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Always look forward to the blue fonts ! Nice report. I see on the club site the local trail from Chambord to Roberval is listed as closed . We ran across there last week as well. Went up the boat ramp in Roberval, ultramar a few streets away.

I'm sure happy my wifey picked this past weekend for her eye laser surgery. I could not have put up with such crappy conditions ! :-(

www.lasagueneene.com looks like nice digs !

You need to stop talking yourself out of going !

Sled is loaded !

I know ! ,We had scoped LT2 out long ago . Just seems we were never headed that way to ride it.

Day 2 The breakfast at the Chateau was worth the trip ! Looking outside, are you kidding me ! It below zerof winds been whipping all night too . This can't be March 16th , more like January. Pop out of the tent n head up the drifting , drifted 373. Much colder up in the hills on TQ83 between Roberval and realis 22 . Closer we rode to 22 , the deeper the new snow. I'm thinkin more than a foot in some places. Fuel , defrost and a chat at 22 . The owner says 2 more weeks the groomer will run, thinks trails will be good until may. Also told us he's had a decent season. . Very few American riders thought. Back on the trail at 11 . Groomer had run up during the storm so not nearly as much loose snow now. much faster pace headed to la tuque. This is the first time in a while I've been on this part of TQ73, it'nice ! There is a short section(15km) that the car road uses the trail , its plowed to ice but no sand. Clear sailing to la tuque , its a lille over 100 miles pump to pump now for that stretch. We did the Subway short cut up to the 73 , push south to 355 pipeline. Jaybird caught a glimpse of a lynx just before the train bridge ! Big cats 2 weeks in a row ! Picked up the 351 at the power lines , back down to the 23 . Getting into a little more Sunday afternoon traffic and it's much warmer ...+ 20f now. Grab M-1 and at the Comfort inn at 4:30 ,290+ for the day. In summary, it's still mid winter conditions for now.. Unreal saddle bagging for mid March

Riding gang down to two for this weekend 3/15 3/16. Made the call .. I need to ride ! Friday night in the truck up to Shawinigan with Jaybird. Had hopes of staying at Escapade, no dice it's full for the night. Off to the Comfort inn for our first time. Super nice place , large room , trail right there , no problem. Breakfast starts at 6 so thats cool. Had kinda late night so breakfast at 7, on the trails to Roberval by 8. Start on M-1 to the 23 shoot to 353 up to TQ73 . The plan is to catch LT2 , be the first time for us. Picked up LT2 no problem. New snow from the night before is really piling up , seems a foot of new or so to make this really really nice.Dumped out at trapper at 11:45 , bunch of sleds there so kept rolling. Domaine for fuel and lunch, super busy there as well filled with locals. Push the button and head up 355 , lots of new snow pretty much single track the whole way to TQ83. Plenty of daylight left so turn right and head to Chambord to cut across the lake on the local trail to Roberval. Slight problem. .. there's no trail now ! After great thought ... and there's a few tracks and sight of some fishing shantys out there ,we pointed on the orange gps line and made a bee line to the other side to Roberval. Quick tour of downtown then picked up 373 and pulled into Chateau roberval at 5with 280 miles for the day. Very quiet here,food/service was good, room was real nice with vermont channels on the tube! 6 sleds total in tent the morning.

Sure hope the weather changes in your favor .. push on and be safe

We did that western trip a few weeks back , its posted in the Abitibi section.

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That sure is a cool loop , sounds like it for you guys with a little adventure added in ! Oh , as of 2012 I've been mostly done with studded tracks .... ice ripper/attack for me now. I had a 1/4 season replacement sled with regular studs last year ..... stud ripped out and track blew right out the back about a mile form Windigo to seal the deal.

Yes , the cats we did see were at the far end of the lake thats in front of tge lodge at Kantawata The only rabbit I saw was this one !

Thats so cool ... we caught this on Saturday near Kantawata

Domaine Lac Edouard 819 653 2100 Update ... sorry Iceman , I was a few mins late on the button !

And tall upper ball joints And the tri mode 600ace throttle modes Plus to make Bill happy ... a even longer summit with deeper paddle's

Sounds like a super nice trip , cool report too !

Wow ! Think of this next time your on a narrow long bridge crossing.

Baie Comeau TQ 3

Shuttle from Hotel Colibri in Quebec city 418 872 2848 thinking it's around $35 bucks a sled. Shuttle between Colibri and Bernieres hotel.

Lets hope BRP will address the annoying problem and the " wiggle " may finally be fixed in 2015

we rode to it last year no problem ... just follow the trail to the 4 points , as posted above its right there.

Last 2 times through Wemoatchi gas was no problem .. just had to wait 30 minutes for the guy to show to unlock the pump.

Nice loop , Getting to ride from home is a bonus !

Great report , love the pics . Have done that loop as a day trip a few times .... good times !