“The OFSC” is comprised of 182 community snowmobile clubs who collectively provide 30,000 kilometres of what are officially called “OFSC Prescribed Snowmobile Trails”. These member clubs are only able to deliver trails because of the hard work and dedicated efforts of their volunteers and the cooperation and...
Rolling Up The White Carpet
We recently shared our new Volunteer/Landowner Appreciation PSA and reminded everyone to express their gratitude to these community-minded folks as this season comes to a close. But we also want to point out that the work of our club volunteers isn’t over yet That’s because it also takes a massive effort to...
The Next Generations of Groomers
We’re the Colbourne Family! Our favourite family rides are the ones we take over the weekend when everyone is off work and able to hit the trails together. My son, Cole, looks forward to these types of weekends, so much so that he tells stories about his travels to his kindergarten friends and teachers. His...
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...
Grooming Equipment 101
The OFSC provincial fleet consists of two major kinds of large industrial equipment: purpose built machines and tractor conversions. Some clubs also use smaller drags, towed by utility sleds for early season packing of wet areas and for maintaining tighter local trails and portages. Tractor conversions are...