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Great report as usual Alain!  Thanks again.  Can't wait for January 12th!
Tom

Nice report Alain, hopefully this is the start of a record season! Eager to get up there, just realized yesterday my passport expired in May. Ugh!

What an awesome first ride of the season & thank-you for the great report & pictures

Finally done, our first ride this season along with here our first ride report! We surely crossed Hden that posted earlier with pretty much the same path but in reverse: we did Cabanon/ Mattawin round trip


Saturday morning, around -18C very gray sky and snow. Starting from the Auberge Le Cabanon parking lot in St-Zénon


Dooright had trace the route for us earlier this last week and it was an easy one to pick this path knowing that the vast majority of the trail is on forest road base so it is easy to get beautiful trails condition even with a limited snow cover




There are a few miles from the start of the auberge out of these forest roads which still lack some snow but on this Saturday morning, freshly groomed with cold temperature it seemed almost perfect. Once back on the main road, it feels like in the middle of the season, almost no rocks and very beautiful


Here at the entrance of the Mastigouche wildlife reserve




What helps a lot is that the firsts snowfalls threy got were very wet, which once frozen left a dense and compact material on the ground rather than fluffy snow this is what explains the good trail condition the snow cover still thin at about a foot before the precipitation of the weekend.



In many spots this snow had stay in the trees creating magnificent scenery




Here the Mattawin River Bridge





There are a couple miles more rough after the bridge



Until we get on the #360 in Zec Chapeau de paille territory.

Very nice trail


The trail is groomed up to the junction with #345 north to Lake Repos outfitter. Then there are a 10 miles that were not groomed yet before joining the section maintained by Mattawin. Honestly, apart from a few trees that have fallen in the road and it did not really made a big difference and it is still a pretty fast section while staying alert.



Here on the section maintained by Matawin with the glaciers that begin to form


Very nice and fast


This section along the river is always very nice to ride.





The beauties of winter




It looks like this on many miles !!




The #360 at its best



All this on a beautiful and fast trail




The last miles to join the Marineau auberge once out of the Zec are obviously less beautiful because the base is more rough and there are still some holes not completely clogged but it ride well even two-up. Here the classic view of the Mattawin River


We arrived at noon at the auberge Marineau with a little less than 80 miles on the dreammeter. We had a good lunch break and were nicely received as always.



The sun tend to point a bit after the lunch. Here a snowy section just after the bridge leaving from the Auberge



The view over the river with a little more light



We took the reverse path on the #360 to return


It looks like mid January in this area



We must pay attention to the branches that can hit our helmet. I got screwed and almost lost my Gopro when it got hit by one that I had missed and got ejected in the side trail snow.





It was snowing a little less in the afternoon




glaciers section seen the other way





Here in the ungroomed section, the worst pass with a lying tree in the trail that you must care of. There are a couple others that just partially obstruct the trail (I don’t even let the throttle) and all them can be seen very well in advance no problem




And although it was not yet groomed, we pushed some good speed spikes without problem


Since the #360 was riding so well, we decided to push up to the Taureau Dam before returning to the Cabanon. Minimum as beautiful if not better on this side



Dam crossing is no longer possible but it is still a nice place to take a break



On the return on the #345 not far after the Mattawin bridge we crossed the dozer


And we continued at a good pace towards the south. We took a small break at the entrance of the  Mastigouche reserve


We finally got back at the trailer a little before 4:30 pm with 178miles on the dreameter, not bad for a first ride.


In summary already very good for a season start, very few rocks and the snow that is actually falling in quantity will help to improve the conditions and widen the trail network. Temperatures are winter one and the lakes and rivers are actually at freezing, we can safely say that the snowmobile season is already begin and we will be able to enjoy it for the Christmas holidays!

You may want to take a look here to follow how the trails opening will go on, many details here:

http://snowmobilecountry.ca/en/conditions


Alain



 



 
 

Finally done, our first ride this season along with here our first ride report! We surely crossed Hden that posted earlier with pretty much the same path but in reverse: we did Cabanon/ Mattawin round trip


Saturday morning, around -18C very gray sky and snow. Starting from the Auberge Le Cabanon parking lot in St-Zénon


Dooright had trace the route for us earlier this last week and it was an easy one to pick this path knowing that the vast majority of the trail is on forest road base so it is easy to get beautiful trails condition even with a limited snow cover




There are a few miles from the start of the auberge out of these forest roads which still lack some snow but on this Saturday morning, freshly groomed with cold temperature it seemed almost perfect. Once back on the main road, it feels like in the middle of the season, almost no rocks and very beautiful


Here at the entrance of the Mastigouche wildlife reserve




What helps a lot is that the firsts snowfalls threy got were very wet, which once frozen left a dense and compact material on the ground rather than fluffy snow this is what explains the good trail condition the snow cover still thin at about a foot before the precipitation of the weekend.



