towing Posted March 16, 2023 Report Share Posted March 16, 2023 Here is the ride we did on sunday March 12th it's one of my classics ride but I admit that this season with the St-Maurice river closed and the detour in the Mauricie wildlife reserve on the #360 it added some body work to an already big day ride. We left at 8:30 towards St-Zénon. The trails near my home were just groomed but very hard in the morning, scratcher mandatory! There is still a lot of snow even in the south of the area. I had put on the roller skis to do 2 shorts side of the road sections but no mud to start the day. Here in the maple grove in St-Norbert For the rest, no roadside or marginal section to go north. Here's a guy who holds his right to cross!!! Beautiful trails going up to St-Zenon. We fuel up at the Cabanon before continuing towards the Taureau dam on perfect grooming We went through the dam. The reservoir level is already very low. And started the #360 to the east. It was not freshly groomed but still nice and fast Riding the #360 in these conditions on a blue bird day like this is near the peak of snowmobiling happiness!!! We took a first real break at stop #440, our usual spot The 2 picnic tables... there's still snow there! The 2nd part of #360 to Mattawin had been groomed overnight and was perfect The beautiful Mattawin River We finally arrived for dinner at Marineau at 1:30 p.m. with 245 km on the meter. The lunch rush hour was already passed but despite this superb day and conditions there are already fewer sledders on the trail. We took a good lunch break (still so well received by Marie-Josée at Marineau) refueled and continued on the #360 which was perfectly groomed Past the #355 junction, the #360 to the south had not been groomed recently and was less good. Near St-Joseph de Mékinac village on a plowed road section the groomer will really have to built us a little sidewalk on the side of the snow bank soon, there is way enough snow for the groomer to do that. To the south of the village there is another short short plowed road section and then it becomes quite nice On the #23 to the south the rivière des envies is holding up and was solid but this one is always to be watched at spring It's not the snow that is missing there! The St-Maurice was still solid, no slush We then took back #3, a little bumpy but still going fast. There is a short section of plowed road in the power lines which would also require a small sidewalk to not play in the mud! Otherwise it was riding fine We crossed the St-Maurice at the Gabelle and it was still very good We fueled up one last time and took a little break in St-Étienne before continuing on #3 trail. A little bumpy at first in the woods but nice and fast in the fields. The whole rest of the trip was nice with a good snow cover We finally got home around 7:45 p.m. with 475 km on the meter, very satisfied with our ride but haven't took long to fall asleep that night! Despite the impressive snow cover, the season is already well advanced. Some outfitters in the north, such as Repos and Kanawata have announced that they will close after this next weekend which is quite usual for them. Some others continue to operate until the trails close... There is still great snowmobiling to do, it's often the best conditions of the year so enjoy these last weeks of sledding Alain NSHM, im4snow, neksledr and 17 others 13 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Hardy Posted March 16, 2023 Report Share Posted March 16, 2023 Another fantastic report, thanks Alain! towing and PLAYHARD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaffrey Posted March 16, 2023 Report Share Posted March 16, 2023 Alain, thank you for the ride. You two covered some ground on your two-up! PLAYHARD and towing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Snowman Posted March 16, 2023 Report Share Posted March 16, 2023 Beautiful ride & reporting Alain! towing and PLAYHARD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snappy Hank Posted March 16, 2023 Report Share Posted March 16, 2023 Nice report Alain! I arrived on Sunday and had a very good week. Unfortunately the sun and daylight hours are quickly taking over the road crossings, definitely need wheels. Still a huge amount of snow left, and grooming continues. Snappy Hank towing and PLAYHARD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLAYHARD Posted March 17, 2023 Report Share Posted March 17, 2023 Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! Alain & Kri, your reports keep any of us who aren't up there at least partially sane! BIG merci! Florida Snowman, towing and P Hardy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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