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Sorry forgot to post the last day, Day 4 Thursday. Decided to do a shorter day so we could get loaded up for home Friday morning. We took 63 West to St Zenon then continued to LaGlacier. Trail groomed nice to LaGlacier but rough after there. Trail passes through a forestry operation and there is about a 1/2 mile on the plowed and sanded logging road. This is the smoothest section of 63 Lol. Go down past Bazinette still rough. Finally groomed again at St. Emilie and we continued to St. Damien. There we picked up 23 and took it to 350 to Koubek’s for lunch. After lunch headed up 345 and back to LeCabanon 130 miles for the day. 750 miles for the 4 day trip. Trails mostly good some great and some rough. This area as always has a lot of traffic and gets used by a lot of tour groups. We still like it for the simple reason there are a lot of different loops that can be made from one spot and a lot of great places to stop trailside. They usually get very good snow as well and many use it as a gateway to the Quebec North

Yes on the Qc side and it is a park office guessing it is for the Zec.

A few more of the bridge🤪
 
 
 
 
 

Yes it was a day trip, approx 187km each way. I had a bit more track spin than others with a 1” track lol.

There is a parking area in Swisha at the Park Office. A lot of people will drive to KM 13 and unload there but then you are parking on the side of the road.

Had a great ride on Friday with a few lads. Ottawa received a lot of rain on Thursday and will need a bit of snow to get back on track.
Two hours north makes a huge difference. We left Ottawa at 6am drove up to Swisha, unloaded our sleds and rode to Kipawa. Round trip was 375km of beautiful trails. If you have not been up here, I highly recommend it.
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Have you considered the CKX mission? I own one and it is hands down the best helmet I've ever worn. I've owned a few ski-doo helmets including BV2S and sold all of them.

Have you considered the CKX mission? I own one and it is hands down the best helmet I've ever worn. I've owned a few ski-doo helmets including BV2S and sold all of them.

Have you considered the CKX mission? I own one and it is hands down the best helmet I've ever worn. I've owned a few ski-doo helmets including BV2S and sold all of them.

Have you considered the CKX mission? I own one and it is hands down the best helmet I've ever worn. I've owned a few ski-doo helmets including BV2S and sold all of them.

Saddle up, Quebec open for business 😜
 

This is my final call...LOL....just updated on The Weather Network. When I opened it and looked I felt like the teenage kid in the Animal House movie that was sitting on the edge of the bed with a porno mag when the chick came crashing through the window....." THANK YOU GOD " !!!!

Still showing closed on 63/386 North and West of La Verendrye. Spoke with Natalie approx. a month ago and she said the only thing closed this season is 63 West from the Lodge (Forestry work)

Dining there or?

Should be a busy Christmas week!

My Wife and I ran that trail in 09. We traveled in the opposite Direction. 
We saw no one until Vilebois. We did hit some perfect trails that day.
We made our way to Senneterre.
 

Thank you.  I run not studded.  Had a stud go through the heat exchanger in Quebec 8 years ago and left me stranded.  It sucked, never again.  You get used to running without studs.

Easily

I do recall that little pizza place was pretty good.  Sorry to take this post off track, but here I go… Funny story.  The second time I ate at that pizza joint my wife and I were passing through LSQ on our way to Matagami for the night, and stopped there for lunch.  I went outside for a second and one of the other customers had one of the Cat T660’s from back in the day.  They offered a remote starter on that sled.  So the guy hit the button as I walked past the sled to see my reaction as they were watching from inside.  I laughed because I knew a guy that had one and he told me about the remote start option.  So when I went back inside we all had a great laugh.  So the group asked where we were heading, and when I replied they said they were headed to the same place, so we teamed up, and travelled together for the next two days.  The second morning we were talking on the side of the trail when I noticed one guy was missing the breather flap on his BV2S helmet.  So I said your teeth must be cold.  He looked surprised and said how did you know that?  I said because I can see a piece your missing.  I had seen this issue pop up before and make life really uncomfortable for a friend. Ever since that day I carry spares.  So I fixed his helmet and off we went.  Later that night at dinner he wanted to pay me for the part, i told him thanks but no thanks, they cost almost nothing, you just have to have it when you need it.  To this day I still call that man once a year.  Turns out he was the club president in his region, Serge McDonaugh…doesn’t speak a lick of English mind you….lol.  His plane is the one you can see in the picture in front of the store in Clova on Dominic’s website.  Sorry for the long story about nothing more than snowmobiling tales…. Shit it’s why we are all here right?