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A couple of years ago in Quebec we were noticing that someones saddlebags let go and there was underwear and misc clothing along the trail for about 20 clicks. All of a sudden I noticed a big bottle of Crown on the side of the trail and immediately turned around to check it out. It was new, unopened. We didnt want it to go to waste to so we took it to the hotel in Amos and polished it off that night.

Headed to Rouyan next Saturday. Hopefully it’s good

This one we picked up in the bush NW of Wawa. (not near any trail) The boy stands >6' at that time I think. It's a pretty big rack. We were back in a small spot that was clear cut and had a LOT of moose lays in it, but the area was very tight and I was quite concerned aboot scaring up a moose with very little options... As we were leaving that area I saw it. It was under the snow, but sticking up. I could tell what it was by the profile of the snow. I stopped and waited.... "What'cha dooin'?" I said to the boy: "You gunna go pick that up?" "What?" "That shed" "What?" "Over _ there..." "OH!" That is a real prize for him to this day. 11 years ago. .

I was out grooming yesterday and found a moose antler in the middle of the trail, pretty cool. Post up your finds on the trail.

there is some weird white stuff falling from the sky now, lol

We had lunch there in the early summer late spring. Food was better than I remembered in the past. All new staff and management . Looked like lots of improvement over years ago.. I would go for it. Trail groomed right to the parking lot.

We made a snap decision and are going to Mont Laurier on Sunday. Saddlebagging it for 4-5 nights. My buddys and my wife are in Costa Rica until Sunday am so as long as we are back to pick them up at YYZ are good to go.

Ya, there are two updates for the 2022 900's. One is the working DESS post of course. The other was low max RPM, some sleds were not reaching the 8000/8100 max rpm all the time or consistently. Mine was inconsistent so I did the optional update, it would hit the mark and than some times it would not (makes no sense of course). The update was two pieces, first is relearning the throttle positioning sensor (TPS) and making sure throttle cable is adjusted properly since when you had the throttle pinned, you were not getting 100% open on the throttle body itself and the second was a stiffer primary spring to raise the max RPM as well (same engagement rpm). I personally think the spring update was a "just in case measure" in case people still had low rpm issue afterwards. From what I have read, some people are now over revving with the new spring. I originally asked my dealer to not do the spring update and just the TPS update, but changed my mind and asked for the new spring. Sled felt great from a power perspective, but hard to tell if better since it has been so long since I rode it.

Just got back from Kap Rode to Cochrane and back Tuesday From Kap to Hearst and around a couple loops and back on Wednesday Thursday we rode from Kap to Smoothrock and then did the Abitibi Canyon and down to Cochrane and back to Kap Trails were pretty much excellent Only issues were a section of road running due to logging coming out of Cochrane and just West of Canyon there was a rough patch that had a road reroute For anyone riding up there not sure if it’s been posted before but there is gas in Mattice at the little store in centre of town Very hospitable host at the store with a coffee bar to warm up at. Gas price was better in Mattice then most of area we fueled up at And O’Briens in Kap has Rib night Wednesdays and Wing Night on Thursdays Our group loved the ribs

Today was my first ride of the year and getting a chance to see how my new Elka shocks felt, I must say, they work really nice. It has been about 10 months since my last ride, so of course it felt good regardless, but the shocks work way better for soaking up the bumps in the front end, with the lower ride height and dual rate springs, cornering is flatter for sure (not that I did not like my sled in this category before) and with a few turns of the clickers, it really changes the bite in the front. The new torsion springs out back are quite a bit different than the stock ones - started at position 1 since it felt very firm in the garage, but after some miles, I moved to 2 since the firmness had subsided...overall, that upgrade felt good too. No comment on the low RPM update ski-doo released that I had done - no "safe" lakes to run and open her up on. As usual, it seems the poor or inexperienced riders rear their ugly heads just after lunch too...lol! I posted a few pictures in the Haliburton thread, so won't repeat them.....all and all, good day in the forest.

Back in 12/99 (I think? Pic will say) we found a few snowmachines along the trail on the way to Halfway. We knew that they were out there overnight and not been seen yet when we left Searchmont. (The store was open in Searchmont back then) We were also told that the OPP went out at midnight, and nobody'd heard from them yet either... It was a COLD night! These guys were scattered for 45 klicks I bet? (Looks like we took this pic on the way back home a cpl days later) These guys are from The Soo. Not sure if any of them are on this site or not? This same group came along and rescued us the previous year. Actually - the fella on this sled had a fiver for me and my chum to split - as they knew that we were out there and not made it through... Me and my chum were breaking it open the year before and we each had burnt through 20 gals gas and had not found Halfway and was all but out of gas. This group was to have been following us the day prior, but they obviously didn't leave in time, and held out fore the next day. So the next year, they beat us by a day to breaking it open, but they didn't understand the concept that it takes extra gas to break open. I think there was aboot 7 sleds strung out for a long way. The guys running point ran out first, then the next, and the next, and .... I think that the last guy made it within maybe 5 or 10 klicks of Halfway tho. By the time we made Halfway, the last of the group was choppered out, and the OPP flew in some fresh meat to ride the sleds back out. Not that I haven't left a snowmachine or three in the bush as well, just no-body has any p;ics to post of those.

Yeah in the Mont Laurier area they all seem to be working together to keep the rates high. It's the tourism tax that really bugs me. I get it for some of these lodges where they are maintaining 80 km of plowed road just to be open. Higher rates are justified. For others it seems a little much. I guess the flip side is they aren't closing due to lack of staff like you see in other areas. Riding single it's not that big of a hit. With the wife it does add up in a hurry. A three day $1500 trip is now $2500 by the time we buy permits, fuel food and lodging.