willb Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 Well we are wrapping up our 3.5 day trip so let’s start at day 1. Font Brune to Mattawin. Trails were rough but we got through our 430 kms by 8 pm. This route via 63 needs more snow (it looks like they made some of it yellow now which is accurate). Happy to be on the trails. dooright, P Hardy, MrGutz and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willb Posted January 31 Author Report Share Posted January 31 (edited) Alright, time for day 2 updates (Sunday 28JAN). Stayed at Marineau Mattawin - good spot but nothing fancy. Rode to relais 22 miles via the 355 shortcut (see other thread for how that went). Trails were a lot better today and only got better as you went north. Had lunch at the La Tuque deli. http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2024_01/IMG_5195.thumb.jpeg.f6f68eefe06cb296d399e040f14f5c93.jpeg http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2024_01/IMG_5199.thumb.jpeg.d47ea598b178d30b8ba45f965a5372a5.jpeg Edited February 1 by willb GT Rider, Je me souviens, zrtkat and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willb Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 (edited) Day 3 relais 22 to 100 lacs via Parent and the decelles river crossing 😁 realis 22 was great, service was good and very friendly and the pork was great as well! Lunch was a snack in parent at the general store. The longer version of the river crossing is in the other thread but 50 kms was ungroomed (we knew about this and decided to run it) between 345 and parent. Then we checked on the progress of the new bridge and bashed across via the river. after parent we arrived to 100 lacs for the night by 6 pm with another 370 kms (including one wrong turn!). And we have another busted secondary roller to report on a doo g4 with 5000 kms, but luckily it didn’t slow us down and we were able to just run it as is for the remainder of the trip. The trails were great all day. Best yet. however there is a bumpy and stick section before and after Wemotaci. http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2024_02/IMG_5204.thumb.jpeg.0efe6c6360beca349f94b484cf147154.jpeg Edited February 1 by willb Je me souviens, P Hardy, GT Rider and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willb Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 Je me souviens, smclelan, MrGutz and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willb Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 Je me souviens, MrGutz, smclelan and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willb Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 dooright, Je me souviens, GT Rider and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSX800 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Have to be easy on the reverse to forward with throttle. Bangs the rollers hard. 4 strokes change out to a torsion spring to keep the helix against the rollers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willb Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 Yep. Wish doo could make the easy fix and install more robust rollers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willb Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 Last day (3.5). 100 lacs back to the truck at font brune. Dinner was great at 100 lacs, we even had the “honey moon suite” above the restaurant which is interesting. trails were good till st Anne du lacs after which they sucked. Just not enough snow. Like others mentioned the groomers are doing miracles with what they have. back to the truck by noon completing our 1220 km trip. Happy trails! doo4adoo, dooright, MrGutz and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willb Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 This is the snow level and trail at font brune on 30JAN. Je me souviens, MrGutz, zeusand and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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