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St-Gabriel/Mastigouche Reserve/St-Zénon photo ride report 12march2017


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My Krikri had her last ride exactly one month ago and then got knocked out by a pneumonia. She now feel much better but obviously she's not completely reestablished. She had already started working again (too early in my opinion) and she had request to ride.

So accompanied by our partner Snowcruiser, we did a relax ride (much smaller than usual) with late start and early return. The Mastigouche wildlife reserve that we had not yet ride this season was just perfect for that purpose.

Here is the path we travelled:


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Sunday morning -17C under a cloudy sky, starting from the highschool of St-Gabriel de Brandon a little before 10:00 am

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Viewpoint from the Belvedere just north of the village.

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Trail #23 just north of St-Gabriel, not alot loose stuff but it ride well.

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Fields in St-Damien de Brandon direction

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Once a few miles up in the mountain the trail conditions are even better, less icy


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Beautiful fast trail

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We passed  Réal Massé

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And took #350 trail north-east

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We arrive at the beautiful outfitter Centennial Koubec at around 11:30 to have our lunch

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You know you're in a real snowmobile spot when the entrance mat is a snowmobile track!

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The magnificent big double fireplace , they could make fire at the back too. We do not often see fireplace like that.

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The outside view from the dining room

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After lunch we took #350 trail north-east


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And join the #23 trail in the heart of the Mastigouche reserve that we took west towards St-Zénon

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The clouds had dissipated and with the sun it was really beautiful


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Very nice trail

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And very fast

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There is not much people passing there, yet one of the most beautiful spot to ride .


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We reach the #345 trail  north from the Cabanon and then went south

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We took here at the Auberge Le Cabanon a little hot chocolate break as well as our fill-up of the day.

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We then took trail #23 south


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Still alot snow in this area


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And very solid trails that are not wear out even at the end of the day Sunday

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We recrossed  Réal Massé pourvoirie. We had not stopped but I have been told by other snowmobilers that it was their last weekend of operation. It is very likely because it is their usual way of doing in past years: They close in the 2nd week of March, snow or not, and take a vacation time before the beginning of the fishing season. It's not bad, given the traffic that begin to reduce on that date, it gives a chance to other service providers that continue to be more profitable.

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We went down on the #23 trail which had stay very nicel. Here, going down the big hill in St-Damien


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And in the fields before St-Gabriel

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We returned to the trailer at 5pm with 140miles on the dreammeter. My Krikri thought it was a bit short but I think it was just right under the circumstances.

We are in the snowstorm right now Tuesday evening and already have good snow to the ground so it will revive the trails around home and add some cream on the north trails that were already nice. Most important, temperatures will remain cold for several more days/week to encourage our clubs to continue to groom the trails.

Already mid-March, it's now or never the time to enjoy it

Alain

 

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Glad to see you two are at it again! Great report!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Pat

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Thank you very much boys for your good words. Krikri is slowly getting better and this last ride boost up her moral so we will be able to repeat this next  weekend and with the last snowstorm we will be able to start from the backdoor and ride directly from home. Life is good!

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Alain,

We were sorry to read about Krikri's illness. It must have been difficult for such an avid snowmobiler to be sidelined this time of year.

We always look forward to seeing her photos with your reports. We're glad she is feeling better.

Great report as always.

Thanks,

Jim & Gemma

 

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On 2017-03-19 at 3:44 PM, GT Rider said:

Alain,

We were sorry to read about Krikri's illness. It must have been difficult for such an avid snowmobiler to be sidelined this time of year.

We always look forward to seeing her photos with your reports. We're glad she is feeling better.

Great report as always.

Thanks,

Jim & Gemma

 

Thanks Gt Rider, things are going better end better! she have to take care but she seems to recover pretty well!

 

 

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