In many spots this snow had stay in the trees creating magnificent scenery




Here the Mattawin River Bridge





There are a couple miles more rough after the bridge



Until we get on the #360 in Zec Chapeau de paille territory.

Very nice trail


The trail is groomed up to the junction with #345 north to Lake Repos outfitter. Then there are a 10 miles that were not groomed yet before joining the section maintained by Mattawin. Honestly, apart from a few trees that have fallen in the road and it did not really made a big difference and it is still a pretty fast section while staying alert.



Here on the section maintained by Matawin with the glaciers that begin to form


Very nice and fast


This section along the river is always very nice to ride.





The beauties of winter




It looks like this on many miles !!




The #360 at its best



All this on a beautiful and fast trail




The last miles to join the Marineau auberge once out of the Zec are obviously less beautiful because the base is more rough and there are still some holes not completely clogged but it ride well even two-up. Here the classic view of the Mattawin River


We arrived at noon at the auberge Marineau with a little less than 80 miles on the dreammeter. We had a good lunch break and were nicely received as always.



The sun tend to point a bit after the lunch. Here a snowy section just after the bridge leaving from the Auberge



The view over the river with a little more light



We took the reverse path on the #360 to return


It looks like mid January in this area



We must pay attention to the branches that can hit our helmet. I got screwed and almost lost my Gopro when it got hit by one that I had missed and got ejected in the side trail snow.





It was snowing a little less in the afternoon




glaciers section seen the other way





Here in the ungroomed section, the worst pass with a lying tree in the trail that you must care of. There are a couple others that just partially obstruct the trail (I don’t even let the throttle) and all them can be seen very well in advance no problem




And although it was not yet groomed, we pushed some good speed spikes without problem


Since the #360 was riding so well, we decided to push up to the Taureau Dam before returning to the Cabanon. Minimum as beautiful if not better on this side



Dam crossing is no longer possible but it is still a nice place to take a break



On the return on the #345 not far after the Mattawin bridge we crossed the dozer


And we continued at a good pace towards the south. We took a small break at the entrance of the  Mastigouche reserve


We finally got back at the trailer a little before 4:30 pm with 178miles on the dreameter, not bad for a first ride.


In summary already very good for a season start, very few rocks and the snow that is actually falling in quantity will help to improve the conditions and widen the trail network. Temperatures are winter one and the lakes and rivers are actually at freezing, we can safely say that the snowmobile season is already begin and we will be able to enjoy it for the Christmas holidays!

You may want to take a look here to follow how the trails opening will go on, many details here:

http://snowmobilecountry.ca/en/conditions


Alain



 



 
 

Finally done, our first ride this season along with here our first ride report! We surely crossed Hden that posted earlier with pretty much the same path but in reverse: we did Cabanon/ Mattawin round trip


Saturday morning, around -18C very gray sky and snow. Starting from the Auberge Le Cabanon parking lot in St-Zénon


Dooright had trace the route for us earlier this last week and it was an easy one to pick this path knowing that the vast majority of the trail is on forest road base so it is easy to get beautiful trails condition even with a limited snow cover




There are a few miles from the start of the auberge out of these forest roads which still lack some snow but on this Saturday morning, freshly groomed with cold temperature it seemed almost perfect. Once back on the main road, it feels like in the middle of the season, almost no rocks and very beautiful


Here at the entrance of the Mastigouche wildlife reserve




What helps a lot is that the firsts snowfalls threy got were very wet, which once frozen left a dense and compact material on the ground rather than fluffy snow this is what explains the good trail condition the snow cover still thin at about a foot before the precipitation of the weekend.



In many spots this snow had stay in the trees creating magnificent scenery




Here the Mattawin River Bridge





There are a couple miles more rough after the bridge



Until we get on the #360 in Zec Chapeau de paille territory.

