Thanks. Two of us independently checked 511on Monday AM between 9:30 and 10:30 looking for highway 11 closures, and didn't find any. We weren't looking at the camera shots, however. Lots of travellers in the hotel this morning in the same boat. We heard this AM in NB that the highway was closed Monday around 8 AM, but the closure posting on 511on came closer to noon. Others said the weathernetwork roadmap showed the closures around 10:30. Too late for us by then we were on the road - fat, dumb and happy! We should have been more persistent this morning in try to find the expected opening time, but that seems to be kept a secret. Could have got 3 days riding in. Unfortunately we had to get home Saturday.

Lots more purple on the map now. Dont see any action around Amos yet. Valdor club posted they're going out without the drags on to clear snowbanks at crossings and pack. Not sure if Rouyn, malartic, la sarre amos are doing the same but im sure they'll all be in fine form by the weekend. I'd like to do a loop this time as opposed to rapid 7(309)up and back.  On a side note, i wish Winneway wasnt such a long scratch for fuel. Not sure if laforce actually has gas still but its a shorter detour run up the shoulder/ ditch i think. Winneway to cadillac is doable without the caddy and avoids the malartic crap shoot. Can anyone, or maybe 1049 confirm if laforce actually has fuel and it was just the reroute that cut them off? Might try la tulip to cadillac and dump the caddy's in at the valdor shelter. It would be tight for fuel but malartic is always an option too.  I also refuse to go through valdor ever again since the bullcrap atv stop sign ticket a few years back. $450, so 900 total for the two of us still makes me mad. 

Thats a bummer.  I was stranded in Sudbury with my snowmobile, thankfully staying at a friend's place, secondary roads still not plowed, 2ft on the roadway. Hwy 69 was closed from Suds to Parry Sound.   You may find this link helpful for next time.   https://511on.ca/?SelectedLayers=RoadConditions

So much for that plan! Got to North Bay yesterday afternoon and hwy was closed, as was every other north-south highway north of hwy 17. Truckers waiting in northbound line-up were told that the highway would open by 2 or 3 in the AM. So we got a room in NB. 7:30 this AM, the highway was still closed. For some reason, instead of finding out the ET for road opening, we decided to drive home, where I am now.  Road opened at roughly 9:30 AM, with a long, staged snowplow, OPP vehicle and transport line-up. Ironic thing is that we postponed going last week because of the early-week warm temps. I am sure that next week will be good in the far north, but not sure I will make it. 

I am keeping a close eye on things up there.     Guys are posting that they have been storm stayed in hotels for the last 2 days and there is 2 ft of snow on the trail.     Looks like the groomers are getting out.     Hopefully they can get a handle on things by the weekend.