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Closing the Loop - My Debrief. Left Sunday am (March 13th) - checked into the Waterfront Inn and did an afternoon ride to Temagami and back. Was expecting rough conditions but trails were fantastic. Fun trail through the forests - 200km. Monday - breakfast at Gillis, took the A out of town to Elk Lake, went on the A107 to visit Canyon Lake - nice. Came back had lunch at the Elk Lake Eco Centre. Then went back on the A and took the L161 north, and A108 to Englehart. Trails were rough around Engelhart but 5 km out of town trails were good. Took the A108q down to the river and rode out to Lake Temiskaming. Did a brief visit to the belle province. Back to the hotel with lots of daylight to spare - did a quick evening lap back up the Wabi on the A south to Hailybury and out the L182 to the Lake. Turned south and visited Devils Rock - very cool - then ran the lake back to the hotel. What a day. - 300km Tuesday - since the A was in good shape we stayed away from the tertiary trails and went back out to Elk Lake. Freshly groomed trails made for a fast run. Did the full loop on the A107 this time - that did not disappoint. The south side of that loop is like a roller coaster. Then had lunch at the Elke Lake Wilderness Lodge - Thanks Mary Jo. Great people. They we headed for the hotel to load up for home - 250km. This was my daughters first real Northern Ontario trip and it did not disappoint. Great trails up there. Hats off to the clubs. Great job! A ton of fun to ride. Looking forward to next year. MS

Watch this video yesterday - I thought it was one of the better ones for this area.

Going to Moosonee has always interested me Not sure but should say bucket list idea just so many places to go need a another person to go with and a tour guide I guess

you will want, and need a guide. to route you around, and through dangers, and haul the fuel required for this trip. this is for experienced riders with at least cross over sleds, for track length, depth for floatation. there are pics on FB from Pat Dubreuil doing this a few weeks ago. there are several portages around water areas, one looks to be a nasty side hill, donkey trail. there is a young lady in Hearst with her father guiding right from the companion. Ski

So you know it well than! When river turns into rapids - sounds like one of those situations you better not make a mistake on.

Off the L161 they have a path to the river .. follow the river all the way up. And where it turns into rapids, you run the forest and than into the hydro fields. Good run ..

One sold second one pending

Only been there in the summer time - took the Polar Bear Express there. Next time I go, it will be with snow

This makes more sense Ski, I have tons of trail experience but little to no off trail. I’ll look in to this for myself and my neighbour instead, as well as a VK540, Expedition or Tundra sled instead of my Winder.

Thats one of the places my buddy and I have talked about going for a couple years.. Mike

We didn't go all the way to the end Nick but the trail that turns to the left and goes down to the river is one of the narrowest trails I have ever been on. Its little more than a sled width. The first time, I started to think we had made a mistake taking it but there was no turning around. Fortunately it is only narrow until you get to the river. If I had to guess, I would think the L153 likely ends at someones camp or at the first place the groomer could get turned around.

Nope. The guide did though .. lol. The guides brought fuel for us on the sleds.

SOLD (on Kijiji)

Farmer so yes I have time to ride lol. But really it was only two big days and 17 small ones the miles go on so easy in northern Ontario and Quebec .