towing Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 Here our last Sunday trail path for a Joliette St-Côme loop The festival St-Côme en glace(Ice sculpture festival) began this last weekend so it was a good opportunity to ride on this side The last week thaw that hit us up to Saturday had been rough for the south west of Quebec province were the snow levels were already limit but after the deep cold Saturday night and the good groomers work the trails from home and up north survived well and we got good trails conditions. Here near home at start. As expected, trails were very hard: scratchers on duty!. A bit of brownish snow on some spot but no breakthrough. Here north from Joliette As expected side of the roads are not at their best...here crossing Baril bridge But the fields are nice. Here north of St-Ambroise de Kildare From here south of St-Alphonse de Rodriguez we began to saw some new snow. Grooming of Coureur des Bois snowmobile club was perfect North of St-Alphonse when going up in the mountains we got some vey nice scenery Once in St-Côme we walked a bit in the village to admire the sculptures. Again this year we are not deceived! We are still early in the festival that was just begin and will continue up to the end of February. Many Sculptures were still "work in progress" and we had the chance to watch many artists at work To give you an idea what to expect of this festival, they pulled from the river more than 700 ice blocks of more than 3000lbs each that have been placed along the principal road in the village for the sculptors The Festival that just started will last 2 weeks/3 weekends to end on the 27 February. It's a nice destination ride by sleds if you are in the area, the #343 trail pass trough the village, impossible to miss! We then continued our ride in north direction on #343 There was the short last section of the #343 that was rough but back on the #63 it was nice We pass by the Bazinet outfitter And continued down to Ste-Émilie/St-Damien. Here just down the big hill in St-Gabriel direction South of St-Gabriel, a bit more brown snow spots visible but overall very good The long fields between St-Norbert and Ste-Elisabeth were hard and very fast And finally here near home We got home early with 135 miles for the whole small loop So the season is still going strong here, already mid February... let's enjoy it Alain Florida Snowman, MrsGTRider, Je me souviens and 11 others 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmaster2112 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 I didnt look at a thing yet. I just wanted to be first to post...LOL Now that that's out of the way, thanks for giving me some bed night reading material....LOL And I'll also be the first to say DAMN AWESOME without even seeing it yet ....LOL Je me souviens, Blueblood, PLAYHARD and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towing Posted February 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Some other bed night entertainment... MrGutz, MrsGTRider, Florida Snowman and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quebec bob Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Alain… St Come Ice Festival… really great … one of my favorites towing and PLAYHARD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmaster2112 Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 Just STUPID CRAZY the talent those people have in that town. Only there once about 10 yrs ago. They had a big ice slide down at the park area. Me and my jackass buddies have video of each other sliding down it in full gear. St Come is really close to St Jean de Matha where we have started trips oodles of time but we are always heading out the other way and in a hurry to get to camp. I want to go back next year for sure. MrGutz, towing and PLAYHARD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vt_bluyamaha54 Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 A big thanks for sharing this Alain. Wonderfully written and great pics/video as always PLAYHARD and towing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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