snowman Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Just booked in Mont Valin for March 26 to April 1st for a week of sled/skiing. Will anybody here on the forum be there during those dates to meet up for a ride? Heading there with the wife and she wants a day to herself for pampering at the spa, so I am trying to find some company for a days ride or so.. conditions should be stellar I am hoping!!!!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carm Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Where are you staying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Carm said: Where are you staying? Passions for three nights and up the road in the yurts for three nights and may head south for a night or two depending on snow conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRX Boy Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Just got back from a week there - great conditions still. Probably better to stay north of the river, its starting to get a bit skinny south - lots or road crossing etc. We managed to squeeze in a trip around Lk St. Jean - think you might be hard pressed to do that now though. Must still be 4-5' I the mtns. Safe driving - it's a long haul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRX Boy Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Go see the ice cave which is immediately south of Lac Lamothe. It's a huge cave that is about 1000 meters deep (very large) that they used to diver the water from the lake when they built the dam. Bring a flashlight - you can drive your snowmobile in half way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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snowman Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 1 hour ago, SRX Boy said: Go see the ice cave which is immediately south of Lac Lamothe. It's a huge cave that is about 1000 meters deep (very large) that they used to diver the water from the lake when they built the dam. Bring a flashlight - you can drive your snowmobile in half way Yes went there last year, didn't have a flashlight to explore though. I will this time! Also loved riding and jumping up the dam. Can't wait to go back, such nice scenery! Not too hard on the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbane Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Sorry for the slight hijack, but does anyone have a good 6 day saddlebag tour recommendation which takes in Mt Valin, Lac St Jean and other interesting features in that wider area? Maybe launch from around Quebec city? This is not necessarily for this year. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 Around 4” of fresh snow yesterday morning, did a 100km ride before breakfast before anybody was out. Trails in the north still have 4-5’ of snow, very thin in the south near the river (almost gone). Lots of off trail riding here! Only rolled the sled once so far in the deeps within a few hours of being here on Monday. Ski hill is amazing as well for spring boarding! Great place for the last kick of the can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuse6 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 On 2018-03-15 at 8:00 PM, coolbane said: Sorry for the slight hijack, but does anyone have a good 6 day saddlebag tour recommendation which takes in Mt Valin, Lac St Jean and other interesting features in that wider area? Maybe launch from around Quebec city? This is not necessarily for this year. Thanks Coolbane have you been to this area Quebec, maybe you know most of this. Map below shows the perimeter of the area you might want to cover for a six day trip. Lots of option to cut shorter if want to spend more time around Mt Valin. Common launch hotels is Hotel Roguemont in St Raymond NW of Quebec City. Have lots of parking and allow you to leave truck there.. If you want fancy place then Four Points by Sheraton is just on N side of Quebec City, lots of people also start from here. A common trip would be day ride from launch hotel up to LSJ. Day trip around LSJ. A day or 2 riding around Mt Valin then pick a route back to the truck depending how much time you have left. If you go to quebecrider.com sub forum Saguenay Lac St Jean you get get lots of info and ride reports to get a good idea of all the options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreyboater Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 hours ago, snowman said: Around 4” of fresh snow yesterday morning, did a 100km ride before breakfast before anybody was out. Trails in the north still have 4-5’ of snow, very thin in the south near the river (almost gone). Lots of off trail riding here! Only rolled the sled once so far in the deeps within a few hours of being here on Monday. Ski hill is amazing as well for spring boarding! Great place for the last kick of the can. Looks awesome enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbane Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 14 hours ago, Fuse6 said: Coolbane have you been to this area Quebec, maybe you know most of this. Map below shows the perimeter of the area you might want to cover for a six day trip. Lots of option to cut shorter if want to spend more time around Mt Valin. Common launch hotels is Hotel Roguemont in St Raymond NW of Quebec City. Have lots of parking and allow you to leave truck there.. If you want fancy place then Four Points by Sheraton is just on N side of Quebec City, lots of people also start from here. A common trip would be day ride from launch hotel up to LSJ. Day trip around LSJ. A day or 2 riding around Mt Valin then pick a route back to the truck depending how much time you have left. If you go to quebecrider.com sub forum Saguenay Lac St Jean you get get lots of info and ride reports to get a good idea of all the options. Thanks for the info Fuse. Will definitely work on trying to get to that part of Quebec next year. The sled is put away now as we go to Australia on Sunday. After 5200 km and 2 awesome days of sledding out of Mattawa last weekend, I have no complaints. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 Still a few weeks left here for sure. My wife made a comment that she has seen more women riding here than anywhere we have riden before. Weather has been great, stayed an extra day to snowboard in some of the fresh powder on the mountain. Hard to compare to these conditions, so we won’t... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobills Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, snowman said: Still a few weeks left here for sure. My wife made a comment that she has seen more women riding here than anywhere we have riden before. Weather has been great, stayed an extra day to snowboard in some of the fresh powder on the mountain. Hard to compare to these conditions, so we won’t... Are you on a hill there?? Just looking at whats behind the sled. The camper is buried, Thats a lot of snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 1 minute ago, gobills said: Are you on a hill there?? Just looking at whats behind the sled. The camper is buried, Thats a lot of snow Yes this is a trail in the higher elevations about 10min away. We are staying near the Le Valinouete ski hill. There were areas east of us that had much more snow than that. Lots of off trail riding here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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