Very nice trail


The trail is groomed up to the junction with #345 north to Lake Repos outfitter. Then there are a 10 miles that were not groomed yet before joining the section maintained by Mattawin. Honestly, apart from a few trees that have fallen in the road and it did not really made a big difference and it is still a pretty fast section while staying alert.



Here on the section maintained by Matawin with the glaciers that begin to form


Very nice and fast


This section along the river is always very nice to ride.





The beauties of winter




It looks like this on many miles !!




The #360 at its best



All this on a beautiful and fast trail




The last miles to join the Marineau auberge once out of the Zec are obviously less beautiful because the base is more rough and there are still some holes not completely clogged but it ride well even two-up. Here the classic view of the Mattawin River


We arrived at noon at the auberge Marineau with a little less than 80 miles on the dreammeter. We had a good lunch break and were nicely received as always.



The sun tend to point a bit after the lunch. Here a snowy section just after the bridge leaving from the Auberge



The view over the river with a little more light



We took the reverse path on the #360 to return


It looks like mid January in this area



We must pay attention to the branches that can hit our helmet. I got screwed and almost lost my Gopro when it got hit by one that I had missed and got ejected in the side trail snow.





It was snowing a little less in the afternoon




glaciers section seen the other way





Here in the ungroomed section, the worst pass with a lying tree in the trail that you must care of. There are a couple others that just partially obstruct the trail (I don’t even let the throttle) and all them can be seen very well in advance no problem




And although it was not yet groomed, we pushed some good speed spikes without problem


Since the #360 was riding so well, we decided to push up to the Taureau Dam before returning to the Cabanon. Minimum as beautiful if not better on this side



Dam crossing is no longer possible but it is still a nice place to take a break



On the return on the #345 not far after the Mattawin bridge we crossed the dozer


And we continued at a good pace towards the south. We took a small break at the entrance of the  Mastigouche reserve


We finally got back at the trailer a little before 4:30 pm with 178miles on the dreameter, not bad for a first ride.


In summary already very good for a season start, very few rocks and the snow that is actually falling in quantity will help to improve the conditions and widen the trail network. Temperatures are winter one and the lakes and rivers are actually at freezing, we can safely say that the snowmobile season is already begin and we will be able to enjoy it for the Christmas holidays!

You may want to take a look here to follow how the trails opening will go on, many details here:

http://snowmobilecountry.ca/en/conditions


Alain



 



 
 

Finally done, our first ride this season along with here our first ride report! We surely crossed Hden that posted earlier with pretty much the same path but in reverse: we did Cabanon/ Mattawin round trip


Saturday morning, around -18C very gray sky and snow. Starting from the Auberge Le Cabanon parking lot in St-Zénon


Dooright had trace the route for us earlier this last week and it was an easy one to pick this path knowing that the vast majority of the trail is on forest road base so it is easy to get beautiful trails condition even with a limited snow cover




There are a few miles from the start of the auberge out of these forest roads which still lack some snow but on this Saturday morning, freshly groomed with cold temperature it seemed almost perfect. Once back on the main road, it feels like in the middle of the season, almost no rocks and very beautiful


Here at the entrance of the Mastigouche wildlife reserve




What helps a lot is that the firsts snowfalls threy got were very wet, which once frozen left a dense and compact material on the ground rather than fluffy snow this is what explains the good trail condition the snow cover still thin at about a foot before the precipitation of the weekend.



In many spots this snow had stay in the trees creating magnificent scenery




Here the Mattawin River Bridge





There are a couple miles more rough after the bridge



Until we get on the #360 in Zec Chapeau de paille territory.

Very nice trail


The trail is groomed up to the junction with #345 north to Lake Repos outfitter. Then there are a 10 miles that were not groomed yet before joining the section maintained by Mattawin. Honestly, apart from a few trees that have fallen in the road and it did not really made a big difference and it is still a pretty fast section while staying alert.



Here on the section maintained by Matawin with the glaciers that begin to form


Very nice and fast


This section along the river is always very nice to ride.





The beauties of winter




It looks like this on many miles !!




The #360 at its best



All this on a beautiful and fast trail




The last miles to join the Marineau auberge once out of the Zec are obviously less beautiful because the base is more rough and there are still some holes not completely clogged but it ride well even two-up. Here the classic view of the Mattawin River


We arrived at noon at the auberge Marineau with a little less than 80 miles on the dreammeter. We had a good lunch break and were nicely received as always.



