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  1. After having to cancel Quebec trip over Christmas and again in March (was to do new Liskeard - Chibougamau loop this week) with my 16 year old son (as he could legally ride in Quebec this year) - wasn’t going to let a March break pass without something. we had previously cancelled a trip out to Revelstoke over family day weekend as they had a major thaw - so we decide to rebook for Wednesday and Thursday this week. best single day of sledding I’ve ever had. Think I’ve even improved from last year!
    22 points
  2. We have great closing season to Mont Valin. Trails are awesome, also we got dump of snow on Sunday. Still a couple weeks left to enjoy riding. Start your truck guys. Some great memories to share
    20 points
  3. Met up with friends and introduced to new friends. Driving time from Toronto to Mont Valin approx 12 hours. Accommodation was at Destination Mont Valin. Had the pleasure to stay one night in the chalet and the remaining nights in the loft. Gas pumps at our doorstep 😀 Lunch & Dinner Relais Onatchiway Auberge 31 La Chapelle (closes early on Sunday) Gas (91 octane) at all these locations We also ventured out to the ice cave, that's a must! 😜 Temperature was -20 C and sunny on the first day of riding. Crisp and clear riding conditions. Second day Temps were around -12 C with overcast and sunny periods and some flurries. Third day Temps fluctuated from -14 C to -7 C overcast. Covered the entire riding area In 3 days with our group of 8 riding on Polaris and Ski Doo One word - AWESOME
    17 points
  4. Blue bird day have only seen about 10 sleds so far today we left Val -dor this morning around 9 everyone was in the parking lot taking selfies on them selfs and there sleds so we must have got ahead of them lol
    15 points
  5. 13 points
  6. Rode to Matagami today fresh groomed all the way up and trail was in really good shape on the way down to lebel-sur-Quevillon where we are spending the night. See about 20 sleds today light flurries most of the afternoon sky is clear now and +1
    13 points
  7. But you won’t. 😂😂
    12 points
  8. Had a Great Lake tour today. Mackenzie, Papineau, Bark, Cross, and Caughlin..going to go for a crap tomorrow. Too bad it’s not even March yet..usually my favourite month. Hope everyone was able to get out and enjoy it while it lasted. I’m hopeful for another good stretch of weather w some significant snow.
    12 points
  9. Few trees down w all that wind. What snow is left is thin..very icy in the bush. Good fishing weather..not good for much else. I’m at 2400 km this year and and 2700 last year. No complaints from me. Next year will be better..I’m an optimist 😎
    11 points
  10. It was decent leaving temis, ville marie to la tulipe was thin but rideable, la tulip was sweet half way to la force was icey on lower route 63 and up. La force up 309 was minty to the shelter the whole length. Stopped for lunch at rapid 7. Malartic to amos on 83, 307, 93 was choppy but met the groomer just south of town. 400 clicks. Excellent day🫠
    11 points
  11. Parked in beautiful downtown Durham around 230pm and took the trail west then turned north over the top of Durham to the railbed, south to the B111 and back to the trailer for 120 km afternoon. Road run sections were mostly solid and there was a bit of snow to run on at the sides which was surprising. Trails on the west side and up to the railbed were groomed last night. So was the railbed but it was getting hard to tell, lots of traffic. Klondyke had groomed their section of the B111 and it was good but no grooming on the Durham side and it was completely bombed out garbage. Only pictures of the good stuff…….lol The bad was bad. Some of the sections should be closed but I’m sure tomorrow will do them all in.
    11 points
  12. Kanawata to clova, around 255. 83 to parent was good. 83 closer to clova had some thin sections, especially the area that had forest fires this past summer from I assume combination of logging now going on and lack of wind protection with so many trees burnt up….quite a bit of damage caused by the fires. A few pictures, beauty day with the bright sun and cold.
    11 points
  13. We ran Amos to Matagami and back yesterday. I was about 10km out from gas when the sled started coughing. Dumped in some of the linqs gas. Took 35litrs to fill in matagami. Minty the whole way up! No restaurant open on sundays in matagami. Food stuff at gas station we heated up later at warm up shack. Came back down same way. Dumped all gas in at lower warm up shelter. Still took 35 litres in amos. Fast running and chewing fuel with 2 900T's. All trails in great shape. Dinner at st.huberts. The river crossing is fine in amos but still shows closed. Heading back to Temis today and will update tonight. One of the riders on the abitibi map cover sure looks very familiar lol!
