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What an adventure. Thank you for the detailed report. Too bad no takers to go with you but I guess that offered a great deal of flexibility.

365 miles and in at 4p. Wow. Amazing. What a trip. Thank you for the report. So you packed everything into a 1 way U-Haul in Maine and dropped the truck in Michigan and rode the sleds back to Maine. So Cool. I actually rode through Monson last Tues and Wed.

Mike, Thanks for the reply. We are expecting decent Maine conditions with a little recent snowfall since the warmup, hopefully. Hope to get out to RDL one day since I've never really ridden that area yet and have been a regular reader of the RDL reports. Our Maine base is so nice its hard to get the group to pack their saddlebags for a tour. I miss the touring adventures. Happy trails.

Lack of recent fresh powder means we are heading to Maine next week instead of Utah or Montana. It's a long shot but my passport is not expired and might try to get the gang to bust into CA from Jackman. Haven't ridden my own sled in 3 years ! Any first hand report on conditions in this area? imotoneige says "Good" but all of the recent threads have lowered my confidence in relying on that. Thanks Jack

I hope you post an account of your adventure. I look forward to reading it.

Great reporting! Thank you.

Haven't been to Quebec in 5 years but I read this site almost daily. Facebook is an abysmal alternative for club updates due to algo manipulations. Strangely I run an old OS and "outdated" browser Safari 15.6.1 due to keeping my version of my CAD software going and QR works fine for me. Can the site be migrated to another product? I'm willing to kick in for a special assessment if needed as I am sure any serious Quebec rider would be willing to as well.

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I should stay out of it but I while I hated the stress of changing plans mid-trip a lot of the best memories came from adjusting lodging on the fly for what ever reason. How bout Parent to Pourv Lac Blanc ~400km. Pourv Lac Blanc to Roberval ~400km You could substitute something in Shawinigan for Lac Blanc too.

Thank you for reporting!

I remember when my dealer told me, once you go to Quebec you'll never go back to Tug Hill. The NY DMV is a fun place to register - 1st time ever we made it in during business hours only to not be able to register everyone due to closing time happening while we waited in line. I would go to any place in NY if thats where the snow is but any Saturday by early afternoon is when to be back at your lodging eating an early meal, especially if you're in the Tug Hill area. I will say the worst moguls I ever experienced were on TQ33 just before St Z one year when we rode from the Fairmont Montebello to SMDS. I had bad intel and not sure that trail had been groomed at all that season.

Haven't been north of the border since '18 or '19 but back then imotoneige was good enough to be your only GPS solution if you could keep your phone going in the cold. And the grooming info was very up to date. They must have changed contractors and switch to some AI BS to mess it up as much as I see here on QCR. A shame.

RIP Bernard. My friend Bob G recorded that video after he and another guy in our group got a ride back from L Etape that afternoon. We were on our way south from LSJ and it was -40. We stopped for gas and a soup warm-up on the way back from Alma and I mentioned it was so cold I wouldn't mind skipping the last bit of the ride. We hunted around L'Etape for lodging but the only thing that existed then was Sepaq. They weren't too friendly and had a big group of eco tourists there. Bob called Bernard who arranged for someone to drive Bob's truck and trailer to take him and our other friend and sleds back to the Safari. The rest of us rode on and met the 2 others back at Safari the next afternoon. Bob and Matt had a Hek of a time and drank it up with Bernard and other guests that evening. RIP to Bob G as well. We met through sledding and Bob G joined us on multiple trips I planned. He passed away a few years ago from some form of cancer. We were carrying pocket digital cameras then. Holy shit.

Nice to see you can get it if you want it.

Been flying out west the last 4 years to do that kind of riding mostly rather than QC touring. The Sled Den is on my bucket list now but looks like a lot of getting stuck and unstuck. Same as out west really but didn't see much open terrain there.