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Just checked this am and the Abitibi Loop is showing red on the ITG and at the same time the Base Camp guys are posting on FB to come on up and the trails are good?

What he said.

I see Ville Marie has closed their trails. I generally leave my truck in VM and head towards VD from there. I think some buddies of mine are heading to VD tomorrow. I already told them not to even ask me to go ask I will just get mad because I cant go.

Its pretty cold up there until mid next week. I bet the groomers are out for one last run before the temps are too warm.

If anyone is thinking about heading away but doesnt want to drive to Hearst, Val D'or got 6" last night. This was just posted on FB.

This is correct. Warranty will not cover this. It is an insurance issue as no one can really prove that it was a warranty related issue. Your insurer may seek damages from the manufacturer but chances are they will just pay it out and move on.

That’s the exact same loop I did 2 years ago but we started in RDL.

Is this for next season? The big question is whether the OFSC will allow a trail that long without any gas stops? History says that they will not approve it.

Go Pros make all hills look flat. I do a lot of dirt bike riding and even hills that are so steep you can hardly walk up look flat on a camera. That is a pretty steep side hill. Look at the angle of the trees in the background compared to the ground.

Have a great ride!!

Saw a couple of posts that say getting through Kap is becoming a challenge but the majority of the trails out of town are still pretty good.

Halfway Haven has to maintain 60kms of road themselves with their own equipment. No MTO crews plowing that road like the road to Base Camp. As I mentioned, I didnt have a problem making a "donation" at $4/L and probably even to $5, but when it hit $6/L a few weeks ago, that crossed the line for me and I used my Linq can.

I agree. HH could be charging $5/L and I wouldnt argue at all. There is a well maintained 2 lane highway that delivers fuel to Base Camp and the Hydro plant will need fuel constantly as well. Other than the drive itself there and back, it really isnt hard to get fuel delivered there. The guys at Base Camp are shooting themselves in the foot (and wallet) with all the chirping off they did early in the season and are now alienating a lot of customers.

As mentioned above, if the Base Camp needs $6/L gas to survive, then it should just close. Their business plan doesnt work at those prices. Gas at Halfway Haven was $3.50 when I was there the day before it closed for comparison.

The rail trail between Angliers and Ville Marie was so rock hard this am that all 3 machines were getting hot. Made it back to the truck at 1pm and loaded up on the way home now. That’s a wrap on sled season 21/22.

There is a lot of snow here but it’s supposed to be 7c here on Friday. Getting gas will be pain. The pavement is already quite dry around here. We have a short ride back to Ville Marie this am and then head back to KW. All of us have to work tomorrow.

We rode from Amos to Lasarre and then to Rouyn today. Not a big ride by any stretch but we had a late night last night. Trails were mint all day today. Like yesterday, we saw less than 10 sleds all day. I am starting to wonder if guys have quit riding for the season as there is so little traffic.

My buddy Paul called me on Sat wondering if I could go on Sunday for a quick ride to Quebec. I reminded him that I sold my 22 600XRS last week and had no sled. He was pretty quick to say that he knew that and he was offering me his spare 2019 Backcountry 850 to ride for a few days. We drove up to Ville Marie on Sunday and checked into the Motel Louise. We were the only sledders staying there last night. We hit the trails this am and headed towards Amos. Trails haven’t been groomed in a bit but have very little traffic. We rode 320kms today and met less than 20 sleds. We are checked into the Amosphere tonight. There are a few sleds but it’s pretty dead. Heading towards Rouyn tomorrow.

Sold - closes May 2

That place is becoming a joke. I just finished 1500kms up there and that station was by far the most expensive gas of the whole trip. Even more than Foleyet or places way farther off the beaten path. I will just plan on getting gas in Kap or Moonbeam from now on. And dont get me started on Smoothys. We walked out after waiting an hour for a soup/sandwich.

I will admit that I got busted about 25 years ago on the trail that runs along Hwy 11 going into Smooth Rock Falls. The cops picked me up on radar in their cruiser going 165km/h. I was on a brand new 1998 Polaris XC700 and the dumbass in me didnt think that running at warp speed along the highway was a bad idea. I now take it real slow when running on a trail that runs along a major highway. The cop was absolutely losing his mind. He didnt know what to charge me with. I finally got the standard MSVA speeding ticket but I was in the back seat of the cruiser for 45 mins while my buddies were freezing their azz off waiting for me.

Well, I could have been tricked into a new Polaris but couldnt pull the trigger. Every local dealer I talked to either was sold out of units or was playing full msrp + freight + pdi + admin game with me. I would have paid list + tax but thats it. $1000 of extra fees turned me off. I didnt even have to pay full list for my wifes Ford Bronco but I do understand that the sled dealers are getting very few machines this year. Between that and the fact that I own just about every Linq bag known to man as well as a full set of Skidoo clutch tools, I ended up ordering a 23 Renegade 850 XRS (base - no SS or gauge). My dealer treated me super fair and charged me slightly less than MSRP with no extra fees even though he could have just said full list +++.

I like to listen to the music my engine puts out. I listen to music on my street bike but have zero interest in listening to music or taking calls/texts on my sled. I guess I am just turning into grumpy old man

That sucks. How does it fall off? Either it wasnt put on correctly or the tabs broke?

What did you order?