mikerider Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thanks Bill. Many are looking forward to your report. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Checking weather sites looks like a small snow event Wednesday, some mention a quick rain shower afterwards, warm Thursday and cold again after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Checking weather sites looks like a small snow event Wednesday, some mention a quick rain shower afterwards, warm Thursday and cold again after. Fingers and toes crossed here in Shawinigan. If need be we truck north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Fingers and toes crossed here in Shawinigan. If need be we truck north. Ice We plan on riding out of Grand Mere on Monday the 8th. Our orig plan was to buzz down to TR, shuttle across, and ride to Lac Etchemin the first day. Cabano the next day, then on to Amqui. Prospects don't appear real bright for that route, at present. Shure would appreciate hearing how conditions shape up in the lower Maurice by the weekend. regards timbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revct1 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Hi Timbo, We just came up in the truck today. We are at Roquemont in St Raymond. South of the river along autoroute 20 looked pretty thin. Drummondville was brown with just a few icy spots. Closer to Quebec there is more ice than snow. Questionable if it is worth riding on in the current condition. Check the weather because there is a storm tomorrow, Wednesday, coming thru with snow to the north but I don't know what the south will pick up. The front desk here says the first 20 miles or so is pretty rough. Once the trail gets past the Relais St Raymond it goes up in elevation and the conditions are supposed to be good from there to Lac St Jean. I'll post tomorrow. Jack & Sandi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Not sounding too good Mike. Please keep us posted I have reservations 2/7. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Yea. some reports are very low snow, some say riding in a few areas are so-so, just hard snow. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Got 3 or 4 inches today and now has let up to flurries. Talked to two Canadians this afternoon who left RDL this morning and headed down towards New Brunswick for lunch, then return. Said with the new snow riding was really nice. Their ride was on trails that still had a hard base of snow underneath. So there may be hope. That is south, who knows about east and west, mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Keep the reports coming Mike.Want to go somewhere next week. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Had 3 or 4 inches of fluff yesterday and last evening had a heavy drizzle for several hours. Conditions look hopeful today, but my concern of course is the areas that became bare during the last warm event. Will ride today and check things out. I think many areas will be fine, those areas that saved the snow base over the past week. Saw the two Canadian again last night in the bar, they again said riding yesterday down 85 towards New Brunswick was awesome. I'm just not sure yet if I would spend a vacation here under these fragile conditions without getting more snow. The forecasts are calling for snow the next several days but not saying how much. Stay tuned. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Went out for 75 miles this morning. Temps rose to about 35 F. First went east, trail #5, and at times could feel the carbides running on ice under the snow, but traction and steering good. Got up into the power line section and higher elevation and quite thin snow cover but everything groomed. Turned around and returned to RDL and went south on the RR bed, trail #85. Much better, could feel very hard snow under the few inches of new snow. Any bumps in trail hard as a brick. Plenty of lube and cooling everywhere. Overall, just not enjoyable like riding on packed powder. RDL got snow here about ten days ago. Forty miles west of here got rain and was very thin when I was there this past Sunday, so can only be worse now. So overall, passable but not that enjoyable in the area. Knowing what I know, I would not come here today to start a vacation, would go elsewhere. Several forecasts of snow coming up but no predictions to depth yet. Need a foot. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vt_bluyamaha54 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hi Mike - Thanks for your honest, real-world report. Hopefully, the snow will come. We had planned to come and ride out of La Guadaloupe (southwest of RDL) this week but called it off after last weekend's disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Snowman Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hey Mike, Thanks for all your reports & recon efforts! We all appreciate them very much. You are our eyes & sled on the ground reporter in RDL & surrounds. Hopefully a Polar Vortex & a nor'easter or two & conditions will jump to A+ so we can get some more Gaspesie medication this year! Best, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Thank you Mike will be heading for LSJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Thanks for the nice comments. Up til now has been a great winter of seeing so many of you stopping by. The two new outdoor hot tubs now have waterfalls in them, I will somehow survive! Still a quite a few sledders coming and going from here, so hotel is somewhat active. But riding really isn't very good in my opinion. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSHM Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Sounds like you're pretending to be in Florida....what kind of snowmobiler goes to Florida in the winter? So So riding is better than no riding....go get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 How right you are. Hard to get enthused in these conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Snowman Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hi from Anguilla Mike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Too funny Tom. Kinda wish I was there right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 image.jpeg Hi from Anguilla Mike! These posts are for Facebook or Anguilla Rider. Sled talk only here please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Snowman Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) These posts are for Facebook or Anguilla Rider. Sled talk only here please. That's coming from a brother belonging to the "Crucian Snow Riders"! How are the trails in Saint Croix this winter? LOL Edited February 4, 2016 by Florida Snowman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 That's coming from a brother belonging to the "Crucian Snow Riders"! How are the trails in Saint Croix this winter? LOL About the same as Shawinigan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sno_twister Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Looking for any updates. We are looking at starting a Gaspe loop starting on the 20th. Any input would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkw Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Good news! Today we rode from 55/75 East to St Pamphile, then across 557 from the golf course to RDL. There is 3-4 inches of new snow throughout the trip, which saved the trails around Beauceville and RDL. Once you get about 8 miles out of Beauceville , things get better quickly. A+ conditions for most of the trip. 10 miles from RDL, you can see that there is lots of ice and dirt in spots, but the new snow did a nice job of hiding it and providing lube and steering. The truck lot here is jammed with trailers of groups doing the loop. I would not hesitate. Reports here are that Rt 5 needs more snow west of RDL. Good luck! GW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revct1 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Thanks Gary. We haven't heard too much news from that area. I'm sure a lot of riders appreciate the report. Jack & Sandi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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