a safe trip home. 
Gary and Pat. 

Here is my traditional photo report from Sunday, March 17, 2019 ride




The last thaw was mainly Thursday and Friday of last week but the weather stayed mild on Saturday so that the snowmobiles clubs have only been able to groom in the Saturday to Sunday night , so we stayed at home Saturday to not wear the trail base and catch up on Sunday with this big nice loop of 300miles that we did in reverse side from last time we did earlier this season.
My snowmobile club (Carcamp Berthierville) had groomed overnight . It gave beautiful hard and very fast trails , I lowered the scratchers for safety. Here some pics near home in St-Thomas de Joliette







The thaw did not really reduce the snow cover which is very generous this year, just packed down a bit in the south of the area. To my knowledge a single river ice bridge in Berthierville on # 3trail (not on this ride path) have been damaged and it  can be easily cross by the car bridge just few meter aside.
Here in St-Félix de Valois






And this pic on the old railway of St-Cléophas de Brandon. The club of St-Gabriel Brandon had not regroomed it since the thaw, probably just before because it was flat as a pool table...but not much loose snow. A blast to ride with the scratchers down!


 
North from St-Gabriel had been done recently and it was top notch



At the hut on the top of St-Damien's hill, agents I knew were doing some trail pass checking and we stopped talking a little


Once in the mountains the snow texture changed and from there it was still full winter conditions. The trail section around the Réal Massé area maintained by the Saint-Charles snowmobile club had not been re-groomed and was pretty rough. Need to see a groomer there...

Here near #23/#350 trails junction




The Cabanon(Royaume snowmobile club) had not been able to groom the #23 south of the Cabanon, one of their dozer had broken down in the Mastigouche reserve area and could not complete its run. Despite some holes it still ride well,







We stopped to refuel and eat early at Cabanon. Lot of snow there...






We then left in north direction toward Mauricie



trail #345 was nice and fast






Only one ice accumulation which we already had a good part of the season



We chose to go through the Mattawin River Bridge instead of the dam






The bridge









We joined the #360 that we took to the east. Again very beautiful and fast






One of the only break we took at #440 halt area



and continue



The dirty car road in front ruin a bit the usual view on the river at this spot.






One short muddy spot just before the bridge of the St-Maurice River





We did a quick gaz stop near Marineau, and continue


Instead of going by the St-Maurice river as we usually do, we continued the # 360 to get the # 23 to St-Tite. I was expecting the river to be slushy and I preferred to limit our mileage on it



When joining the #23 trail there is a bit of road side to do. It was rather icy but doable.



The ice bridge on la rivière des envies is still in shape. My Kristine just photographed the sign but the dozer pushed a good amount of snow over it and the water is still far from the trail


 
We continued on the # 23



Up to the St-Maurice River near Grand-Mère.



obviously very hard with some frozen slush spots






We then joined the #3 trail in Iceman's playground for the return to the west. Here close to Mont Carmel



We crossed again the St-Maurice river at La Gabelle. Very nice and no slush


 
We took our 2nd afternoon break when refueling at St-Étienne des Grès and left at around 5:30 pm. The #3 and the #63 on the return were all particularly nice, very hard and fast: My yammy made some nice music on this back ride! We finally been home around 7:00 pm with 301miles on the venture dreameter. All the trails even those so south in the area where still in great shape.

So still a nice snow cover in my area with good trails conditions overall. On the other hand, season's time is running out and we have already passed mid-March: we have to admit that we do not have much time left in front of us, the season is already well advanced so hurry to enjoy it before it ends !!!

Snowmobilecountry web site is always a good place to have the status/details on the Lanaudière/Mauricie trails : https://www.snowmobilecountry.ca/en/conditions/

The end of season rides, often the best conditions of the year ...




Alain

Any guesses as to what burnt.
Maybe another team gutz project??? Sorry Don, I just had too. LoL

so the Pavement smoked salmon is actually road kill?🤣

Hey All,
I've been under the weather this season, real tired (Work\Sleep\Work\etc...), so I have not been able to post and read as much as I wanted to, but I did find this Update (At least to My iPhone) and it could be Super Useful.
So early this season I found that if I used the Google Translate App I could take a picture of a French word or words with the app and it would translate it and display it as plain text, even off the TV (News or Weather).
We were reading (Looking at the Pictures) a Menu and I said "Hey, try this...". Pulled out the phone and app and there must have been an update, as soon as I put the phone over the menu it instantly translated the menu using a "Virtual Reality" interpretation. This was to the point it translated the text on the menu\background\paper\etc.
I've included pics of the menu. Both are the exact same menu.
The steadier you hold it the better the translation. No, it is not perfect. I did download the French Language language pack for the app a long time back, dont know if that is still needed.
It is a FREE App.
Wow, Technology!

The communicator would have to mysteriously malfunction for the rest of the trip.

It's been a long time I had not posted new stuff, was busy on the trails!!! 
Here a small video we catch on our saddlebag trip last week in N.B.
It's not big deal for solo riding but we had some challenge two-up loaded for a week trip, especially for my best half  that stress on the back seat!!!
Alain

So did you boys remove the cup or wait for it to dribble down his leg?😯

Thanks for all your reports Mike , safe trip home and get well soon...

Thanks for all your reports Mike , safe trip home and get well soon...

Thanks for all your reports Mike , safe trip home and get well soon...

Past couple days have been great trails and great riding. Two days ago south to Packington and back up for lunch at the brick oven pizza restaurant in Cabano. Yesterday to Rimouski and Squatec. We ran into lots of traffic around Rimouski. 
This morning GKW headed home, I woke up with a head cold and Mark's Viper won't start. I was headed home the next day or two anyway, ended season with over 6,500 miles.  
Was blessed with so many friends, both those I rode with and those who stopped to visit. Thank you. And thanks to all who took time to read my posts.
mike
 
 

Great group of friends to travel with.   Two left early so our group of 6 became 4.   Always fun.  Planned next year’s trip on the drive home.   

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Fantastic way to end the season, great riding partners, great weather and a lot of miles. ( and a lot of laughs at "happy hour"). Thanks Mike, Farmer and Jack for the free guide services. You guys really know how to get around that area.  Stress free riding at its best. Nice meeting and riding with Mark & Keith.  Gary, thanks for the breakfast! Pleasant surprise. See you and all the Quebec riders I meant and rode with this winter. (on both sides of the river). Have a great, short summer. BTW, you guys got me thinking hard about a 4-stroke.
Joe
 

Last day and it was a 10+.   Amazing what grooming will do.   Ran the 595 north on our way back to Matane.   Two days ago it was bumped up from La Cache and the last 30 miles were bad.   Today perfect.   There are areas with drifting but it is due to the wind and soft snow.   Cold and barren up top. Had a close encounter with a moose by the river.   Waited for a while on the trail and when it turned back we moved to the woods to let it pass!   And, to top off the day saw a car that drive down the trail for a mile or so by the Grand Nature du Chic Chocs.   Not sure what they were thinking...  Fantastic trip.   1119 miles in 6 days.   

Waited while it passed.  
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