Paudash Trail Blazers Snowmobile Club has just over 300 km of amazing trails extending from Gooderham to near Bancroft and from just north of Apsley to the south end of Algonquin Park.
Our trails connect to other great trails going in every direction.
There are services available through our club area (gas, food snowmobile dealers and accommodation) so you can be assured of an enjoyable ride no matter where you go.
Watch for club events like the cookout during the sledding season as well, where you can enjoy a BBQ’d delight and a drink.
Trails Update Saturday February 28
Trails were in good shape just about everywhere in the Paudash system yesterday and should be good today as well. While groomers have been out, as of last night, we have 2 that are out of commission right now. We are hoping to have both rolling again in the next couple of days.
If you haven't looked at the long-range forecast yet, you are in for an unpleasant surprise. We are in for a prolonged warm-up and some rain starting late in the week and, if the forecast holds, it might be the end. There are days and nights of above-zero temperatures and rain and so it's hard to predict how things will be at the end of it. We have a lot of snow in the bush but any of the plowed and open sections will be badly affected.
We will not make any decisions until we see how things go and, who knows, maybe the forecast will change.
Get out and ride, everyone.
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Landowners are Very Special Supporters
In the province of Ontario, there are over 15,000 individuals that volunteer the use of their land every year. Paudash Trail Blazers has well over 90 landowners that generously volunteer their land for snowmobile trails.
Landowners do not get compensated for allowing their land to be used for an OFSC trail. In this sense, they too, are an integral part of the voluntary system that makes organized snowmobiling work for our club and across Ontario.
We have many different kinds of landowners including residents, farmers, cottagers, resorts, hunt clubs, wood lot operators, municipalities and others. By agreeing to allow a snowmobile trail to cross their property these landowners contribute to their local clubs and their home communities.
The club’s Landowner Coordinator obtains a signed land use permission from each landowner. This permission is for exclusive use of a trail corridor through their property only during the winter. This signed permission also allows the club volunteers to start trail preparation in the fall and to close up the trails in the spring.
The process of putting together a trail is very complicated as a club needs to obtain permission from a multitude of landowners. For this reason snowmobilers are asked to respect the trail by staying on the trail as marked and only using the trails when they are marked as available on the Interactive Trail Guide as each landowners has the right to refuse us entry.
Please respect our landowners by doing your part to show appreciation for the use of their land for snowmobile trails by remembering that/to:
1. Stay on the trail.
2. Leave stakes intact.
3. Leave gates and fences alone.
4. Respect equipment and property.
5. Avoid farm animals and pets.
6. The trail is for snowmobile use only.
7. Permission has been given only for winter use.
8. Use only when the trail is open.
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Trail Update Tuesday February 24 - UPDATED
THE GROOMER IS OUT AND THE ITG HAS BEEN UPDATED
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We have a good news, bad news report. First, the good news. Check the ITG for a long-awaited status change on E110 from TOP E to 617 (Saunders).
The bad news is that we have a stuck groomer on 601 (Miskwabi) between 602 (Drag Lake) and 627 (trail to Miskwabi Lake). The team is working on a plan to get it out but the trail is impassable now and so is red on the ITG.
As soon as we have an update on the situation on 601, we will let everyone know and update the ITG accordingly.
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Trails Update - Sunday February 21
All groomers were running last night and we covered a lot of ground. Traffic has been unbelievable all over the system and we think it's safe to say that the trails were looking like it at the end of the day.
We are aware that there are a couple of trails that are in serious need of attention. While we appreciate questions and compliments (which we get a lot of), we have also received a couple of snarky messages/emails about the conditions of particular trails, one of which told us to "do better". We are riders too and want trails to be great everywhere we ride. As volunteers, your club Committee spends a huge amount of time planning grooming, fixing groomers and scheduling, recruiting and training groomer operators, all for no pay. It's this group that has to face the fact that, especially when things don't go right, choices have to be made and that somebody will be occasionally unhappy when they ride.
We want people to know what's happening, both during and off-season, and these updates are one way to know. We also encourage people to attend monthly club meetings (very few take us up on this) so that they can know what we face and to help spread the work and the decision-making.
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