The sun tend to point a bit after the lunch. Here a snowy section just after the bridge leaving from the Auberge



The view over the river with a little more light



We took the reverse path on the #360 to return


It looks like mid January in this area



We must pay attention to the branches that can hit our helmet. I got screwed and almost lost my Gopro when it got hit by one that I had missed and got ejected in the side trail snow.





It was snowing a little less in the afternoon




glaciers section seen the other way





Here in the ungroomed section, the worst pass with a lying tree in the trail that you must care of. There are a couple others that just partially obstruct the trail (I don’t even let the throttle) and all them can be seen very well in advance no problem




And although it was not yet groomed, we pushed some good speed spikes without problem


Since the #360 was riding so well, we decided to push up to the Taureau Dam before returning to the Cabanon. Minimum as beautiful if not better on this side



Dam crossing is no longer possible but it is still a nice place to take a break



On the return on the #345 not far after the Mattawin bridge we crossed the dozer


And we continued at a good pace towards the south. We took a small break at the entrance of the  Mastigouche reserve


We finally got back at the trailer a little before 4:30 pm with 178miles on the dreameter, not bad for a first ride.


In summary already very good for a season start, very few rocks and the snow that is actually falling in quantity will help to improve the conditions and widen the trail network. Temperatures are winter one and the lakes and rivers are actually at freezing, we can safely say that the snowmobile season is already begin and we will be able to enjoy it for the Christmas holidays!

You may want to take a look here to follow how the trails opening will go on, many details here:

http://snowmobilecountry.ca/en/conditions


Alain



 



 
 

hi tom !!!
thx...better reply now before landing on my couch ...hahha
great day ...slow a bit ...with that rain ..machine was heavier ...but fun one !!!
beside town ...very happy with quantity of snow for the first run !!! i ve seen worse !!!
local trails tomorrow !!!
 
jean-guy

Finally done, our first ride this season along with here our first ride report! We surely crossed Hden that posted earlier with pretty much the same path but in reverse: we did Cabanon/ Mattawin round trip


Saturday morning, around -18C very gray sky and snow. Starting from the Auberge Le Cabanon parking lot in St-Zénon


Dooright had trace the route for us earlier this last week and it was an easy one to pick this path knowing that the vast majority of the trail is on forest road base so it is easy to get beautiful trails condition even with a limited snow cover




There are a few miles from the start of the auberge out of these forest roads which still lack some snow but on this Saturday morning, freshly groomed with cold temperature it seemed almost perfect. Once back on the main road, it feels like in the middle of the season, almost no rocks and very beautiful


Here at the entrance of the Mastigouche wildlife reserve




What helps a lot is that the firsts snowfalls threy got were very wet, which once frozen left a dense and compact material on the ground rather than fluffy snow this is what explains the good trail condition the snow cover still thin at about a foot before the precipitation of the weekend.



In many spots this snow had stay in the trees creating magnificent scenery




Here the Mattawin River Bridge





There are a couple miles more rough after the bridge



Until we get on the #360 in Zec Chapeau de paille territory.

Very nice trail


The trail is groomed up to the junction with #345 north to Lake Repos outfitter. Then there are a 10 miles that were not groomed yet before joining the section maintained by Mattawin. Honestly, apart from a few trees that have fallen in the road and it did not really made a big difference and it is still a pretty fast section while staying alert.



Here on the section maintained by Matawin with the glaciers that begin to form


Very nice and fast


This section along the river is always very nice to ride.





The beauties of winter




It looks like this on many miles !!




The #360 at its best



All this on a beautiful and fast trail




The last miles to join the Marineau auberge once out of the Zec are obviously less beautiful because the base is more rough and there are still some holes not completely clogged but it ride well even two-up. Here the classic view of the Mattawin River


We arrived at noon at the auberge Marineau with a little less than 80 miles on the dreammeter. We had a good lunch break and were nicely received as always.



The sun tend to point a bit after the lunch. Here a snowy section just after the bridge leaving from the Auberge



The view over the river with a little more light



We took the reverse path on the #360 to return


It looks like mid January in this area



We must pay attention to the branches that can hit our helmet. I got screwed and almost lost my Gopro when it got hit by one that I had missed and got ejected in the side trail snow.





