Mid Range Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 We left Maniwaki Saturday morning to Clova. Took 13/63 , local 228 and 225 then 322 . Trails were in top shape for the most part. No recent grooming again around Devil’s mountain. Club Fontbrune to Gatineau river crossing(ice bridge ) was in top shape as well. Western side of Gatineau river was in good shape but lots of snow upon the trail til lépine road. Stopped for lunch at the Pensive. Met the groomer 15 miles north of the Pensive. Lépine road was awesome 10/10 up to Clova. Left Clova Sunday morning it was -34….Wicked cold. Freshly groomed from Clova. Groomer headed towards Balbuzard. Stopped at the Pensive to warm up. We did not make the left turn to Rabaska but we kept going on lépine road down to TQ 63 since there was snow on the road except the last 10 kms which was freshly plowed but not sanded fortunately . TQ 63 was in top shape til the classic.Same with 322 til Grand-Remous and TQ 13/63 down to Maniwaki was 8/10 to 10/10. Maniwaki-Club Fontbrune 70 miles Fontbrune to Pensive relay 55 miles Pensive to Relay l’antre II 45 miles Relay l’antre II to Clova 45 miles. Relais l’antre II is opened this winter. Relais Evasion is closed. No pics. It was too cold but those who rode Lépine road know how fast this trail can be. Great weekend of riding. Great Canadian Highway!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyman Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Thanks for the fresh info Midrange! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyzoun Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 brutal cold early morning pics of the former school Mid Range great report, you bet awesome ride, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailblazer Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Thanks for that report Midrange, glad to hear hands on reporting for ch.Lepine trail. Brutely cold you say...agreed...we rolled into the Delta in The Saguanuay Friday evening after dark at -32C, we did 150klms after dark in those temps. Brrrrr...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Range Posted January 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 brutal cold early morning pics of the former school Mid Range great report, you bet awesome ride, of course. thanks for the pics....... btw owner of Pensive relay told us logging will start in the coming days.Coming in from the Rabaska lodge once you get to Lépine road, you have 3-kms to get to the Pensive. It should be plowed as well up to shannon lodge fork which is about 1 km north of pensive. This weekend lépine road was plowed up to vimont road which is +- 10 kms north of Pensive but it was snow covered. In the past year they groomed a trail on the side of the road in that area but we did not see any signs of grooming this past weekend.Past vimont road you hit the groomed trail to Clova. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyote Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Mid Range, le Chemin Lépine est gratté ou non ? Tamarac est fermé ? Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Range Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Mid Range, le Chemin Lépine est gratté ou non ? Tamarac est fermé ? Thanks ! Coyote, le propriétaire du pensive nous a dit que les opérations forestières allaient débuter cette semaine. Le sentier des draveurs arrive au chemin lépine au km 54, ensuite tu as +- 3 kms pour te rendre au pensive. La fourche pour le shannon lodge se touve +- 1 km au nord du pensive et ils buchent dans cette fourche. En fds passée le chemin lépine n'était pas sablé mais cela peut avoir changé. Le chemin lépine est gratté jusqu'à la fourche du vimont, soit +- 10 kms au nord du pensive mais il n'était pas sablé non plus. Le chemin lépine est toujours gratté jusqu'au pensive, opérations forestières ou pas. Si tu veux avoir l'heure juste appelle au pensive et demande à parler à Francois ou Linda 514-316-4695 http://lepensive.com/ Tamarac est fermé présentement. Sorry for posting in french, I am trying to give first hand report on lépine road for our friend Coyote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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