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  2. Tremblant Parc - Rouge Matawin issues

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    Merry Christmas Richie

    It's looking a little "iffy" right now amigo. No snow here in the past 6 days and nothing forecast till New Year's weekend, and that is to be ice/rain. Eyes glued to Accuweather each day. It's not encouraging. We need at least a foot of snow to get back in shape. Some trails are in decent shape but most of the hillsides have more and more clunkers coming through as the traffic takes it toll. St-Donat and Notre-Dame clubs are trying their best but have very little for the groomers to work with. It's really too bad as the temps have been perfect....down to single digits (F) each nite and highs in the mid-teens to low twenties each day. It's 12F here right now. At least they are riding Archambault now so the speed demons are getting their rocks off (and not pounding the trails).

    We're going to keep a keen eye on the weather the next couple of day, hoping for some encouragement, but if it stays as it has been forecast the past few days, we'll probably bail out and return to slowville on Tuesday or Wednesday. Happy New Year!

    We're just setting out for Coin Lavigne - Glaciere - Koubec loop. I want to check out Coin Lavigne - St-Come trail, then over Pont Suspendu on the way back thru Notre-Dame.

    timbo

    Thanks Bud keep me infomed and will keep a eye on the weather if not good there will find something to do for New years.Let me know. Me and Kayann will being going some where if you want to join us for New Years.Rich

  4. Tremblant Parc - Rouge Matawin issues

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    Am at my place in St-Donat and have been riding in Lenaudiere for the past 4 days. I have encountered 5 or 6 different groups of riders who have been "directionally challenged" with current trail routing in the Mount-Tremblant park area.

    Just a few observations that my save some of you a little inconvenience. Basically, this all stems from a couple of topics that were covered here on this site during the past month or so. Most folks who ride in the St-Donat/St-Michel-des-Saints area were aware that the St-Michel relay was to be closed for this season, with no food or gas available at the cafeteria near the St-Michel park gate. This was to be the last season for snowmobiles in the National Mt-Tremblant park as all trails hereafter were to be either in the Reserves Faunique (like the Mastigouche or Rouge-Matawin) or on private forest lands. As part of this transition, we were to be able to ride just this last season thru the Park from St-Donat, thru only the Caribou Park gate, to get to the Relay Cypres. A new trail was to be constructed from Lac Croche, just outside the Caribou park gate, that would cross just outside the Tremblant Park and connect at the Coin Lavigne by the St-Come park gate. This new trail was to be a re-routed TQ33 which was to eventually connect with TQ 63, a few miles west of La La Glaciere. All these new trails resulting in the plan to keep sleds out of National Parks are shown on both the 2010-2011 Lenaudiere and the 2010-2011 Quebec trail maps. The elimination of TQ 33 leading from St-Donat, thru the St-Donat park gate, is also depicted on both official maps.

    The deal is, the new TQ 33 leading from Lac Croche to Coin Lavigne is not finished. It is not open. I was at the intersection of (the new, proposed intersection)TQ33/310 at Lac Croche yesterday and met with two officials of the St-Donat snomobile club and they reported that the new trail would not be completed for at least a month. To deal with this issue, the Club has made arrangements with the National Park people to permit the St-Donat park gate entrance to remain open this winter, and TQ 33 will still access the park thru the same trail as it used the past couple of winters, passing by the Relais Cypres as it had last year. The Caribou gate will also be open (310), as it was last winter.

    The resulting jug screw from this mapping debacle has a lot of the pilgrims who are here riding in this part of Lenaudiere, using their brandy-new 2011 Trail Maps, driving around in circles scratching their heads, and lost.

    If you are planning on riding in this area for the next month or so, be aware.

    Riding the hell out of my new Rush Pro R 800 thru the majestic beauty of Lenaudiere.

    timbo

  17. Where am I?

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    Yes it was a long ways, BUT I was looking! Here is a stand of mature 80 yr old Black Spruce. (not far from the Circle)

    Maybe a little scattered, and the cost of trucking it to the mill could be high. LOL

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    Well you could always drag it with your snowmobile

  25. Winter Grand Gathering

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    Hi Zen

    You should try to make it to 100 lacs in Jan. I am doing my best to convince Snowmaster 2112 Chris the man to join us . It will not be boring!!!

    Andy

    Well lads Its getting closer now will be leaving next thursday jan 15 . It will be a pleasure to to seee you guys again and enjoy an adult brevage with you and tell some storys. Rich

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