It was snowing a little less in the afternoon




glaciers section seen the other way





Here in the ungroomed section, the worst pass with a lying tree in the trail that you must care of. There are a couple others that just partially obstruct the trail (I don’t even let the throttle) and all them can be seen very well in advance no problem




And although it was not yet groomed, we pushed some good speed spikes without problem


Since the #360 was riding so well, we decided to push up to the Taureau Dam before returning to the Cabanon. Minimum as beautiful if not better on this side



Dam crossing is no longer possible but it is still a nice place to take a break



On the return on the #345 not far after the Mattawin bridge we crossed the dozer


And we continued at a good pace towards the south. We took a small break at the entrance of the  Mastigouche reserve


We finally got back at the trailer a little before 4:30 pm with 178miles on the dreameter, not bad for a first ride.


In summary already very good for a season start, very few rocks and the snow that is actually falling in quantity will help to improve the conditions and widen the trail network. Temperatures are winter one and the lakes and rivers are actually at freezing, we can safely say that the snowmobile season is already begin and we will be able to enjoy it for the Christmas holidays!

You may want to take a look here to follow how the trails opening will go on, many details here:

http://snowmobilecountry.ca/en/conditions


Alain



 



 
 

Finally done, our first ride this season along with here our first ride report! We surely crossed Hden that posted earlier with pretty much the same path but in reverse: we did Cabanon/ Mattawin round trip


Saturday morning, around -18C very gray sky and snow. Starting from the Auberge Le Cabanon parking lot in St-Zénon


Dooright had trace the route for us earlier this last week and it was an easy one to pick this path knowing that the vast majority of the trail is on forest road base so it is easy to get beautiful trails condition even with a limited snow cover




There are a few miles from the start of the auberge out of these forest roads which still lack some snow but on this Saturday morning, freshly groomed with cold temperature it seemed almost perfect. Once back on the main road, it feels like in the middle of the season, almost no rocks and very beautiful


Here at the entrance of the Mastigouche wildlife reserve




What helps a lot is that the firsts snowfalls threy got were very wet, which once frozen left a dense and compact material on the ground rather than fluffy snow this is what explains the good trail condition the snow cover still thin at about a foot before the precipitation of the weekend.



In many spots this snow had stay in the trees creating magnificent scenery




Here the Mattawin River Bridge





There are a couple miles more rough after the bridge



Until we get on the #360 in Zec Chapeau de paille territory.

Very nice trail


The trail is groomed up to the junction with #345 north to Lake Repos outfitter. Then there are a 10 miles that were not groomed yet before joining the section maintained by Mattawin. Honestly, apart from a few trees that have fallen in the road and it did not really made a big difference and it is still a pretty fast section while staying alert.



Here on the section maintained by Matawin with the glaciers that begin to form


Very nice and fast


This section along the river is always very nice to ride.





The beauties of winter




It looks like this on many miles !!




The #360 at its best



All this on a beautiful and fast trail




The last miles to join the Marineau auberge once out of the Zec are obviously less beautiful because the base is more rough and there are still some holes not completely clogged but it ride well even two-up. Here the classic view of the Mattawin River


We arrived at noon at the auberge Marineau with a little less than 80 miles on the dreammeter. We had a good lunch break and were nicely received as always.



The sun tend to point a bit after the lunch. Here a snowy section just after the bridge leaving from the Auberge



The view over the river with a little more light



We took the reverse path on the #360 to return


It looks like mid January in this area



We must pay attention to the branches that can hit our helmet. I got screwed and almost lost my Gopro when it got hit by one that I had missed and got ejected in the side trail snow.





It was snowing a little less in the afternoon




glaciers section seen the other way





Here in the ungroomed section, the worst pass with a lying tree in the trail that you must care of. There are a couple others that just partially obstruct the trail (I don’t even let the throttle) and all them can be seen very well in advance no problem




And although it was not yet groomed, we pushed some good speed spikes without problem


Since the #360 was riding so well, we decided to push up to the Taureau Dam before returning to the Cabanon. Minimum as beautiful if not better on this side



Dam crossing is no longer possible but it is still a nice place to take a break



On the return on the #345 not far after the Mattawin bridge we crossed the dozer


And we continued at a good pace towards the south. We took a small break at the entrance of the  Mastigouche reserve


We finally got back at the trailer a little before 4:30 pm with 178miles on the dreameter, not bad for a first ride.


