smclelan Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 Early, mid March, no better time to do a quick loop through the Gaspesie. Four of us left Nova Scotia Tuesday morning at 6am, drove the 4 hours to Pointe a la Croix getting there at 9am. (Gained an hour with the time zone change) We took off and headed East toward New Richmond. Trails were fair to good, they were ready for the groomer. Lots of deer on the trails, we had to slow down several times. From New Richmond we traveled the 595 to La Cache, also fair to good trail conditions. The trail from La Cache to Murdochville was better then what we rode so far but that was more because of soft snow. We didn't see much traffic all day till we pulled into The Copper, apparently everyone was there. 225 miles The next morning we pulled out to sunshine and freshly groomed trails...awesome!!! Up to the TQ5 and turned westward, first track from last nights grooming. Stopped at the hang glider lookout above Mont Saint Pierre, then on to Riviere Claude. Trail still perfect, hard, and fast. Stopped at La Martre for gas, there is a new gas stop there, an unattended gas pump. Just like buying something from a vending machine, a great idea! We travelled along smiling and landed at St Paulin just after lunch too early to go for Matane. We turned down the 595 to La Cache for a late lunch, spectacular scenery. A little food and beverage an back up the 595 to St Paulin and on to Matane in about 20 minutes after dark. 300 miles. Day three another beautiful sunny day, freshly groomed again...gotta love it!! Took the 591 south through Sayabec to the 587 then up to the Mummy trees before Redemption, could see forever! Trails from there led us to Albertville and Groomers clubhouse. We were eating and hydrating and low and behold in comes Linda, Groomer, and their group out on a sled tour. We chatted for a bit and headed out on the 587 south, Groomer and Linda were heading in the same direction soon after us. Part way through we took a local trail to a very cool look out at L' Ascension de Patapedia. We got back on the 587 again went a short ways and caught up Groomer and company again. We waved and sailed on only to have them catch up to us again we we were going off trail to get around a log truck parked in the middle of the trail. From there on to the truck and headed to Nova with about 725 miles for the trip doo4adoo, Northbound, 182ray and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 great shots of the site de l ours and restigouche river!!! i think im still mad missing to go to the look out next to restigouche river !!! jean-guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Steve, Always good to see you get off the Island and out for a ride. Have fun! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smclelan Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 2 hours ago, groomer said: great shots of the site de l ours and restigouche river!!! i think im still mad missing to go to the look out next to restigouche river !!! jean-guy Very cool spot, this was the first time I sledded to it. Good thing there were tracks to follow, there wasn't much for signs and I forgot my GPS this trip. GT Rider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT Rider Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Hi Steven, Its a nice spot. There is one long stairway down to the river!! I noticed a section of 587 was rerouted onto the local. The gas station only has regular (for the 91 users). PLAYHARD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smclelan Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 We didn't notice the stairway but did notice another lookout off to the left. I had been there by car in the summer in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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