I believe it is due to discounted permit prices to the end of November. as prevente translates to pre-sale. The increase may be due to a good season last year.

Must be all the new people coming into the activity............................

Quebec permit sales to the end of November.

Ended up driving up Friday anyway. Just as we finished shopping in the Soo, hwy17 closed at 315pm. Knowing the forecast and radar, I had a feeling it was going to be a long closure. It was... almost 48 hours, with 2 brief openings that led to more closure due to weather, visibility, road surface conditions. Took the Ranger lake road to 129, to 101 to wawa route. 100 miles and 3 hours further.   Arrived Friday night about 930pm, Dug out the entrance to the house, cleaned up the garage entrance,  and waited for the plow operator to do the rest.   Saturday was cold but sunny, dug out the walkways, decks, barn. Moved the sleds from the barn to the house garage, installed the new seasonal permits. No riding due to not feeling well.   Packed up Sunday, left at noon, found hwy17 was open albeit a bit snow covered in areas.   Another system comes tomorrow calling for another big dump. We have over 3 feet now. Nothing was frozen underneath so, be aware! We went from 55 degrees on October 30th straight to snow on Halloween, and it pretty much kept snowing. Swamps, lakes, rivers, creeks will be treacherous for a very long time.   Heading back up, Christmas day, if all goes to plan.  Ski