In summary already very good for a season start, very few rocks and the snow that is actually falling in quantity will help to improve the conditions and widen the trail network. Temperatures are winter one and the lakes and rivers are actually at freezing, we can safely say that the snowmobile season is already begin and we will be able to enjoy it for the Christmas holidays!

You may want to take a look here to follow how the trails opening will go on, many details here:

http://snowmobilecountry.ca/en/conditions


Alain



 



 
 

Finally done, our first ride this season along with here our first ride report! We surely crossed Hden that posted earlier with pretty much the same path but in reverse: we did Cabanon/ Mattawin round trip


Saturday morning, around -18C very gray sky and snow. Starting from the Auberge Le Cabanon parking lot in St-Zénon


Dooright had trace the route for us earlier this last week and it was an easy one to pick this path knowing that the vast majority of the trail is on forest road base so it is easy to get beautiful trails condition even with a limited snow cover




There are a few miles from the start of the auberge out of these forest roads which still lack some snow but on this Saturday morning, freshly groomed with cold temperature it seemed almost perfect. Once back on the main road, it feels like in the middle of the season, almost no rocks and very beautiful


Here at the entrance of the Mastigouche wildlife reserve




What helps a lot is that the firsts snowfalls threy got were very wet, which once frozen left a dense and compact material on the ground rather than fluffy snow this is what explains the good trail condition the snow cover still thin at about a foot before the precipitation of the weekend.



In many spots this snow had stay in the trees creating magnificent scenery




Here the Mattawin River Bridge





There are a couple miles more rough after the bridge



Until we get on the #360 in Zec Chapeau de paille territory.

Very nice trail


The trail is groomed up to the junction with #345 north to Lake Repos outfitter. Then there are a 10 miles that were not groomed yet before joining the section maintained by Mattawin. Honestly, apart from a few trees that have fallen in the road and it did not really made a big difference and it is still a pretty fast section while staying alert.



Here on the section maintained by Matawin with the glaciers that begin to form


Very nice and fast


This section along the river is always very nice to ride.





The beauties of winter




It looks like this on many miles !!




The #360 at its best



All this on a beautiful and fast trail




The last miles to join the Marineau auberge once out of the Zec are obviously less beautiful because the base is more rough and there are still some holes not completely clogged but it ride well even two-up. Here the classic view of the Mattawin River


We arrived at noon at the auberge Marineau with a little less than 80 miles on the dreammeter. We had a good lunch break and were nicely received as always.



The sun tend to point a bit after the lunch. Here a snowy section just after the bridge leaving from the Auberge



The view over the river with a little more light



We took the reverse path on the #360 to return


It looks like mid January in this area



We must pay attention to the branches that can hit our helmet. I got screwed and almost lost my Gopro when it got hit by one that I had missed and got ejected in the side trail snow.





It was snowing a little less in the afternoon




glaciers section seen the other way





Here in the ungroomed section, the worst pass with a lying tree in the trail that you must care of. There are a couple others that just partially obstruct the trail (I don’t even let the throttle) and all them can be seen very well in advance no problem




And although it was not yet groomed, we pushed some good speed spikes without problem


Since the #360 was riding so well, we decided to push up to the Taureau Dam before returning to the Cabanon. Minimum as beautiful if not better on this side



Dam crossing is no longer possible but it is still a nice place to take a break



On the return on the #345 not far after the Mattawin bridge we crossed the dozer


And we continued at a good pace towards the south. We took a small break at the entrance of the  Mastigouche reserve


We finally got back at the trailer a little before 4:30 pm with 178miles on the dreameter, not bad for a first ride.


In summary already very good for a season start, very few rocks and the snow that is actually falling in quantity will help to improve the conditions and widen the trail network. Temperatures are winter one and the lakes and rivers are actually at freezing, we can safely say that the snowmobile season is already begin and we will be able to enjoy it for the Christmas holidays!

