The Buckhorn District Snowmobile Club is based in Buckhorn, Ontario, about 25 minutes north of the City of Peterborough. We are a member club of the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs, and are one of seven clubs making up OFSC District 2.
BDSC volunteers and grooming staff maintain approximately 165 kilometres of trails through varying terrain, from the east shore of Chemong Lake in the south, to the Gooderham area in the north.
The bulk of our trails are in the Municpality of Trent Lakes, in an area of beautiful Canadian Shield forest once known as The Five Points Trail System – a throwback to the earliest days of organized snowmobiling.
To the west, our trails join those of the Twin Mountains Snowmobile Club in the Bobcaygeon area. On the east side of our system our trails connect with those of the Paudash Trail Blazers and the Stoney Lake Snoriders, leading to the Wilberforce and Apsley areas.
E108
A group of 6 BDSC volunteers were out on Wednesday for 6 hours and cleared almost 4kms of the E108 from the E108/E211(EE) westward. Thank you to Randy, Don, John, Mark, Gord and Dan!!👊💪
Also, a big shout out to our friends at KATVA and OF4WD for all their work clearing the ice storm damage on the E108!!! We appreciate you!👍💪🙏
The criteria for ATV and Jeep use is different than what is required for snowmobile use. We need/like to have a minimum 12' width and 15' height cleared for our groomers to get around. One of our groomers is 14' tall and has a 9' wide drag. So we were in there clearing out all the leaners/low hangars and clearing branches/logs from the trail sides to make the trail "groomer ready". There was a lot pole saw work done!!
Good day! No dust thanks to the rain on Tuesday night and much cooler!👍
We will going out next Wednesday to work on the E211 north of Gray's Swamp(Trail 503).
Wednesday Aug 27 @ 0800
Approx 2591 County Rd 507, just north of Fire Route 162 on the west side where Trail 503 crosses CR507. There is a parking area a few hundred feet in.
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ATV will be required.
For more info or to confirm you can make it out, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator John at:
ofscbdsc@gmail.com
Any help is appreciated!!👍
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E211
A group of 7 BDSC volunteers continued clearing the E211 south of Mississauga Dam Road last Wednesday. Thank you to Randy, Perry, Mark, Bruce, John, Gord and Dan for giving your chainsaws, pole saws and loppers a workout!
We have now cleared as far south as we can as the first large beaver pond is larger and deeper than usual. We, normally, can get through there but the beaver was busy this year! The rest of the trail down to Mort's Pond will now have to be addressed once it freezes over.
We will be going out on Wednesday to start working on the E211 north of P1 and check out some of the E108.
Wednesday Aug 20, @0800
Parking Lot 1, approximately 10kms north of Flynn's Corner at the Forest Access Rd. and CR 507.
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ATV will be required.
For more info or to confirm you can make it out, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator John at:
ofscbdsc@gmail.com
Any help is appreciated!!👍
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E211 Ice Storm Cleanup
I would like to start this post acknowledging all the BDSC volunteers that have been coming out every week since May, trying to clear the March ice storm damage! We have collectively put in well over 250 volunteer trail work hours to date! Kudos to all of you!! Be proud!!💪👊💪👊
On Wednesday, seven BDSC volunteers honed up their lumberjack skills clearing another 1.5kms of the E211 trail south of Mississauga Dam Road!!👍👍 They hung in there for almost 5 hours but the heat put an end to it.
Thank you to Bayne, Perry, Randy, John, Mark, Gord and Dan!!👊💪🙏
The good:
The bugs weren't bad for a change.
Swamps/muddy areas were dry except one.
No overly large downed trees or hangars.
The bad:
Quantity of downed trees was rather large.👎
We will be going out next Wednesday.
Wednesday Aug 13, @0800
Parking Lot 1, approximately 10kms north of Flynn's Corner at the Forest Access Rd. and CR 507.
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We will be working on the E211 south of Mississauga Dam Road. ATV will be required.
For more info or to confirm you can make it out, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator John at:
ofscbdsc@gmail.com
Any help is appreciated!!👍
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E211
Another Wednesday, another day cleaning up the ice storm damage.
We had seven BDSC volunteers come out and use their arborist skills to clear another couple of kms of the E211 south of Mississauga Dam Road. Huge thank you to Jeff, Randy, Don, Mark, Bruce, Gord and Dan!!
Good news. No large trees were down or hanging!👍
Bad news. There were many smaller ones that made up for the lack of big ones down.👎
Most of the swampy areas were fairly dry except for one and thankfully it wasn't as deep as usual!👍
We will be going out next Wednesday to continue down the E211.
Wednesday Aug 6, @0800
Parking Lot 1, approximately 10kms north of Flynn's Corner at the Forest Access Rd. and CR 507.
maps.app.goo.gl/Ea9Fc18JWUacayF17
We will be working on the E211 south of Mississauga Dam Road. ATV will be required.
For more info or to confirm you can make it out, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator John at:
ofscbdsc@gmail.com
Any help is appreciated!!👍
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