You are very welcome Sylvain. After you complete the TT and you have time please leave a comment with your experience and anything I may have missed. Enjoy!
Thank you for all the great information! I drove to Radisson and Chisasibi in late Sept. 2001 -- shortly after 9/11. I am planning on driving the Trans-Taiga in August of 2023. I am renting a brand new Toyota Rav4 and am buying a full spare and rim. Also getting a 2-ton jack and superior lug wrench. My only real concern is getting a flat. I will bring a gas container as well. I would like to get to the end but that is not absolute. * What are my chances with new tires and a full spare? I drove the Route du Nord in 2001 as well. Did not see one car all day. Camped near Nemaska. With the advent of the Internet, the roads almost look "crowded" now! Otherwise, I feel fairly confident. Your thoughts, please. Thank you again.
Thank you for your comment Peter. I think that with a Rav4 you shouldn't have any issues at all and your chances of making it to the end are almost certain especially if you plan to be well prepared which it sounds like you are and give yourself plenty of time in case the weather gets bad. The only really bad stretch of road is the last 80+ kilometres from Brisay to Caniapiscau which will require some technical driving.
Hei man... Since you're so close, once riding season is here, would love to connect and pick your brain over your James Bay /Trans-taiga experience. 👍🏻
Absolutely 💯 Planning to go back up in late July early August to do more of the James Bay stops this time. Might do the Taiga again, time permitting. I have an email attached to my channel. Send me an email and we can exchange info privately there.
I cant thank you enough for all the great information and experience you have shared. I am leaving August 15 2022 after putting the trip on hold for several years due to border crossings. Taking a wr250r all decked out for the trip. I am open for any suggestions or more advice if you have it.. Thanks Bill
Thanks Bill, my only advice would be to be mindful of the road and the remoteness after Brisay. The rest of the road is pretty straight forward especially with a wr250. You may want to check out the south branch of the Trans-Taiga from Brisay fuel permitting. I've heard that it is more remote and a very challenging road as well. Have a great trip and let me know how it goes once you're back and get a chance. Cheers!
I had a 400km range with that range I was able to make it until Mirage Outfitter without carrying extra gas. You will need at least a 650km range to make it from Mirage to the end and then back to Mirage. There is a possibility of getting gas in Brisay or at the Lac Pau Water Aérodrome in Caniapiscau but I don’t know the specifics for that. Also if you plan on going straight from kilometre 381 on the Billy Diamond Highway to Mirage Outfitters on the Trans Taiga without refueling in Radisson then you will need over 520km range so you may need to carry extra fuel there too. Have fun and enjoy the ride! Cheers!
These videos are excellent and the information is really helpful. I have picked up several items that I've seen on your videos and I'm hoping 2022 is the year it happens. Thanks again for posting your trip and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of them.
Thanks again for your comments Jon. I'm pleased with the videos considering I had never even thought about making a video until about 8 months ago and I think they are getting progressively better. I hope you get the opportunity to do the trip this year and I've helped in some way. Hopefully my 2022 trip videos will be even better and I look forward to hearing about your Trans-Taiga trip too. Cheers!
Some great info here !! Thanks for sharing. Its always great to get another slant on how and what to bring along. One thing that has me wondering as someone who doesn't do videoing ,how many and what size of sd cards did you need for the trip ? thanks!
So I used a 1TB My Passport external hard drive. I had a dji osmo action, which I lost, and then switched to using my phone for the videos where I'm talking into the camera and I used a sena 10C pro to video all the riding. Every night in the tent I would take all the sim cards and individually download them to the external hard drive in daily folders for editing when I got home. I also had a power bank that I would use to keep the sena powered all day so I wouldn't miss anything. With a 128GB SD card I managed over 7hrs of video. Which sounds great until you try to edit it into a 15-20 minute video lol This was a trial run to see how others do it and I think I went well so expect more trips and more videos in the future
Thanks so much for making these videos so far. I know how much work it is to edit these. I plan on riding up there early August 2022 and your videos have been so helpful with my planning. You’ve taken a lot of the guesswork out of it … even after much reading that I’ve done on the forums. Thank you.
You are very welcome Gavin, it is my pleasure. I've been extremely busy recently going back to work after some covid "vacation" time off but I'm hoping to have another video out soon and possibly conclude the series as well so stay tuned. After your trip please leave another message if you can add more info for other future Trans Taiga riders. Enjoy!
