markusvt Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) Day 1: 245 miles. Saturday the 23rd. Low sleep for me as I had to go home and get the spare sled. The guys stayed in St Jean De Martha, a pretty nice hotel by the Subway. We were on the trial by 8:30 heading for St-Foy! All of the local trails were groomed up awesome, no issues at all. We planned to stay on 3, but got off it as much as possible on the orange side trails, and it was worth it. No traffic and super conditions! Got to St-Foy way early, and decided to go to the Ice Hotel. The Ice Hotel is maybe 1/3 of a mile from the Sheraton 4 Points hotel, which is just off 3 after you cross the highway and go along behind the huge shopping center This is about 20 miles 1 way north from the Quebec Inn. It was tough going as every sled and ATV ever bought in Quebec City was on the trail, you really needed traffic lights! The poor trail did not stand a chance. We tried some of the short-cuts to the Ice-Hotel, no dice. Just take the sign to the Sheraton, when you get into the lot, follow along the right of the main entrance road as if you are leaving the property and stay along the fence. You pop out right in the lot of the Ice Hotel. We did the tour, bought a shot each of "accident de snowmobile", very funny. Hung around a bit, had some sugar on snow and took a bunch of pictures. We then saddled up for the 20 mile trip back to the hotel, and for some reason it was much nicer than the 20 miles out. We ended the day in St-Foy with 245 on the sleds. In in plenty of time for a nice dinner and some local entertainment. Day 2: No rush to get out. A fresh 6 inches of snow on the sleds and the trail. We gassed them up and headed out. We took all of the orange trails again, all were in very nice shape. 1/2 way back a few guys warned us of local police giving out tickets for rolling stop signs, we heeded the warnings. After spending 2 hours with the police on my stolen sled on Friday, I had my fill. We got a bit messed up as we got close to St Jean de Martha as there are a zillion intersections. No big deal, we added maybe 5 more miles and got to come in a different way. Back to the truck by 2:30 with 210 miles on the clock. Loaded up and headed home after a super nice week-end! Happy Trails, 3300 for me this year, hope to push over 4000 in the next week. Mark. Edited March 3, 2013 by markusvt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooright Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 The "accident de snowmobile" In a shot glass made of ice was well worth the trip ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markusvt Posted March 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) I have my glass home here in the freezer, it's perfect! Edited March 3, 2013 by markusvt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemod04 Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaffrey Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 I have my glass home here in the freezer, it's perfect! My hats off to you for going back home grab sled 2 and get the hell back up there so you could ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT Rider Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 You deserve to have a super nice weekend. Nice photos Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actionjack Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Nice report. I love that ride and those shot glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooright Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Markusvt and Dooright at the Hôtel de Glace And a so cool fireplace ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mikerider Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Wow, that place is really cool, best pics I've seen of it, thanks, mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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