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.
BDSC has contributed a couple of articles in two local publications this winter.
Here are some links for your reading pleasure while waiting for winter to return.😉
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Quick Update
All BDSC trails are "Yellow".
Grooming has stopped due to the warm temperatures.
The T6 was out on Monday night and had some issues upon returning. Parts are coming on Friday
The BR180 is at our shop pending repairs.
We'll see how the weather plays out over the next few days.
Check the Interactive Trail Guide(ITG) for trail status.
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E211 Update
The BDSC volunteer team were out on Wednesday and installed a culvert and built a snow bridge in some wet areas north of the clubhouse!!
Thank you to Craig, Kyle, Jim S, Tom, John, Don and Gord!!👍👊
The culvert was needed as the water is running strong and deep through that one area!
Ask me how I know!! See pic😉
Don and Dan went out on Thursday with the club's Yamaha VK and Happy Trails drag to pack and groom the freshly cleared E211 with new snow bridges and culverts!
It went well and, also, it didn't!..lol.. Trying to pack/groom a one sled wide goat path with 1-2' banks can be challenging at times!!
However, the duo persevered and made it to the 502! Along the way, another two snow bridges were built as the water has started to run!
It is lumpy from Morts Pond up to the 502 but it is open!!
Thank you Don and Dan!!👊💪
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❄️Weekend Trail Update❄️
Some good and lots bad.
The Good
We finally got the E211 from the clubhouse open! It is lumpy on the top half(north of Morts Pond to the 502) as it was only groomed with our VK and Happy Trails drag. There is some logging on the bottom end but it was still good through there as of this morning.
The Bad
Al had a major failure on the BR180 on Tues night. The axle holding the walking beam and two idler wheels snapped when he was on the E108. He was able to "throw" the 200lb+ assembly onto the drag's pan.💪 Thanks to Al's many years of experience, he was able to turn the BR around and limp it back over 6kms to the groomer staging/highway area without throwing/losing the track!!
Great job Al!!👍
The BR has since been floated down to our shop.
The BR primarily grooms the E211 south of Parking Lot 1, 501, 502, 503, 505, 506 and the 509. These trails haven't been touched this week with the exception of the 502 that Wib in the T6 has touched.
509.
We have had reports that the beaver dam on the northern part of the trail has runneth over and water is running down the trail.
The E108 has been touched end to end including up to the "Long Pond" on the Paudash side.
The logging area in the E108/508/509 area was still "decent" as of this morning. Hopefully the sun and warmth today doesn't hit it too hard as it is thin through there.
We were hoping to have a replacement groomer by tmo but that has been pushed back until Mon or Tues.
We apologize in advance for the quality of some of our trails this weekend.
Please plan accordingly.
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