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SHARE ON: Photo credit: www.Pexels.com The President of the Gravenhurst Snowcrest Riders Nunzio Iacobellis says the trails have been packed, due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic. “On the trails, I’ve seen more families out riding than I’ve ever seen before in my years of sledding in Muskoka,” he explains, adding he’s spotted a number of older snowmobiles as well, likely ridden by people who are staying at their cottage. “The family riders are certainly out enjoying it,” he says. “We’ve seen unprecedented travel on our trail system,” Iacobellis says. “We didn’t get that really cold weather we always hope for,” he explains, which caused a slow start to snowmobile season. Once the trails were prepared by the many volunteers in Muskoka, he says that the trails have been busy. Recently, Iacobellis says he stopped by one of the club’s warm-up shacks and found a handful of people in there taking a break. “It was nice,” he says. � ....
SHARE ON: Photo credit: www.Pexels.com Of the “at least” 2,000 trails in Muskoka, the President of the Snowcrest Riders Snowmobile Club says over 1,000 are on private property. “The entire snowmobile trail system, the majority of it relies on private landowners,” Nunzio Iacobellis says. “Without those landowners, trails just wouldn’t exist.” He explains that private landowners will allow clubs to run trails through their property, but often will put rules in place. If those rules are broken, he says it’s within their right to revoke access. He says in the past usage rights have been revoked because sledders went off the groomed trail or used a modified exhaust. “I make a point of asking when you’re out for a ride and you see someone out for a walk, slow right down, wave, and thank you,” Iacobellis adds. “The chances are the person you’re seeing on the trail could very well be a landowner.” ....