MXZMike Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Just checking if its open.. Have a trip planned for next week so trying to figure out where to get across on the sleds. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MXZMike Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 And I think there is a crossing North of Deep River? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PISTON LAKE CRUISER Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, MXZMike said: Just checking if its open.. Have a trip planned for next week so trying to figure out where to get across on the sleds. Mike Which crossing are you talking about exactly. Their are 2 different sled bridge crossings east of Pembroke. Are you talking about one of them or an ice crossing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MXZMike Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 I am not familiar with the area so if there is a sled bridge thats even better. Is there also a sled bridge north / east of deep river? (A101Q) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PISTON LAKE CRUISER Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 2 hours ago, MXZMike said: I am not familiar with the area so if there is a sled bridge thats even better. Is there also a sled bridge north / east of deep river? (A101Q) There is a bridge on A101Q about 30 km. Northwest of Deep River. It crosses into Quebec to the village of Rapides des Joachims. The bridge is a long steel vehicle bridge. A possible downside is that the floor of the bridge is open grid steel. Some OC'er's say that it doesn't hurt the ski's or runners. We arranged for a local to trailer our sleds across when we went. If you are going that way its a good idea to top up your fuel at the store in the village. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MXZMike Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 13 minutes ago, PISTON LAKE CRUISER said: There is a bridge on A101Q about 30 km. Northwest of Deep River. It crosses into Quebec to the village of Rapides des Joachims. The bridge is a long steel vehicle bridge. A possible downside is that the floor of the bridge is open grid steel. Some OC'er's say that it doesn't hurt the ski's or runners. We arranged for a local to trailer our sleds across when we went. If you are going that way its a good idea to top up your fuel at the store in the village. Are there better bridges further south? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PISTON LAKE CRUISER Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 37 minutes ago, MXZMike said: Are there better bridges further south? Mike There is a sled bridge south east of Pembroke at the end of B101Q just past Beachburg and anotherone at the end of West Carleton trail #W1 that just is just newly opened a short time ago. There may also be some ice crossings however I don't know of the conditions on them. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Any bridges we have crossed along there either on sled or truck, they have not been very sled friendly - if you are OCD, you ain't going to like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PISTON LAKE CRUISER Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 28 minutes ago, stoney said: Any bridges we have crossed along there either on sled or truck, they have not been very sled friendly - if you are OCD, you ain't going to like it. The new bridge as shown below looks pretty well done: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MXZMike Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 Thanks for the info guys.. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 1 hour ago, PISTON LAKE CRUISER said: The new bridge as shown below looks pretty well done: Yes, it does! How new is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Pete Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 36 minutes ago, stoney said: Yes, it does! How new is that? The bridge officially opened this season. Check out West Carleton FB page. Longest Snowmobile bridge in the world at 1600 ft. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signfan Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 I crossed both bridges south of Pembroke a cpl weeks ago. They are both great. Groomed like any other trail. Swisha bridge is no big deal in my opinion. Just go slow. It sounds worse than it is. An unfrozen gravel road will do more damage to your carbides than crossing it will. You get rewarded with awesome riding crossing at Swisha. I found a fair bit of road running going up trail 311 into the laurentians. Not terrible, but you can tell they have lost a lot of landowners. It's a tighter trail as well. 308 is still on the bucket list along with TQ43 south of Swisha. Have a great trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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