PISTON LAKE CRUISER
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11 hours ago, stoney said:
So for those that have done the Gaspe trip, would it be best to wait for the trail that is closed to open back up to do this trip - put it off for a year?
I'm with Johnny B on going to Gaspe. Save the Murdockville to La Cache for your next trip because you will want to go back. Below is a trip plotted by a QR contributor to accomodate the closure. The good parts about this is that you get to go both ways on the most scenic area which is the north shore and you miss the boring section of the south shore. It gets all the good parts that will be available. It appears to start in Rimouski.
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6 hours ago, willb said:
New owners fully now (a positive in my eyes) and they have a new website.
https://www.sledabitibi.com/?fbclid=IwAR1YU8FDuOVCqhWCbsIT4LiKIqOojLseDMH9MY8zWsF_AbTaibBDSmQFHaE
I can only assume that they will have fuel like previous years but can’t personally confirm. Send Steve a message on Facebook or email or call (info on the website).
Who are the new owners? I ask because when I read all the info. on fuel portion of the website it talks about the fuel dealer having been with them from the very start. That makes me think some of the ownership has been around in the past.
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29 minutes ago, wrightonalan said:
well hopefully we get trail back ,we did get conestogo trails back .i think it was all tied together at first .
There may or may not have been some kind of deal cut to get the Lake Conestoga trails opened again. JMHO
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33 minutes ago, yamadan700 said:
I'm glad the MOT doesn't pay for postage for reminders on the free renewals. Poor ROI.
Maybe it's Dougie's(Ford) way to start instilling more personal responsibility/accountability on the general public. Hopefully it works and the trickle down effect will hit society at large in a few years!!!
Cash cow for his OPP
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1 hour ago, Candubrain said:
In the end.....someone in the middle east in getting rich and I'm getting poorer.....lol
Crazy when we know we really have to be buy little or no foreign oil.
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39 minutes ago, Baylaker said:
We all need to support this, as it is a very nice rail line and accessible right on the edge of town with parking right at the trail head.
Can you please supply a link to the petition so that we can support it? TIA
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1 hour ago, volunteer2 said:
My vote is for Bridgepoint snowmobile club. LoL.
I sure hope you are right V2! We'll only be 2-3 weeks after you then.
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42 minutes ago, volunteer2 said:
Anyone run south of Gaspe and to New Brunswick ?
Been into New Brunswick a couple of times Nick but only as far south as St. Leonard on the west side (going into Maine) and Bathurst on the east side.
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3 hours ago, Strong Farmer said:
Maybe they going to set those aside and sell them as in season full permits when ordered 🤷🏽♂️
Very doutful about that. By selling in order and not jumping around, they can easily tell how many are sold and in what time frame plus they started at 2000 about 3-4 years ago.
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8 minutes ago, grover_yyz said:
Maybe the first 5k are the day permits?
Possibly, but then how did they number (if they do) the day permits last year when early full year permits stated at number 1?
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2 hours ago, SlowTouringGuy said:
So….I’m oblivious to all this (and many other things) I used to get something in the mail showing my different sleds and needing to be completed to get new ValTags . How does it work now ??? Do I just show up at Service Ontario and whisper things to them like all my serial numbers ?? And they will believe me ???
or do they want me to do something magic on FacePlant ?
you would think that if there is a new process the JIC (jerks in charge) would make it public and spend 70 million $$ on a communications campaign to make the process public in order to save the 500,00$ that they think they will save. It is the government of course and they know best. Of course, if they keep it a secret they can probably line their coffers with Fines !
Of course some Minister of Something probably posted it on X, formally known as Twitter which is past tense for twat.You can sign up for notifications to be sent to you via emil I believe. There has been some advertising about the notification system by Service Ontario I believe. I signed up last year and got the notification earlier in the fall. There was also a link included to order your valtags online and have them mailed to you. It worked very well for me with no need for a trip to the service Ontario office.
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11 hours ago, Strong Farmer said:
What’s everyone think if district 5 can only open trails for a handful of days every year, will ofsc eventually say it’s not worth equipment investment in those trails, even though it’s volunteers doing a chunk of work?
This equipment could be better utilized thru snow belt and improve rider experience no doubt.