    11 points
  14. Buy for the now enjoyment, not the future......its a toy to have fun, not an investment. Assume loses, if you cannot stomach that, move on.
    10 points
  15. Kennisis is not staked but 100's of sled tracks. Spent Sunday trying to clear 62.
    10 points
  16. 425 on the clock today from hotel jardin to kanawata. First part of trail enroute to relais22 was rough but remainder was mint. trail out of wemotaci should be closed, horrible stretch, than 30 or so km of logging, than mint.
    10 points
  17. Sault Ste. Marie - Updates - March 10th I was out for a sled run today north of the city. Seen 5 sleds throughout the day and ended up chatting with 3 of the guys. All local from Sault Ste. Marie. Seen a group fishing on the lake as well. Snow-depth was about 35cms. Temperature was +1. Dan
    9 points
  18. I'm waiting for my gravel driveway to freeze so I can get my sleds out of my shop. Hopefully that's Tuesday morning by the looks of the forecast. I was invited to Mont Valin for this weekend but passed. My heads in a different place now and I still have about 80% of my winter projects to get to yet. I got to 2 weeks before the wife gets home to inspect.
    8 points
  19. Was anyone calling for a carbon tax then? Oh, oh, sorry! I didn't mean that!
    8 points
  20. I don’t think they bail on you because of the sled,,,,
    8 points
  21. I'd say close to 1' this morning. Still coming down in collingwood
    8 points
  22. Made the drive to KL this morning. All the way to south of Temagami was light to heavy rain. plus 9 south of Temagami. North of Temagami temp started dropping. Roads were okay to NL. By NL it was -14 and freezing rain. After NL to 112 cutoff we drove on white ice with heavy heavy winds. Trailer was pushed and wagged sideways and pulled truck a few times. 60kph drive from NL to Kirkland. Cutoff at 112 into KL was whiteouts. probably 6” of snow on road in KL.
    8 points
  23. I had an appointment with a customer this morning. I couldn’t get way until the afternoon. The couple buddies I called were busy so I went alone. Rode from Orangeville up the railbed to Markdale. Did a side loop on the Durham side trails and then back down the railbed. I followed a guy on an old F Cat coming back and I wish I’d stopped to chat when he pulled off the trail. We ran the same pace and blew by the same ignorant groups who refused to let us by. Everything south of Shelburne should be closed. Good snow once you get above Dundalk. i rode the Mach Z. Are you proud of me Stoney?
    8 points
  24. The trail is a little thin until you get to Rapid 7 it’s fantastic the closer you get to Val-dor
    8 points
  25. Sault Ste. Marie - Updates North of Sault Ste. Marie today for a full day of riding. Good snow-base and temperature was -3
    7 points
  26. Sault Ste. Marie - March 10th
    7 points
  27. I do it the other way. I let eveyrone else eat the depreciation. I keep money ready and scour kijiji daily. I lost money on one sled and made on all the others. Im ahead a lot right now on all my purchases Only one i didnt care what i was doing was with my Mach. I wanted that sled regardless of dollars.
    7 points
  28. Yep, and for that other reason, the sport is slowly dieing from a rider to a volunteer standpoint. Agreed, stupid money spent, that makes non-current left over that much more appealing vs. latest MY sled if you are so inclined to buy....but you are still taking a hit on selling your old sled for the "new one", if you sell that is. There will always be a cost for having fun, each person has a different threshold for that given their life situation, stupid part of spending the money is not being able to enjoy it......I think most in the sport today will be okay spending the $$, if it can be enjoyed - that was a big hurtle this year no doubt, which as you say, leads to considering other options instead to spend your money on. 2025 season will be better for riding option, it has to be! Maybe not for sled manufactures/dealers though.....
    7 points
  29. I rode my sons 550 Sport a little the day we got out. It is light, has decent jam, and if you are a good rider, riding Muskoka trails, ( not Quebec and up north), it will keep up with anyone. what I loved about it most was no temp gauge and scratchers non sense. Gas, oil, and go. You can still have a lot of fun w/o spending 25k plus on a stupid snowmobile. i have never not had a sled, 25+ is the end for me.
