Fuse6 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Home from our Gaspe trip with my wife and another couple. Had a great trip riding 1,220 km in the Gaspe. We start from the Mont Joli Motel which is about an hour drive past Rivière du Loup. We leave our truck keys with the hotel, if you have a machine breakdown they offer a rescue service. Will bring your truck and trailer and pick you up. In previous years on 2 different trips had machine in our group breakdown and had to be picked up. Once in Murdochville and once in LaCache. We departed home Saturday morning. Gaspe was getting a major storm Saturday and high winds on Sunday so knew it would be a mess for a few days. So we stopped in Princeville which is hour and half east of Montreal. Sunday did a 240 km loop around the Thetford Mine area. This is in the Chaudiere Appalaches region. Also a beautiful area with a mix rolling farm fields and sugar bushes. Monday drove to Mont Joli and did a short loop after arriving. Tuesday started our saddlebag loop heading south going counter clockwise. Went this way so there was more time for the groomers to get the north shore back in shape after the storm on Saturday. People that were on the north shore said drifts were 4-6 feet deep on much of the trail. lf you haven’t done the Gaspe put it on your bucket list. The scenery is incredible. This was my second time there this winter, in early February we did a 6 day Gaspe/ New Brunswick guys trip. Will be back again next winter. When we departed Sunday morning they were getting another 6 “ snowfall. Looking at the weather they will have another two weeks of ideal conditions. Sunset at Motel Nanook, Cap Chat Lookout Mont Saint Pierre Mont Saint Pierre Murdochville, our Airbnb is under the drift Church on top of Mont Saint Joesph, Carleton Ser Mur Moose calf on trail 587S. We thought it was dead when first come up on it, did start to move its head. Wasn’t obvious what happen but it wasn’t long for this world. Mont Joesph lookout, just north of the Carleton clubhouse on the south shore Lodging in the village of Matapedia on the 587S trail Over looking St Lawrence on north shore Picture is sideways for some reason. The house in Murdochville with front door open, not BBQing tonight Trying to find the house number on our Airbnb in Murdochville Mont Joesph Lookout 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuse6 Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 Warming hut on Chic Choc trail between Murdochville and LaCache Warming hit trail 587S 5 day loop we did averaging approx 220km per day. This distance worked out perfect for our wives that both ride their own machines. When doing Gaspe with the guys we usually aim for 300-350 km per day. Because of the great topography and winding trails a lot of it is not fast riding. Don’t make the miles per day you can do in lots of the other areas of Quebec. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Nice pics - the more I see of this region, I really want to get out that way. Had hopes this year might happen, but did not. What was the deal with moose - did it get up and leave or sick? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signfan Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Great report. Can't stress enough how much the weather can make or break a gaspe trip. Looks like you were on top of that. We learned the hard way two weeks ago. Stuck 6 times in one day. It made 250 kms feel like 500. We loved the scenery and the experience. Blown in trails not so much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuse6 Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 10 hours ago, stoney said: Nice pics - the more I see of this region, I really want to get out that way. Had hopes this year might happen, but did not. What was the deal with moose - did it get up and leave or sick? Was no obvious reason what was wrong with the moose. He just laid there as we rode around it. There was some blood on the trail. Another group of sleds came from the other direction so we didn’t have much time to access the situation as they were waiting for us to clear. They been having problems with moose the past couple weeks.Snow getting so deep moose won’t move off trails when sleds come along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PISTON LAKE CRUISER Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 On our last trip to Gaspe a few years ago, we came upon a moose on the trail in the same area on 595 north between LaCache and 5. The moose appeared to be winded and didn't move around too much or pay much attention to us. We ended up riding around it. The first two went one at a time past the head end of the moose and the last 2 of us went at the same time one around each end of the moose. Up the trail about 2 kilometres we came upon another fresh killed moose in the ditch area. We think that wolves were running the 2 moose down the trail and the one we had to ride around ran faster and farther than his buddy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volunteer2 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 And now the story of your Avatar lol pls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyr Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 12 hours ago, Fuse6 said: Warming hut on Chic Choc trail between Murdochville and LaCache Warming hit trail 587S 5 day loop we did averaging approx 220km per day. This distance worked out perfect for our wives that both ride their own machines. When doing Gaspe with the guys we usually aim for 300-350 km per day. Because of the great topography and winding trails a lot of it is not fast riding. Don’t make the miles per day you can do in lots of the other areas of Quebec. That’s the exact same loop I did 2 years ago but we started in RDL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgetman Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 8 hours ago, signfan said: Great report. Can't stress enough how much the weather can make or break a gaspe trip. Looks like you were on top of that. We learned the hard way two weeks ago. Stuck 6 times in one day. It made 250 kms feel like 500. We loved the scenery and the experience. Blown in trails not so much. 100%. Having done the Gaspe 1.5 times, the .5 caused by major aborts because of weather and my injury. Any Gaspe trip in the future as a min of 1 day contingency for weather. When they get a storm, they get a storm, and you can be at your hotel for 2 days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PISTON LAKE CRUISER Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 10 hours ago, volunteer2 said: And now the story of your Avatar lol pls Just a native greeting us to the area.LOL 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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