You may want to take a look here to follow how the trails opening will go on, many details here:

http://snowmobilecountry.ca/en/conditions


Alain



 



 
 

Again, to help to pass through the hard waiting time before riding, I put together a compilation of the links to the ride reports I made last season.
8 ride reports of 14 sledding days containing more than 300pics and a video tooks mainly in Lanaudiere, Mauricie and Haute-Mauricie.
From 16 January 2016 to 12march 2016, enjoy!
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4036-st-zenon-glacièrepourvoirie-repos-16january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4056-joliettest-zenon-mastigouche-reserve-23january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4081-joliettecoin-lavignest-alexis-des-monts-30january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4104-st-gabrielst-zénon360trailmattawinriver-6february2016-pics-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4127-vidéo-report-lanaudièremauricie-trail360
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4147-grand-mèrest-joseph-de-mékinakgazoduczec-tawachiche-13february2016-photo-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4176-joliettest-cômechertsey-photo-ride-report-20february2016
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4240-jolietteréservoirgouinrouyn-norandaville-marie-28feb-5march2016-photo-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4263-jolietterivière-mattawinmastigouche-reserve-photo-ride-report-12-march-2016
for more, wait for new ones or take a look at last year ones:
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/3937-pictures-ride-reports-2014-15-compilation
Alain

First real ride of this season . We started at La  Glaciere this morning rode to the Marineau in Mattiwin for lunch and back .  Pretty good for December with about 200 miles on the clock for the day .  a nice balmy -7° on return to the truck  ! 



 

I had tried to planned an exploration run for tomorrow Sunday but finally failed to fit it in the planning... too much busy, I will be there next weekend.
They open the trails in Mastigouche reserve on summer roads and the comments from those who ride there are very good on FB. Looking very promising for the next weeks and Christmas holidays

Alain
 
 

I had tried to planned an exploration run for tomorrow Sunday but finally failed to fit it in the planning... too much busy, I will be there next weekend.
They open the trails in Mastigouche reserve on summer roads and the comments from those who ride there are very good on FB. Looking very promising for the next weeks and Christmas holidays

Alain
 
 

I had tried to planned an exploration run for tomorrow Sunday but finally failed to fit it in the planning... too much busy, I will be there next weekend.
They open the trails in Mastigouche reserve on summer roads and the comments from those who ride there are very good on FB. Looking very promising for the next weeks and Christmas holidays

Alain
 
 

Great wide fast trails joined by 90 degre curves very typical to Abitibi where next and it is at a fast pace that we arrived at 5:20 p.m. at Amos with 240miles on the dreameter



I had “forgot” to tell Krikri that hot tubs were outside ... It took a little argumentation to convince her to go barefoot in a bathing suit on the snow to go in but it well worth it! What a relaxation after a good sledding day. I then joined Snowmaster and his crew and had a great time to practice my frenglish, a very nice team.



Wednesday morning -27C, our new friends who started their ride sooner than us, going to Matagami round trip stopped to say goodbye before leaving. We knew it was possible but unlikely that our paths cross again because they were to sleep on Thursday night at the Domaine in La Verendrye Park via trail #386 and we were supposed to sleep that evening at Verendrye Pavilion (55 miles more west) via trail #63.



So we leave again westward and got back on #83 trail a little further.



This one is hard to miss but a little scary too !!!



Shortly before arriving in Rouyn Noranda, we were following since a while a group of three riders who were going a little slower but that did not seem to care that other snowmobilers exist...I took patient knowing we would eventually get our chance to pass. We came to one curve and see the second of the group who missed the curve, scraped a 12 foot of side trail branches before crashing on the other side? Sled was turned on it side and the driver was traped under it the head in the snow! We therefore stop helping the unfortunate. I think he was lucky we have not already passed them because the first had continued without noticing anything and the last did not look so wise... Snowcruiser and I were already at pushing back on it skis the big Panthera to free the poor man and the 3th guy just look at us and I had to ask for him to help! It took some time but the gentleman finally got up and not seems too injured but did not speak and was visibly shaken. Aside from a broken saddlebag and few scratches the Panthera seems ok. We stayed there a little and the man looking ok, we finally left continue

Farther 2 polices were parked at the entrance of Rouyn-Noranda. The temperature was very cold around -20C at noon and the prospect of undress myself to find my papers was not tempting but luckily, we ran into nice guys who have made no case that my plate was hidden by my saddle bag and have not even made us show our papers. It was obvious we were tourists with our 2 touring sleds loaded and they were gentlemens. They even gave us directions for the gas and restaurants. Really nice officers and much appreciated the way they treated us



NEXT PART COMING SOON ....

