Snowdevil

It looks like we are going to cancel or gaspe trip and just rent a house on lac etchemin closer to home where we can just leave from our houses here in western maine and ride up to. With that being said it looks like the only trail access on lac etchemin in right down the center, does anyone here know if the lake is safe and being traveled on and across ?

Our trip is fast approaching and would like to know if anyone has information on what the conditions are like as of now. we cannot find an accurate assessment of conditions and the interactive map doesn’t look promising. Once again we will be riding from fort Kent maine and spending 1st night in mount joli then on to cap chat , grand valle, gaspe , carton sur mer we just don’t want to come to the gaspe to rid marginal conditions and we are locked in to feb 4 to 13 2024 Any info would be much appreciated

Here is what we came up with, any comment or suggestions of must see’s and routes would be appreciated. Fort Kent maine—- Northern door Mont Joli. —- Le Gaspesiane chic chocs / cap chat —-village grand nature Grande Vallee. —— hotel grand vallee gaspe. —hotel plante carlton sur-mer. —- Baie bleue then we are headed to see friends in N.B — island view lodge in blackville n.b.

We have all hotels booked and a route planned out .thanks for all the comments and advice . waiting on new sleds to arrive so we can buy our trail passes before dec 9

Great advice by all that have responded and I will plan out a route soon and start calling for reservations. I have been trying to look at the New Brunswick trail site but it is not up and running for the season yet. in trying to plan the 1st night how far would you say it is from fort kent to the Quebec system so I can account for that milage when planning on our 1st night ? Last time we rode to mount Joli but I was thinking of maybe going to Amqui this time instead and start from there. Working on the fqmi trail map it is hard to find towns with hotels within 150/175 miles a day . Here is what I came up with and I would like to know any thoughts or adjustments to route along with favorite hotels sights and Restraunts along the route. 1- fort kent to Amqui 2- Amqui to Mount st Pierre or mount Louis or Murdochville 3- st Pierre to Percé via 597 4 Percé to Carlton sur-mer 5 Carlton sur-mer to Campbellton and nb

We are looking to plan out a multi day backpack trip around the Gaspe Peninsula this feb 2024. We plan on leaving out of Fort Kent maine and returning through New Brunswick back to maine. We have done a similar trip about 12 years ago and a clubhouse in chandler set up all our reservations and our itinerary for mileage per day. I have not been able to contact them to see if they still do this so I am hoping to get some recommendations from this group on a preferred route and hotels to contact. We are very experienced riders and there will be a group of 3 couples and would like to ride 175 to 200 miles a day. We are planning on a week trip but have the flexibility to make it longer or shorter if needed. How busy is the Gaspe these days in February and should we map all or our lodging out for the whole trip or could we just wing it for a few days with lodging towards the end of trip? Any advice or a contact to someone who can assist on our trip planning will be greatly appreciated. We will be traveling with our wife’s and would like nicer accommodations for our lodging. thank you for any help and look forward to hearing some suggestions.