Fozzy Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 Had a great ride on Friday with a few lads. Ottawa received a lot of rain on Thursday and will need a bit of snow to get back on track. Two hours north makes a huge difference. We left Ottawa at 6am drove up to Swisha, unloaded our sleds and rode to Kipawa. Round trip was 375km of beautiful trails. If you have not been up here, I highly recommend it. http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_02/912B88DD-A7CD-4E7D-B5DF-83DEAB181C4F.thumb.jpeg.492e84a4d8d70393a5b97ede71213efb.jpeg http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_02/94746646-7FC9-40C9-87BB-625E96FE46D3.thumb.jpeg.a9ed500deb2b47e7dbbf40392442f45a.jpeg http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_02/F8757DCC-49B5-4977-A6FF-EC2C3D1D044E.thumb.jpeg.291a4169d39d2e89a05babb286866af5.jpeg http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_02/E7BC3DB1-A859-43CF-B08C-DE74FF9D9DEC.thumb.jpeg.7362cd478ecb0151976c9a16dcc95632.jpeg doonali, zrtkat, MrGutz and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted February 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 Strange, I didn’t edit the post and the pics still came up as links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smclelan Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 Nice pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doonali Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 12 hours ago, Fozzy said: Had a great ride on Friday with a few lads. Ottawa received a lot of rain on Thursday and will need a bit of snow to get back on track. Two hours north makes a huge difference. We left Ottawa at 6am drove up to Swisha, unloaded our sleds and rode to Kipawa. Round trip was 375km of beautiful trails. If you have not been up here, I highly recommend it. http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_02/912B88DD-A7CD-4E7D-B5DF-83DEAB181C4F.thumb.jpeg.492e84a4d8d70393a5b97ede71213efb.jpeg http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_02/94746646-7FC9-40C9-87BB-625E96FE46D3.thumb.jpeg.a9ed500deb2b47e7dbbf40392442f45a.jpeg http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_02/F8757DCC-49B5-4977-A6FF-EC2C3D1D044E.thumb.jpeg.291a4169d39d2e89a05babb286866af5.jpeg http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_02/E7BC3DB1-A859-43CF-B08C-DE74FF9D9DEC.thumb.jpeg.7362cd478ecb0151976c9a16dcc95632.jpeg I'm assuming you rode up to Kipawa and back? Where did you unload? Public lot or? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted February 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 57 minutes ago, doonali said: I'm assuming you rode up to Kipawa and back? Where did you unload? Public lot or? Yes it was a day trip, approx 187km each way. I had a bit more track spin than others with a 1” track lol. There is a parking area in Swisha at the Park Office. A lot of people will drive to KM 13 and unload there but then you are parking on the side of the road. doonali 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doonali Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 33 minutes ago, Fozzy said: Yes it was a day trip, approx 187km each way. I had a bit more track spin than others with a 1” track lol. There is a parking area in Swisha at the Park Office. A lot of people will drive to KM 13 and unload there but then you are parking on the side of the road. Is the parking area on the Quebec side of the bridge at the ZEC dumoine visitor center? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted February 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/12/2023 at 9:11 AM, doonali said: Is the parking area on the Quebec side of the bridge at the ZEC dumoine visitor center? Yes on the Qc side and it is a park office guessing it is for the Zec. doonali 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largedaryl Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 Fozzy.. was the 43 actually smooth Friday the 10th? I was on it Sunday AM the 12th at the Grande Chute bridge.. we only ran 5 miles on the 43 heading west towards Kipawa and turned around as it was not so nice. Looked good but the moguls were forming. I noticed the QC map is now wrong west of Grande Chute as the chosen logging road changed this year. The 386 is also wrong... seems the computer folks have taken the winter off at FCMQ No harm to me as we were just buzzing around locally for a few hours, but surprised to see the 43 base as rough as it was... usually quite smooth. The local trail from KM4 to KM21 out of Swisha (different groomer than 43) was in similar shape.. and in need of TLC/grooming. No grooming yet this week which is understandable given the warm temps. Note that there is active logging out of Swisha this year Monday - Thursday... at KM8 and headed to KM18 any time soon(maybe already there?) and sharing the road is not really the agreement, and the contractor is free to sand/gravel the road as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Hey Largedaryl… We unloaded at Km13, only because we were going to be super tight on fuel to get to Kipawa. I took two water bottle size of gas and carried it in my backpack. Sleds arrived on fumes. The 43 was groomed with a bit of fresh snow on top. I see on the map it hasn’t been groomed now for awhile. Yesterday I rode from Montpellier to Mont Laure. Trails were rock hard and smooth the whole way up. Sections where the trail is on roads are not nice. This little bit of snow we are getting now will help. largedaryl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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