At same time will loose permit buyers, trails forever once closed.The OFSC is obviously aware of the weather issues in District 5 as well as other Districts. District 5 is I believe one of the top 3-4 Districts for permit sales in the OFSC so it would be a hard decision for the OFSC to shut it down and risk loosing a lot of permit sales. There will likely not be many new groomers allocated to District 5 if the short seasons continue as should be the case. I believe as long as there is a good volunteer base to do the hard work, District 5 will continue to do the best it can for snowmobiling in our area. JMHO
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29 minutes ago, Fuse6 said:
Anyone planning a Gaspe trip this winter it was announced yesterday that the interior trail that runs through the Chic Choc mountains between LaCache and Murdochville will be closed all winter due to some bridges that are unsafe.
Unfortunate as it is one of the most scenic trails.
Pink trail is the closed one. The green dot is LaCache.
Too bad, its one of a handful of very scenic trails in Gaspe and one of our favorites. Very bad news for La Cache where a huge investment has been made on improvements over the last few years and also for the Hotel Copper in Murdockville.
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I'll go with some of the trails north of the A trail in the longlac area.
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3 hours ago, Strong Farmer said:
All great guesses. I am going to say
top B in stone-cliff to mattawa area will be open on Dec 22 in time for weekend 😎.
Top A is the trail that goes past Stonecliffe to the A112A which goes to Mattawa.
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2 hours ago, signfan said:
Is that where A102Q meets the A/D trail? Is there a maintained lot there? Is there anyone to check in with or pay before parking there? Overnight stays allowed? Looks like a good solution.
It is on the east side of Hwy 11 where the A102Q crossed 11 onto Sand Dam Road. There is a wide area on the side of Sand Dam Road (not a parking lot persay) that always seems to be cleaned off for parking when we went by. No check in, payment or security in the past to my knowledge. All that said, I just noticed on the ITG that it shows A102Q now crossing hwy 11 about 250 metres south of the 11 & Sand Dam road intersection for some reason.
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11 hours ago, stoney said:
Perhaps years they expect low permit numbers, the OFSC artificially exaggerate the number of permits sold to protect the optics....lol
I don't remember them starting at that high a number the last few years. I do think you are correct about making it look good.
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2 hours ago, stoney said:
Did some checking today on permit numbers and dates (I think I did the same last year).....
- 2023 permit ordered Oct 27, 2022 - permit number was 34,525
- 2024 permit ordered Oct 27, 2023 - permit number is 36,632
Pretty close in numbers on exact same date, so I guess that is a good thing....
Not quite that simple Stoney. Without going out to check my sled, I'm pretty certain they started numbering at 1 last year. This year they started numbering at 5001. You need to subtract 5000 from this years permit number to get a true idea of how many were sold.
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Got my email saying my 2nd permit was shipped yesterday. I went in and checked the permit number. They started at # 5,000 and mine processed earlier this week was 36,220 so (assuming they are processed in order of purchase) they had sold 31,200 early permits by October 27th with the last 4 days of early sales still to be counted.
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6 hours ago, Strong Farmer said:
Should do chaincase oil and check tension. Sock on fuel pump will last life of sled. I haven’t touched one yet.
I only use air and brake cleaner on clutches now. Oil don’t do them any good. Last twice as long being dry. You wash that new belt before you put it on 👍You obviously haven't read or heard about all the Doo failures attributed to the fuel sock.
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59 minutes ago, stoney said:
Charge more and sell more permits…lol
+ enforce the sh_t out of it while still providing an awesome product.
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8 hours ago, Dave K said:
I havent bought on either yet. We wrecked a sled last year on day 2 of 3 that the trails were open local. Havent replaced it yet, and my barn doesnt allow for a trip north. After a few too many years of only 3 day trails open, i decided to wait and see what Jan does as well.
I seriously thought about just getting day permits for our second sled BUT you have to buy 2 days minimum so if we use it on 2 different weekends it would cost about the same as the permit so the second seasonal is ordered.
Gaspe Trip Thread - Info, Ideas, Routes, Accommodations, Home Base Start, etc....
in Main Clubhouse
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x2 on your hotel choice. Since the 4 of us discovered it we have been back twice and will continue to return if we get the chance. The food is awesome as is the nice lady that runs it. Your trip sounds awesome. Doing all the great stuff for sure.