RE: Maps - Perce Neige
>For Canadian Routebook Rallies (PN), are maps allowed ?
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>Does anybody have maps of the PN stages from past years ?
Ole:
The organizers will publish maps of the rally route on the Perce-Neige website about two weeks prior to the rally.
The maps are suitable for planning purposes but are not suitable for other purposes (such as reading bends).
I have never seen good topographic maps of the area where the stages are located (except for the two short stages near Maniwaki on public roads). I have seen the roads on snowmobile maps but they are not detailed enough.
Even if you had very detailed maps of the stages, it is unlikely that they would be of value, as the road in the wintertime does not necessarily follow the map, because the winter road goes where ever the snow plow driver makes it go.
You will have to rely on the route book for bad corners and crests/jumps. Sometimes the route book is not totally accurate, if the stage has been plowed the night before the rally.
Christian Edstrom seemed to have no problems last year doing the rally blind. Perhaps, you should contact him.
At the rally, you can talk to any of the top co-drivers who will be able to provide you with general descriptions of the nature of each stage.
Don't worry, the snow banks will be high. Just don't hit them nose first.
Doug Woods