Again, to help to pass through the hard waiting time before riding, I put together a compilation of the links to the ride reports I made last season.
8 ride reports of 14 sledding days containing more than 300pics and a video tooks mainly in Lanaudiere, Mauricie and Haute-Mauricie.
From 16 January 2016 to 12march 2016, enjoy!
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4036-st-zenon-glacièrepourvoirie-repos-16january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4056-joliettest-zenon-mastigouche-reserve-23january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4081-joliettecoin-lavignest-alexis-des-monts-30january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4104-st-gabrielst-zénon360trailmattawinriver-6february2016-pics-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4127-vidéo-report-lanaudièremauricie-trail360
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4147-grand-mèrest-joseph-de-mékinakgazoduczec-tawachiche-13february2016-photo-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4176-joliettest-cômechertsey-photo-ride-report-20february2016
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4240-jolietteréservoirgouinrouyn-norandaville-marie-28feb-5march2016-photo-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4263-jolietterivière-mattawinmastigouche-reserve-photo-ride-report-12-march-2016
for more, wait for new ones or take a look at last year ones:
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/3937-pictures-ride-reports-2014-15-compilation
Alain

It's white and cold too at home... got in the village of St-Zénon by car today and seen nice scenery


It look promising and the weather forecast look pretty good too... maybe an early start this season ???
Alain
 

It's white and cold too at home... got in the village of St-Zénon by car today and seen nice scenery


It look promising and the weather forecast look pretty good too... maybe an early start this season ???
Alain
 

Again, to help to pass through the hard waiting time before riding, I put together a compilation of the links to the ride reports I made last season.
8 ride reports of 14 sledding days containing more than 300pics and a video tooks mainly in Lanaudiere, Mauricie and Haute-Mauricie.
From 16 January 2016 to 12march 2016, enjoy!
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4036-st-zenon-glacièrepourvoirie-repos-16january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4056-joliettest-zenon-mastigouche-reserve-23january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4081-joliettecoin-lavignest-alexis-des-monts-30january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4104-st-gabrielst-zénon360trailmattawinriver-6february2016-pics-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4127-vidéo-report-lanaudièremauricie-trail360
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4147-grand-mèrest-joseph-de-mékinakgazoduczec-tawachiche-13february2016-photo-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4176-joliettest-cômechertsey-photo-ride-report-20february2016
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4240-jolietteréservoirgouinrouyn-norandaville-marie-28feb-5march2016-photo-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4263-jolietterivière-mattawinmastigouche-reserve-photo-ride-report-12-march-2016
for more, wait for new ones or take a look at last year ones:
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/3937-pictures-ride-reports-2014-15-compilation
Alain

It's white and cold too at home... got in the village of St-Zénon by car today and seen nice scenery


It look promising and the weather forecast look pretty good too... maybe an early start this season ???
Alain
 

Again, to help to pass through the hard waiting time before riding, I put together a compilation of the links to the ride reports I made last season.
8 ride reports of 14 sledding days containing more than 300pics and a video tooks mainly in Lanaudiere, Mauricie and Haute-Mauricie.
From 16 January 2016 to 12march 2016, enjoy!
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4036-st-zenon-glacièrepourvoirie-repos-16january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4056-joliettest-zenon-mastigouche-reserve-23january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4081-joliettecoin-lavignest-alexis-des-monts-30january2016-photo-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4104-st-gabrielst-zénon360trailmattawinriver-6february2016-pics-ride-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4127-vidéo-report-lanaudièremauricie-trail360
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4147-grand-mèrest-joseph-de-mékinakgazoduczec-tawachiche-13february2016-photo-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4176-joliettest-cômechertsey-photo-ride-report-20february2016
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4240-jolietteréservoirgouinrouyn-norandaville-marie-28feb-5march2016-photo-report
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4263-jolietterivière-mattawinmastigouche-reserve-photo-ride-report-12-march-2016
for more, wait for new ones or take a look at last year ones:
www.quebecrider.com/forums/index.php?/topic/3937-pictures-ride-reports-2014-15-compilation
Alain

It's white and cold too at home... got in the village of St-Zénon by car today and seen nice scenery


It look promising and the weather forecast look pretty good too... maybe an early start this season ???
Alain
 

It's white and cold too at home... got in the village of St-Zénon by car today and seen nice scenery


It look promising and the weather forecast look pretty good too... maybe an early start this season ???
Alain