I went up to St-Anne du Lac the same weekend from Russell, I was going to cross at Clarence/Thurso on the Saturday morning but the tree line was not up and there where no sled tracks accross, I ended up crossing at Papineauville. On Sunday afternoon we where taking a break just before crossing back at Papineauille and a couple stopped to ask us about this crossing, they crossed at Thurso on Saturday morning, I guess they where the first accross at Thurso. Do you know if the treeline is now up at Clarence/Thurso? We exhanged messages a few seasons ago but never hooked up, Im up in Mont Laurier/Saint Anne regularly, maybe we can do a weekend at some point. Like you said, conditions where good but 13 from Mont Laurier to Ferme Neuve and Lac Gravel was beat up from traffic as always, the top end of the park to Val Barette was OK but it is plowed for logging, lots of rocks, it will be a mess when it gets mild.