Thanks for the update. Which route did you come down from amos to valdor? Heading up thurs or fri. 

I just got a permit in the mail today.      73551    

Just grab a sandwich at the grocery store in Hearst and wrap it in tin foil and heat it up on the stove in a warm up shack.    Thats what we do.     It ends up being more fun than sitting in a diner somewhere anyhow.       Here is a case where we took wood fired pizza to a whole new level.    

I picked up my buddy at 5:30 am on Friday and we headed to Ville Marie.    Great driving all the way up.    Roads were dry as a fart from Bracebridge to Temiskaming and then instantly turned to icy crap as soon as we crossed the bridge.      We parked at La Bannik ($5/day to park) and were on the trail by 2pm.     Trails were excellent to Rouyn Noranda.    We stayed at the Quality Inn.    It was packed with a hockey tournament.       We couldnt get a room for Sat night so we decided to head to Val Dor via LaSarre and Amos.     Trails were 9/10 but there was a lot of traffic.     There is a section just east of Poularies that has been torn up by an excavator and it is 2 kms of total sh-t.     Other than that the trails were mint.   Every warm up shack was full of people.    Made it to the Forestel by 6pm.        Trail from Val Dor to Ville Marie was bumpy most of the way.     I would give it a 6/10.     They still need to do some trail work and they could use some snow in places.     Made it back to La Bannik by 2:30 and on the road at 3:08pm.    Dropped my buddy off in Wartburg at 9:30 and was on the couch in Mitchell by 10.     759kms on my trip meter.       I have some other pics but they may show people having a beer in a warm up shack and I dont want to shamed over that.    

Based on the weather channel today at 7:00am I wanted to head out, but nixed it due to the predicted 90KPH winds and Orange blizzard warning.  Here its 3:20, mild winds, with little snow FFS!   Tomorrow it is....maybe....lol