OFSC makes changes to interactive trail guide
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The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) has added Public Health regions to its interactive trail guide.
A blue line now represents each region in the province on top of the green, yellow, and red lines that tell sledders what trails are opened or closed. This change is being made to OFSC’s online trail guide and Go Snowmobiling Ontario app.
OFSC says that this boundary line is to help remind snowmobilers to follow provincial travel restrictions and the current stay-at-home order. While snowmobiling is allowed under the order, the organization is urging sledders to stick within their health region when hitting the trails and to not ride with anyone outside of their household.
January 28, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Brian Lockhart
While snowmobilers in the Orangeville region have had success getting out on the trails this season, other nearby clubs have had a tough time as many trails are closed to riding due to a lack of a good snow base. Some trails in nearby districts have been opened with limited results.
If local riders want to keep riding they should pay attention to a recent decision in the north end of the province.
Some trails have been closed after it was found that riders were trailering their vehicles to other districts and crossing over to health district boundaries.
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A 44-year-old South Stormont man was killed Saturday when his snowmobile collided with a vehicle on County Road 2 in Ingleside.
It was the second snowmobile fatality in eastern Ontario in as many days. The other was a single-vehicle crash in the Bancroft area late Friday night.
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A third collision involving a snowmobile occurred Sunday afternoon in Alexandria, leaving a 20-year-old with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry OPP were called to the scene at Ingleside just after 2 p.m. The snowmobile had gone onto the road and been struck by an eastbound vehicle, police said.
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The New Espanola & District Snowmobile Club has been doing a lot of work on the approximately 242 kilometres of trail in their riding area.
According to their Facebook page they have used a rental excavator to fix culverts, swamp holes, remove fallen trees and clear brush, level rocky hills, and do general repairs to the trails. They have even replaced some damaged sections on the Elizabeth Lake Bridge.
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Right now the club is waiting for a lot more snow and colder temperatures so they can groom the trails. The current status of local trails is red, which means they are not usable. Some of those trails also cross ice, so before they are groomed it must be determined that the ice is safe and staked with markers. The weather has been very mild for the first half of January so the ice conditions can’t be trusted as of yet.
January 21, 2021 · 0 Comments
On January 17, 2021, at approximately 12:46 a.m., officers from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Caledon East Garafraxa Town Line in the Town of Caledon.
The vehicle had extensive damage from colliding with a hydro pole. The driver was transported to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
The driver was arrested for Operation of a Motor Vehicle with Impaired, and later transported to the Caledon OPP Detachment where further breath tests were conducted.
As a result of the police investigation, Jacob Boynton, 22, of Caledon, was arrested and charged with the following offences: