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Welcome QR's newest advertiser, Hotel Matagami. There probably aren't many people that travel the Baie James area that aren't familiar with Hotel Matagami. It's located at the base of the road to the James Bay. By snowmobile, it's at the peak of the 396 loop north of TQ93, due north of Val D'or and due west of Chibougamau. The shortest way by trail  is about 80 miles off of TQ93, with nothing but a relay on the way, so when you do this loop, you've likely planned to stay at the Hotel for the night. The Hotel, and the town, have everything you need and would expect for your snowmobile stop-over. This is a favorite of many of our members, so feel free to share your experiences and welcome them to the site. Thanks go to Iceman for getting them on board...

 

 

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 FYI

For $10 you can put your sled in the heated garage at the gas station across the street. Pretty handy considering the average nightly low temp up there.  

IMO the west side of 396 is way nicer than the east side.  

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On 2/20/2019 at 2:09 PM, Je me souviens said:

 FYI

For $10 you can put your sled in the heated garage at the gas station across the street. Pretty handy considering the average nightly low temp up there.  

IMO the west side of 396 is way nicer than the east side.  

Are you sure you didn’t get that backwards. I personally don’t think the west side holds a candlestick to the east side.

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1 minute ago, snowmaster2112 said:

Are you sure you didn’t get that backwards. I personally don’t think the west side holds a candlestick to the east side.

The West side is definitely better in my opinion, the East side down to Quevillon is twisty and keeps jumping the road hard to keep it groomed nice

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23 minutes ago, viper2 said:
26 minutes ago, snowmaster2112 said:

Are you sure you didn’t get that backwards. I personally don’t think the west side holds a candlestick to the east side.

The West side is definitely better in my opinion, the East side down to Quevillon is twisty and keeps jumping the road hard to keep it groomed nice

Which side is roller-coastery & twisty-turny & extra-puckery when it's cream-cheesy?...

(Yes, speed was a factor in this tree-hugging incident, and I'm not saying the the extra weight of the rider & machine was at fault, but since it was a pre-cat Yamaha it took a lickin & kept on tickin!)

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West trail is the quicker trail, you’ll probaly only put your feet down once in that 80+ miles, at the one warm up hut which had the heat on for us. One of the faster tanks of gas i can remember.

well stocked gas convenience store gas station in the same lot, and another across the street.

Small mining town, a great stop for sure!

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9 hours ago, PLAYHARD said:

Which side is roller-coastery & twisty-turny & extra-puckery when it's cream-cheesy?...

(Yes, speed was a factor in this tree-hugging incident, and I'm not saying the the extra weight of the rider & machine was at fault, but since it was a pre-cat Yamaha it took a lickin & kept on tickin!)

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1 look at those pics says east side.

The west side is a wide cruiser under the power lines,  leads into Amos.  As viper said, the east side leads into LSQ.  Either way we can all agree that Matagami is an experience we enjoyed with the help of hotel Matagami.  My wife enjoyed the hot tub in the room. If you really want to get crazy, just head north like Bill and crew did years ago, you can stop into James Bay for lunch....2 days later...lol

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