    7 points
  30. We noticed the same thing driving home today. Still a bunch of sled trailers headed north. My buddy kept yelling out the window, "Go Home, Its Done." .....lol
    7 points
  31. If it’s been fogged properly with stabilizer in the gas, leave it as is and do not start it.
    7 points
  32. Left Senneterre this morning with a couple inches of new snow trails were perfect had lunch at Rapid 7 I think the sugar pie there is even better than moonbeam clubhouse.. Trails from LaForce back to Fugereville are starting to get thin and they are rock hard after the flash freeze last night but still very rideable . If i was coming up i would drive to Amos or Val -dor
    7 points
  33. Thanks guys for the input. Our group is leaving from there Sunday for a week and hopefully trails and weather hold up. Will post pics as we go
    7 points
  34. Doesn’t matter if I buy new or used as long as nobody tells my wife whatever I buy or order or actually spend on this hobby i will live to see another day! Whats the Farmers Almanac say for next winter?
    6 points
  35. The end of an era 2025 SRX
    6 points
  36. We rode down from Kirkland Lake to Elk Lake on the A for lunch today. Riding in the morning, everything was fine. From the junction of A and A110Q to the junction A and L162 has been groomed and is in good condition with a few thin spot where it crosses rough terrain. Below L162 there has been no grooming since before the melt down. It’s about a 40 km stretch from there to Elk Lake. The upper half saw a lot more snow than the lower half. The A trail runs on the River now on the north side of town (not on land like it shows on the OFSC map). The hill climb off the river was ice mud and rock this afternoon. That lower section was turning grey coming back this afternoon with small bare sections. The snow was soft and the trails were still decent but the traffic was taking a toll. The trails around Kirkland Lake are patchy, mostly still snow but slushy with bare spots. We were done by 330. Still warm and sunny out. My buddy and I were pretty surprised at how fast the trails were deteriorating in the afternoon. We are heading home in the morning. I don’t think there is a good ride near here tomorrow afternoon but there are plenty of people in Cochrane who are riding back to Kirkland Lake tomorrow.
    6 points
  37. 6 points
  38. Im at 2350kms with 300 or so opening trails around here. 5 days total riding trails in quebec. Almost 9000km on the 600r now.
    6 points
  39. I'm at 1700 kms give or take right now. A couple more days this weekend should put me well over 2000. I don't think I've ridden this much in 5-6 years, could be more.
    6 points
  40. We are all going to need counselling from this winter
    6 points
  41. Well i think the X3 is the better choice for the day lol
    6 points
  42. I made a couple of calls after it happened. I decided not to follow the advise I was given, which was to hammer it back out as straight as I could and not get too far into it. Instead I took it all apart. I now understand why I was told not to. It’s not an easy job. The tunnel and all the parts are aluminum but most of the rivets are steel. Some I drilled out, some I hammered out, some I had to grind the head of. All the while trying not to damage any of the powder coat that would be visible. I ordered parts (footrest, roller, tierod, lower body panel), waited a week, Doo shipped the wrong footrest, ordered again, another week, got the right one this time. Lots of problems even placing the order. Technically, Doo doesn’t list a part number for the roller (the roller is the out edge of the runningboard) on any sled with Smart Shocks because the wiring runs through the inside. I ordered one for an MXZ 137. I also bought 30-6.4 mm and 20-3/16 rivets from Doo as listed in the parts diagram. The parts only come with a few predrilled holes so I fitted everything up using 1/4 and 3/16 stainless bolts. Then drilled the rest of the holes, cleaned all the holes. My buddy powder coated all the parts including the rivets for me in satin black. Another thing I learned. 6.4 mm is 1/4 inch and 1/4 inch rivets require a heavy commercial riveter. My buddy lent me his air riveter but 3/16 was the largest tip. I had to buy a manual heavy rivet gun from Princess Auto. It’s all back together again. I bought a detailing brush and painted the inside of the rivets. The 3 stainless screw heads at the rear are the attachment points for the Smart Shock wiring cover. It has to be removed to service the shocks. Someone had already replaced the rivets with raw ones.
    6 points
  43. I've been busy having motel meetings with the gang LoL. It's a short 3 day ride but 2 days and it's been great tomorrow we are still thinking about Amos to rouyan. Cold today for the mattagami ride but it was just an awesome
    6 points
  44. We are in Senneterre tonight so not sure how things are Fugereville im sure we can at least get back there .trails are still really good here
    6 points
  45. Last run for us in QC from clova to senneterre, 275 km. Trail 83 was great most of the way, one small stretch that was thin and some clanging of rocks, closer to senneterre. It was a great trip and odd how running almost the same route a year ago feels so different and not the same….i enjoyed the run into and out of chiboug a lot more this time.
    6 points
  46. Trailers are pilling in at the Forestel
    5 points
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