benz500 Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Had a great trip week of Feb 10- 15. Met up will Saguenay Bill and Team Gutz for a great ride and some history scenes to go with it. Special thanks to Bill and the brothers for a truly great day on the trails. Bill has many people that wants his experienced trail knowledge and the fact he decided to take us along for a ride speaks volumes to his kindness. I came in a day early to beat the weather system in the south. There were 5 of us that rode starting on Feb. 12. This was our trip that featured some of the best trail conditions I've seen in 10 years. Day 1: 2 of us rode from the Four Points Sheraton. Took trail #3 to clubhouse at st. anne for quick bite at 9am. Picked up trail #369 to L'etape for some gas, then took #23 to St. Raymond to trail #73 and then back on to trail #3. At the 220 mile of our ride one of the sleds piston let go. A fun towing job for approximately 40 miles back to the hotel. Total 260 miles. Day 2 Rented a 2014 etech 600 for the next due to 1 of the sleds breaking down ystdy. 5 of us from Team Bite Harder left the Four Points after sharpening up the carbides along with some guys from sno goer magazine Canada- they were very impressed with the new edge on their carbides. Headed up trail #3 all the way up to the Casino, 3 guys stayed their and 2 of us continued on trail #3 to the ferry in Toudassac. Saw a few Beluga whales on the short trip across. Great experience!! After ferry ride, continued on trail #3 and got some fuel before picking up trail; #93 and rode that highway to the Auberge KM 31. Great groomed trails all the way with plenty of snow. Total 280 ish miles. Day 3 Left the Auberge km 31 and rode to Mt Valin. Tons of snow, playing in the powder. Explored the area. Rode trail #93 until it ended because section was closed due to a land owner I was told. Took a trail to the dam to cross the river and rode to the Delta and met up with the other 3 riders. Total 180 miles. Day 4 Left the Delta with Sag. Bill and Team Gutz brothers. Bill brought us to a great look out, although the snow falling did not permit a very good look out, but it was fun riding up the steep hill in a lot of snow. From there, we rode to lunch at Relais Onachiway. Some great story telling and plenty of lies...lol. After lunch went to a cool cave and back to the Delta. One of the sleds from Team Gutz got sick and limped back to the hotel. Total miles 150 ish. Day 5 Said our goodbyes to Sag. Bill and the boys with some filming/interview of Bill and the Bite Harder sharpening tool in action. Took #383 to #469 (I think) to another trail t0 #23 to Mt Apica for a quick fuel up for the apex(gas guzzler) then to L'etape for a quick snack and fuel. From there we rode through the mountains and along the river. A lot of snow fell from previous day in L'etape area. Trail had a good foot of white gold on side of trails- very fun to play in. Got back to the Four Points about 4:30pm. Total miles about 200. After we loaded up sleds, went to spend night at Benieres, had dinner in the city and checked out last night of the Carnival. Crazy stuff, tons of people partying in the streets. Trails were very very good entire trip. The groomers do an amazing job. Special thanks to Sag. Bill and the Gutz brothers for there hospitality and kindness, as well as all the other snowmobiliers assistance along our travels. Everyone is very helpful on the trails. Go ride the amazing trails Quebec has to offer now!!!! Edited February 17, 2014 by benz500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smclelan Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Sounds like a great few days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markusvt Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Nice ride! Been on that ferry dozens of times, only seen ice and water Edited February 17, 2014 by markusvt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipeman Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 nice report thanks for sharing. What happened to the sleds? were they 2014's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGutz Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 No-Hair's is an 09 etec and the other I believe was a 13. GutZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailblazer Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 That approach to the ferry in Baie St.Catherines is much different from what I could remember(last time there was in '08) it used to be that very steep incline that always seem to be full of ice and was always a challenge getting up it even moreso going down hoping the guy in front of you doesn't stop on the bottom. Nice ride guys JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hell yes JG the ferry approach is much better then it was. They changed it a few years ago. It was quite sketchy before coming down for sure. Still tight going up through the woods I sure have no clue what you would do if the Groomer was working that section while you were trying to use it. No where to go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benz500 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Both sleds were 2009's. Yes, the approach to the ferry was just a slight downhill perfectly groomed trail with no ice at all. You can see the approach in one of the pictures I posted ystdy. Not sure of the status of no hairs sled and the other one has not made it to the shop yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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