indoor pool and a spa area including sauna, a steam room and outdoor and indoor hot tubs. It also rents snowmobiles and gear. The lodge offers ample parking for trailers and sleds. Fournier and his team made us feel very welcome( even though we don’ t speak French) and did their best to accommodate our needs.
At dinner the first night, we met the six other couples with whom we’ d be riding for the week. People shared where they were from, where they have ridden and what they were looking forward to in the coming week.
Lanaudière Warmup
The Lanaudière region of Quebec has approximately 2,900 miles of snowmobile trails that travel through mountains and forests with hundreds of frozen lakes and majestic vistas.
On Sunday, our first day of riding started with a breakfast buffet at 8 a. m. The normal plan is to be on the trail by 9:30. However, since it was the first day, we got on the trail at 10 a. m. after making sure everyone’ s machines were ready and fueled up.
It was a chilly 15 degrees Fahrenheit in the morning and only crawled up to about 23 degrees later in the day.
When first leaving the Auberge, there
The Auberge Vieux-Moulin.
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A lake view from Relais Koubek.
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