towing Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Sunday morning sunny sky -13C , Krikri and I started our ride from the home near Joliette. With the new snow on last friday (about 8” at home) and the cold weather we were hopeful that trails conditions would be nice in the south of our regions so we chose this route for our ride (south path to go on the morning and norther path to come back in th afternoon) We had delayed our ride one day to allow time for the groomers to work with colder temperatures, well we have not been disappointed! Incredible trails, just cold enough, very sunny ... the top! The trails were very fast, the visibility was perfect, very easy to ride ... a true ride of lazy-boy! We went through Charette ... And crossed the St-Maurice river near the Gabelle bridge on #3 trail It seems to have fallen a little more snow to the east of St-Maurice river, very nice conditions and we were riding on powder We passed the Dozer north from Mt-Carmel ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towing Posted February 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 If you look on the map(first pic), south from Grand-Mere on #3 trail, there is a long very straight line, well it's really like that ... Once at St-Stanislas on Batiscan river, we quit the #3 trail and have turned northward towards St-Tite We rode up to St-Severe de Prouxville (6 miles south from St-Tite) where we stopped to lunch at the restaurant l’Incontournable After a good meal, we continued to St-Tite and took the #23 trail westbound We re-crossed the St-Maurice river in Grand-Mere ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towing Posted February 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 And continued on #23 trail We then turned on #349 trail south Then we took the trail on the Lac a l’eau Claire. A few years ago, I had the fright of my life on this lake, passing over a windswept section free of snow, the ice of 18 "or more was transparent like glass and I really felt for a moment that it was clear water ... I think about it every time I pass there. And here the beautiful Auberge du Lac à l’eau Claire We went down south to St-Alexis des Monts. Their ice bridge look rather strange but do the job... The river on left side ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towing Posted February 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 After having fueled up at the village, we continued again to the south We stopped at Pourvoirie du Lac Blanc to take a small break I would not trade my Venture for this but ... admit they are charming ... We continued to Mandeville The trails were beat a bit but very soft, so we were cruising at good speed over the powder. We took the trail #345 and continued south. Here a little south of St-Gabriel de Brandon We were back home at 18:00 with 242 miles on the dreammeter. In summary, the new snow really revived the trail conditions all over the south and handed the icing on the cake over the north where the conditions were already very good. We have an impressive snow cover up north, enought to expect still many weeks of good riding there. If the cold weather and snow expected this week can materialize, we will still be able to even enjoy the south side for few rides... look good by now monday evening, snowing and an inch more to the ground !!!! Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazysnow Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Very Nice !!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLAYHARD Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 That second photo is AWESOME with the shadow on the snow of the photographer and her chauffer on that limousine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailblazer Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 It seems you were very spoiled too Alain, those trails look really good and with bright sunshine and blue sky B) you can't get any better. Nice ride and nice pics , thanks for sharing Alain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doonali Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Very nice pics and report...Thank you. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
600IQHO Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Nice report and pics. We love the pics of the Huskies. Here is a pic of Maya, Sharon and Apache. Sharon is the one with 2 legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towing Posted February 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) Thank you all guys That second photo is AWESOME with the shadow on the snow of the photographer and her chauffer on that limousine! It's even more special to know that Krikri snapped that when we were cruising in the 60s mph, it's a very nice shot B) It was also special to see the snow cloud shadow behind us... Nice report and pics. We love the pics of the Huskies. Here is a pic of Maya, Sharon and Apache. Sharon is the one with 2 legs. Very nice dogs... and girl ;) Those at Lac Blanc were surely used to deep cold with their thick and dense fur. Those husky are all specials with their sharp blue eyes... Alain Edited February 29, 2012 by towing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasledgirl Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Just beautiful pictures!! Great trail report too!! thanks lindasledgirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLAYHARD Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Those pooches at Lac Blanc were CRYING when the Mushers came out to harness them up... "PICK ME!! I WANNA RUN!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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