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27 minutes ago, DOOBEE said:

My brother and cousin saw you guys late this afternoon 55k outside Folyet.  Think they were stopped taking a break.  503kms Wawa to Timmins.

Were they stopped by the Foleyet club's billboard?

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The section of C101D east of Chapleau that Nunz mentioned about being plowed is now snow covered. Be aware that vehicles are using it the entire length.

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Tonight's lows:

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This week's forecasts:

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54 minutes ago, revrnd said:

Were they stopped by the Foleyet club's billboard?

I think so.  He said the sign there shows 55k to Foleyet.  I told him there would be a pack of blizzards coming that way.  I figured Chapleau was your night stop given the time he saw you.  Last time I stayed there you could ride to Missanabie.

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322 klicks to D'ville from Chapleau. A frosty -32* this morning. -8* here.

C101D from Chapleau to TOP D groomed. 

 

South of Wawa, TOP D was only groomed from town to #5.

 

North of town, TOP D was groomed all the way to 'Lucville'. 

 

Be aware that there is an ice flow acrosd the trail about 4 klicks south of the ACR crossing in D'ville.

 

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A note from yesterday's trek from Timmins to Chapleau. West of where the Foleyet & Chapleau clubs meet there is a bridge that has deep 'gap' between the tread boards. 

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C101D west of Moose Horn Lodge

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Looking west

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C101D at the intersection with TOP D south of Halfway Haven:

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Looking north on TOP D. While we were here a group of 11 sleds headed south.

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Stopped at Halfway Haven for fuel and lunch.

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The guys at the front spotted a moose on the trail before it headed for the bush lots of tracks along the trail in the area.

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2 minutes ago, revrnd said:

The guys at the front spotted a moose on the trail before it headed for the bush lots of tracks along the trail in the area.

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Looking good. Trails look amazing.

 

We saw a big moose while we were out on Sunday morning.  Also have a pack of wolves around!! They killed a deer on the lake Sunday night.  Gotta keep the dog close when he goes out at night now.

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In D'ville at the Relais Magpie:

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On 2/19/2019 at 10:09 PM, gobills said:

Looking good. Trails look amazing.

Im sure there was some road work done east of D'ville (north & south of the TOP F intersection). It looks wider & a lot smoother since I was last thru there in '12.

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Much nicer start to the day, -13 in the morning. Be aware that the LOL Resto opens @ 8:30 AM for breaky.

 

irREVerent checking snow depth alongside D108A

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D108A north of D'ville

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Looking north:

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In Hornepayne for lunch:

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On TOP A north of Hornepayne:

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Stopped @ the warmup shack near Bambino's

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Triplets:

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The shelter

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We arrived in Hearst around 4 PM. 296 klicks for the day. Sunny most of the way.

 

Be careful there is a big washout on D108A south of the Kabi River warm up shack. Club has a detour around via an ice bridge.

At the Companion

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21 sleds in the shed when we parked and more arrived later. We met sleds north of Hornepayne in the afternoon (quite a few gassing up there). We followed 3 sleds from Hornepayne, played leapfrog w/ a couple more & had a father & son follow us from D'ville.

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A 'shorter' day today, arrived in Cochrane @ 3 (staying @ the Westway). 295 klicks for the day.

 

Cloudy & flat light today. Fresh snow overnight. Running L123 this morning & we were the 1st sledders thru from the Hardy Loop to the Kap River. Quite a few sleds in both directions.

 

Fuel & lunch in Moonbeam.

 

TOP A was choppy from SRF to the A103 intersection. Rest of the day was good.

 

Pics to follow...

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On 2/19/2019 at 6:22 PM, revrnd said:

A note from yesterday's trek from Timmins to Chapleau. West of where the Foleyet & Chapleau clubs meet there is a bridge that has deep 'gap' between the tread boards. 

Gap is an understatement!  There is basically 2 two foot wide tread sections with what looked like nothing between them.  I expected the usual 4 inch drop to the center boards, but there was nothing there.   Scary when you have slowed down and find that half the sled is about to be over a huge hole.  I hit the throttle and bounced off the far side pretty crooked, but OK.  Could have been nasty.

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Morning in Hearst

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Ready to leave

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Looking west on L155 @ the L173 intersection

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Eastbound sleds @ the L155 TOP A intersection

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Taking the lead on L123 east of Opaz'

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L123 @ the Harty Loop (L145)

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The gang catching up

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Looking north on L141 @ L123

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Looking east on L123

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