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ATTENTION SNOWMOBILERS – IT’S (ALMOST) GO TIME!!!
Yes, you read that correctly. It is the time of year when we start to pull our sleds out of storage, try on our gear, and plan for another season of organized snowmobiling in Ontario.
Ontario Snowmobile Safety Week 2025
(Barrie, ON - February 10, 2025): For Ontario Snowmobile Safety Week, the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) in partnership with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), reminds all snowmobilers to exercise common sense and adhere to these simple guidelines while out on the trails ensuring that […]
OFSC Reminds Snowmobilers To Stay On The Trail
(Barrie, ON - January 23, 2025): Over the past year, volunteers have worked tirelessly with thousands of landowners to ensure trails were ready for everything Mother Nature was going to throw at them. With winter in full swing across Ontario, the time […]
OFSC Urges Responsible Riding For International Snowmobile Safety Week
(Barrie, ON, January 13, 2025) - The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC), the non-profit, volunteer-driven association that oversees organized snowmobile trails in Ontario, is advising snowmobilers to remain patient as snowmobile clubs and their dedicated volunteers are […]
A Letter To Ontario Snowmobilers
What does your Ontario Snowmobile Trail Permit get you and how does that final product “The White Ribbon” everyone wants get there? It starts long before the snow flies. Some trails take weeks, months or even years of work to be ready to groom and open. Even the trails that have been a part of […]
2024 CCSO Award Recipient
We are thrilled to announce that an OFSC volunteer has won the Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations (CCSO) Outstanding Excellence Award for Tourism! The award is presented to an individual or organization in recognition of their efforts to implement an initiative that increases participation from snowmobilers and/or non-snowmobilers within a region. And John is certainly […]
2024 AGM/Convention and Volunteer Recognition Supporters
A big thank you to all of this year’s supporters. AGM Vendors Silver Level Bronze Level AGM & Convention Supporters Silver Level Bronze Level Friend Level Volunteer Recognition Supporters Platinum Level Gold Level Silver Level Bronze Level Friend Level
2023-24 District and Provincial Volunteer Award Winners
This year’s OFSC Volunteer Recognition awards ceremony acknowledged and celebrated all the hard-working volunteers from the 2023-24 season. Join us in congratulating this year’s award winners! Words of Thanks From Supporters On behalf of everyone at Kimpex, we would like to extend our warmest thanks to all the volunteers of the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile […]
What It Takes To Make Trails Ready To Ride…
When will trails be ready to ride? We’re glad you asked! In the What It Takes we provide an overview on steps needed to achieve the many trail ready criteria. Please be patient as snowmobile clubs across the province need more frozen ground and a lot more snow. You can help by staying off Red trails, […]
2024 Club Years Of Service
Congratulations to all clubs celebrating significant milestones as members of the OFSC. 2024 Club Years Of Service Recipients Celebrating 55 years: Havelock and District Snowmobile Club Celebrating 50 years: Bonsecour Track and Trail Snowmobile Club Chesley and District Easy Riders Georgina Trail Riders Snowmobile Club Keetna Snowmobile and Recreation Club Port Perry Snowmobile Club […]
Behind the Scenes: How is the OFSC Organized?
Today’s OFSC Operates Provincially in 3 Tiers As its name indicates, The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs works on behalf of its member organizations. As everything in today’s society has become increasingly complex, organized snowmobiling has adapted. Over the years, member snowmobile clubs have approved organizational changes into three tiers of operations to deliver an […]
Behind The Scenes: What Is The OFSC and How Was It Formed?
As a snowmobiler, why should you read this article? Because it’s all too easy to take the OFSC Prescribed Snowmobile Trail system for granted. These recreational trails seem to appear by magic every winter, but it doesn’t just happen by chance. So we hope that this look at what really goes on behind the scenes […]
An Open Letter to the Ontario Snowmobiling Community
It’s time to acknowledge that the 2025 Ontario Snowmobile Season has been one for the record books, delivering some of the best conditions seen in the last decade. Snowmobile enthusiasts across the province enjoyed an exceptional winter, thanks to the collaborative efforts of snowmobile clubs and landowners and of course, Mother Nature. To celebrate and […]
Ode to Snowmobiling
By the end of the 2023 season, we’d ridden every loop of Algoma’s OFSC trail system. My favorites were The Northern Experience, The Deer Trail and The North Shore Scenic. Geologic formations amidst rugged terrain surfaces, simulated well, that of old mushrooms (chaga), yet on a whole different scale; exciting, to say the least-but definitely […]
Fabulous March Ride To New Liskeard
For the first weekend of March, we met friends at the Sand Dam Rd. parking and staging site about 25 kilometres north of North Bay on Highway 11, at the intersection of TOP A/D and TOP A102Q. As we packed our gear onto the sleds for our overnight getaway, the clouds started to part and […]
Couples Who Ride Together, Stay Together
As a couple who ride together, we enjoy the beauty of being out on our trails taking in what the OFSC has to offer. After a long 25 years, we decided to get back into snowmobiling in December of 2020. We made a plan to purchase one snowmobile to use to make sure that we […]
Have Your Say!!!! (Survey Closed)
Take the 2025 Ontario Snowmobiler Survey Today There are still some riding opportunities available and you’re invited to check out the latest trails available online. We are thrilled with the outcome of this season so far and will be back in a few weeks with a season recap. For those of you getting ready to […]
OFSC Facebook Photo Contest (Closed)
The OFSC is looking for a new Facebook cover photo. We’ve seen many great pictures that riders have taken the last few years so we’re having a contest to find the most amazing pictures showing the best of trail riding in Ontario. The picture can be of just a trail or with riders on it. […]
OFSC Story Contest! (Closed)
We want to hear about your favourite ride this past season! It can be a ride you enjoyed with friends, a significant other or your family. Tell us about your ride, any highlights (scenery, landmarks, towns, wildlife, etc.) and why it was your favourite. Winning Prize: A $500 InTouch VP GPS Gift Certificate We look […]