iceman Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 7 minutes ago, EastMark said: I am. Since T We got here tonight be back tomorrow night and saturday too out n back rides maybe see you in morning wng-2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wng-2 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Enjoy!!I am looking forward to seeing how you make out, and how the trails survive the heat wave, and weekend traffic. I am hoping to be in the Bas St-Laurent next week. I will be riding out of Northern Maine, so I can head to Riviere Du Loup, or further East if the Riviere Du Loup area is too beat up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastMark Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 FYI. I'd stay off 371 with the warm up and a few plowed sections. Yesterday was good but..... dooright 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wng-2 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 12 minutes ago, EastMark said: FYI. I'd stay off 371 with the warm up and a few plowed sections. Yesterday was good but..... Thank you. dooright 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastMark Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Conditions were good on 80% of the trails. The percentage of shirt is up a lot since yesterday AM. Typical mid season warm up that looks like spring riding. We were lucky to get in to ride Tuesday on…as we guessed it’s changing. Not sure how they even groom some of the areas that are real thin…while others remain thin but very good. mikerider, smclelan, P Hardy and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Anywhere off the blue trails. Was 9/10 everywhere we roamed. mrs ice is putting the social media together. Look for it soon. great riding. Tomorrow is another story not tons of rain but warm and some rain. Lots of sleds an more on a saturday. Here shows more snow next week but not much. dooright 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wng-2 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 17 minutes ago, iceman said: Anywhere off the blue trails. Was 9/10 everywhere we roamed. mrs ice is putting the social media together. Look for it soon. great riding. Tomorrow is another story not tons of rain but warm and some rain. Lots of sleds an more on a saturday. Here shows more snow next week but not much. Thanks very much. iceman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkxf9000 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 19 minutes ago, iceman said: Anywhere off the blue trails. Was 9/10 everywhere we roamed. mrs ice is putting the social media together. Look for it soon. great riding. Tomorrow is another story not tons of rain but warm and some rain. Lots of sleds a more on a saturday. Here shows more snow next week but not much. Thanks for the trails report, hopefully they’ll be some snow left when we get there Sunday afternoon. iceman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 And the TQ5 and 85 were fine very rideable just more traffic on blues and it shows. Never seem brown snow in February in RDL, Basically never seen brown snow in February anywhere except near St Michael des Saints between Cabanon and St Michael. wheels for gas February 8? quebec bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkxf9000 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 2 minutes ago, iceman said: And the TQ5 and 85 were fine very rideable just more traffic on blues and it shows. Never seem brown snow in February in RDL, Basically never seen brown snow in February anywhere except near St Michael des Saints between Cabanon and St Michael. wheels for gas February 8? Yeah it’s definitely been a strange winter for sure, same here in Maine. Kinda crazy really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quebec bob Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 I'm hoping last week of February and first week of March will be the prize this year...if not ...we can chalk this up to the worst year ever. iceman and P Hardy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 3 minutes ago, quebec bob said: I'm hoping last week of February and first week of March will be the prize this year...if not ...we can chalk this up to the worst year ever. Maybe yes Maybe no check back later. quebec bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastMark Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 What a pleasure Ice ! My pleasure. iceman and mikerider 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 16 minutes ago, EastMark said: What a pleasure Ice ! My pleasure. Super nice to get to meet you. We shall meet again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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iceman Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 4 minutes ago, EastMark said: http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2024_02/IMG_2094.thumb.jpeg.b5cf46030811613ba4cdd5dfbeb6a8f1.jpeg Saw that. Specifically it said no more grooming until at least receiving 20cm more snow. people traveling may pass to return to home or their trucks. locals told to stay off trails to try to save as much of base as possible it’s on life support in many regions. Others will bouce back but conditions are not gonna hold without new snow. quebec bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 Black wet trail to Trois Rivieres today. Rain most of way on and off from Near RDL all the way. Hotel had over 50 cancellations for last night. regroup and reload vt_bluyamaha54 and zeusand 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowCrazed Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 (edited) Depressing. Know of a group of people coming back from the Gaspe loop this past weekend who had to taxi to RDL to get their trucks because they ran out of snow. I canceled my reservation for later this week this morning. Edited February 12 by SnowCrazed zeusand and quebec bob 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doo4adoo Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 just cancelled mine as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredsleds Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 Me too, going to try the Delta instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 At the last minute I decided to drive to RDL two days ago, on Sunday. Didn't have much hope for great riding, but was going stir crazy sitting around the house. I also heard SkiDoo invited the sled magazine press to Quebec starting Sunday to ride the 2025 sleds. Several years ago they did this same thing and stayed at the Universel in RDL. It was great getting to talk to the factory guys. Turns out (found out today) this time around they went northeast of Montreal. Driving up thru Maine, Jackman actually looked pretty decent. The Chaudierre region of Quebec looked like toast, no riding there. In fact I didn't really see good snow until about 30 miles before RDL. Pulled into RDL seeing bare tar everywhere. Yuck!!! Less than an inch of new snow fell Sunday night. Today I finally decided to unload the sled and take a look around the area. Anyone who has been here knows how big the hotel parking lot seems when it is bare tar. Onto the trail heading for the clubhouse. Snirt, dirt, some ice, and more snirt. This may be a short ride. I remember my January trip here, 1,800 miles of low snow but perfect conditions, except on the last day when the warm up came. Drive by the club house, closed today. Thinking head South and SW. In the blink of an eye, or maybe someone spiked my morning coffee with magic mushrooms, I was in the middle of all out winter, a true winter wonderland. Beautiful packed powder, groomed to perfection, trees coated in white,and what appeared to be a better snow depth than my January trip. Giddy up MXZ baby. Further I got, it appeared this area got half a foot of fluff Sunday night. I did a 100 mile loop that was 5 star riding, every bit as good as the 5 star meal I had last night at Hotel Levesque. Quick meal at Exploreteur Clubhouse. Eventually made my way north to trail 5. The last few miles of trail 5 was much lower snow pack but still really nice except for a couple snirts here and there. Since arriving here, weather forecast changed from a cold week to a gradual warm up starting tomorrow and rain later in the week. Hopefully I can remember to bring my camera on tomorrow's ride. Several groups left for Gaspe in the past few days. Just saw one sled return via flat bed a few minutes ago. mike P Hardy, mccaffrey, NSHM and 7 others 5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSHM Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Probably burned the skis off. mikerider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastMark Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Great write up Mike ! The pisser is a typically common 8-10” snowfall we would be near prime time most all areas there ….but it’s just not happening. Glad you found some sweet spots ! mikerider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeti62 Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Thanks for the Report Mike heading to RDL Saturday hopefully it will stay Glued together for me??!!🤞🤞 mikerider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Today seemed to stay below the freezing mark making a nice ride today with lots of sunshine. Getting out of town is getting somewhat bad but still doable. Few miles out and things change drastically for the better. I am guessing there are some loops I won't try as those close to the St. Lawrence may or may not be good. And trails around Club Hiboux showed closed. Just sticking to the southerly trails where I know its really nice. smclelan, iceman, MrGutz and 8 others 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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