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I believe the rough grading is done from the warm up shack on the big overlook hill, to the Warm up shack near the halfway point at the Kabi river, from Dub. It will need to be signed, and final brush, trim, groom etc... It should be good to go from dub north, for season. The west route has a lot of logging close to Dub (rd12) and the loggers say they will play nice, then tell us no, and dig up the groomed trail. Mostly because sledders ride the road instead of the trail. So, we are our own worst enemy. There are beaver, water issues at near, and west of Hammer Lake (Fishing Moose Lodge), to White River. there is no White River club, only the Marathon people, and the Fishing Moose couple. Marathon has a lot of trail, and have worked and connected to Manitouwadge but, with all that, White River east to Dub doesnt get the attention it needs to be a stellar trail, due to budget, manpower, and time. Hope this helps. Ski

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Ridden the Gaspe several times now and will likely go back again this year. Will add some points here: 1. Starting Point: like PLC stated everything for lodging etc will depend on starting point you chose. We start from Motel Mont Joli, in Mont Joli which is another 1 1/2 hour drive east of RDL. The reason start here is they provide a rescue service if you have a machine break down mid trip. Leave your truck keys with them and their maintenance guy will come get you if needed. We’ve had two trips with broke down sled and they came picked up sled and rider. I haven’t emailed them yet to confirm they are offering this service this winter. Mont Joli is 10 hour drive from Oshawa so works well for us. For those of you west of Toronto would be a long one day drive so RDL likely would be better option. Mileage: We average 300 km a day on guy trips. Lot of Gaspe isn’t fast riding. It’s not Cochrane or western Quebec. Hotels: Busy time is mid Feb to March 10th. If going in that time l would have rooms booked, especially if need 3 or more rooms. Like every where hotels are having difficult time getting help. Even worst in the Gaspe as it’s mainly rural towns. If hotel web site says they have a restaurant doesn’t mean it will be open, or open every night of the week. Confirm when booking your rooms. Copper hotel in Murdochville has no online booking option and have never received a reply to email. Best way to book there is call. Ask for Jack, he is the owner and speaks good English. Like Scotty said there is nothing great about the Copper but it’s the only option in that area. Weather: is the biggest challenge in the Gaspe. Seems every winter they get about three blizzards that will mess things up for three days. It’s the winds off the ocean on the north shore that cause major drifting for a couple of days. Takes the clubs a few days to get things back in shape again. If you see they are forecasting one of these storms during the week of your trip you are wasting your time going. Better to go to Quebec City and head up to Lac St Jean and Mont Valin or some other area in Quebec. Or New Brunswick. Route: the outer loop following the perimeter of the Gaspe misses some of the best and most scenic trails. The interior trails are some of the best. Chic Choc trail between Murdochville and LaCache. 595N and the 587S are ones we always do. Gaspe is as good as it gets if you get good weather.

I chose tracked shipping, got the permits on thursday then the tracking info the following day friday.