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Anyone know what the conditions are like or would be like this coming Thursday and Friday.

We have been riding Mont Valin the last 3 days. Good riding as long as you stay above the tree line. We have ridden most of the area now. Aborting our Cote Nord run due to the excessive drifting for the region. 

Thinking about stopping on our way home and ride Chaudiere Applaches area Thursday and Friday if we are confident trails may be in good shape by then. 

Any input ?

Thanks

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Spoke with one of the clubs yesterday, winds have calmed down and they had all 5 groomers out yesterday, he said all should be very good today!

We will be up this Saturday, to start a saddlebag trip from there (Drummondville).

Interactive map seems to support that this morning, and it will be cold this week so it should hold up. 

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We rode this are last weekend and got home Monday afternoon on the tail end of the storm.  We rode Thetford, QC, Montmagny, Tourville and Lac Etchemin regions.  Great snow, in all these regions. The grooming services in this region are top notch so you should find epic conditions.  

 

Enjoy RR

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Doo4, Our most recent favorite hotel to visit is the relative new Domaine du La Cache in Thetford mines, so a departure or at least an over night here should be in your list. After that you will have to zig and zag to make 200 miles per day and stay in the chaudierre region, but our other favorites are Montmagny, the l' Osierre, and Lac Etchimen, at the Manor or Joe's Bistro, rooms are fair at Joe's but food is great. You may want to extend up to Bas St Laurent region to, Riv du loop is an easy reach from there locations.  Happy trails

RR

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Thanks RR

We did the Levis to RDL last weekend by 5 one way and 35 the other. Having had a taste of the area and with the abundance of snow this winter trying some areas we never have and this and Cote Nord being the last 2 to explore.

Will investigate the places you mentioned.

Thanks Mike

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So we spent the last two and a half days riding the Chaudiere Applaches for the first time.

Been hoping to ride this area after Snowfarmer posted couple of his trips here last year.

This opportunity came up after we aborted our Cote Nord trip due to the storm first of the week.

Wow, what a enjoyable area to ride.Arrived in Princeville(just east of Victoriaville) Wednesday night, having left Sacre Couer mid afternoon.

Thursday rode from the hotel DuPre heading for LacEtchemin via Thetford Mines and St. George's. 320 km by the time we arrived at the Manor du Lac Etchemin RoadRunner mentioned above. 

Of rhe 320 km we rode there was only about 20 that wasn't groomed in the previous 36 hours. Pristine would describe the trails.

Friday another 300 km back to Princville making a loop further to the south. Great variety of trails throughout the region. Rolling farm fields then through the sugar bushes. They take their Maple Syrup business serious here. Very impressive pipeline systems and Suger Shacks .Amazed how much fun riding the rolling farm land was. Traffic really picked up mid afternoon Friday. By Friday evening trails were just starting to get bit choppy in spots. 

Team meeting Friday night to decide if we departed for home Saturday morning or ride one more day. 3 guys decided to head home first thing Saturday morning and 4 of us decided to ride a part day before heading for home.

Hit the trails at 7:30 and rode 200 km. Every trail we rode was groomed last night  They must have an incredible fleet of groomers in this area to cover the miles they have to maintain. Beautiful sunny weather all 3 days we rode.

Two other friends got stranded in Murdochville on Sunday. Took a $350.00 cab ride back to Matane to retrieve their trucks. Was Wednesday morning before they were able to depart by truck. They were heading back to Ontario until we suggested they join us for our CA ride. Worked out well for them to salvage some of their week.

I had spent hours researching the Cote Nord, read every post related here on QR posted in the last 5 years.Had hotels booked for the first three nights.

This ended up being one of our best Quebec trips after changing all plans 8 hours before departing home after studying the weather forecast. Rest of the week was on the fly. Think we will operate this way more in the future. 

Picture below is some poor sole truck drifted in at Hotel Coronet Wednesday morning . Just by luck ours were parks on the opposite side of the lot and the wind blew around them. Had to climb in from passenger side, some minor shovelling and had them out. The hotel staff yard man was very helpful to assist us. 

 

 

 

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