214. Your permit = your ticket to adventure this winter.
213. Trails don’t groom themselves!
212. Volunteers can’t do it alone.
211. Permits are the foundation of everything we love about winter.
210. Groomers need fuel, your permit helps fund it!
209. Your permit purchase helps protect trails and keep them in our future.
208. Groomers need maintenance – permits help pay for it.
207. Every kilometre costs money to maintain, even before the snow flies!
206. You’re investing in a sport and lifestyle worth protecting.
205. Groomers need replacement and repairs – your permit purchase helps make it happen.
204. Your permit purchase shows that snowmobiling is not what you do, but who you are!
203. Snowmobiling is powered by people – buying a permit proves you’re one of them.
202. The trails we ride today exist because of everyone before you who bought a permit.
201. Trails need annual brushing and maintenance – without permits, this can’t happen.
200. Snowmobiling across Ontario is the most Canadian thing you’ll do this winter!
199. Be part of the circle who supports our volunteers and trails and not those who think they’re entitled to ride for free.
198. Your permit helps ensure Ontario remains a premier snowmobiling destination.
197. 214 bucks for unlimited access to any available trails across the 25.5k kilometres ALL WINTER LONG is a pretty good deal if you ask us!
196. Your permit is your passport to visit rural snow-belt communities for the first time or the tenth time.
195. With your permit, you’ll be busy this winter discovering hidden forests, fields lakes and lookouts.
194. Visit truly Canadian snowmobile-friendly pit stops serving delicious food.
193. Make new riding buddies- those who buy permits and support the volunteers who work hard to deliver them!
192. Capture insta worthy snowy sunrises.
191. Capture insta worthy snowy sunsets. (by the way, if you want to share them with us, please do at [email protected])
190. It’s a simple way to say THANK YOU to our volunteers and show them that you see their hard work!
189. Early permit sales keep volunteer morale up.
188. Your permit purchase supports infrastructure and safety programs.
187. By buying your permit, you’re recognizing countless hours of volunteer time.
186. Every permit purchased goes a long way towards keeping trails connected.
185. Snowmobilers who buy permits help keep rural tourism in Ontario alive.
184. Restaurants can stay open because snowmobilers support their business.
183. Hotels and motels can keep the lights on in the off-season.
182. Small-town gas stations and mom and pop shops can survive and thrive.
181. Local jobs depend on the trails, and your permit helps fund them.
180. The more permits’ people buy, the greater our collective impact is on the snowmobiling community and the Canadian economy, which matters more than ever now!
179. Permit buying snowmobilers contribute up to $6B in much-needed winter tourism.
178. Let’s face it, your sled looks better with it than without!
177. You can be part of the camaraderie of sledders who do the right thing and pay to play.
176. Enjoy countless family rides this winter – the permit buying family that rides together, stays together!
175. You’ll want your permit for that first ride of the season.
174. You’ll appreciate your permit even more for that last ride of the season.
173. All the rides in between will remind you that it’s such small cost that brings big adventure and life lasting memories.
172. Your permit is significantly cheaper than a trip down south and staying home is better!
171. Great cardio for your core (yes, really).
170. Snowmobiling reduces stress, worth every penny!
169. Be proud of your permit purchase, know that it is valued and appreciated not by one, but by many.
168. The permit is one of the cheapest things you can do for your mental health.
167. You get to be part of SOMETHING BIGGER.
166. Keeps your sled happy and looking much better – everyone is happier when you pay to play!
165. Your permit costs less than a coffee a day for four months. Much less if you are a more bougie coffee connoisseur.
164. Your sled has been good to you and deserves a shiny new sticker this year.
163. You won’t have to explain to people (or the police) why you didn’t buy one.
162. It’s legal, riding without one isn’t.
161. Trails don’t appear by magic and require permit buyers to exist.
160. Your sled will run better (ok, maybe not, but it feels like it and you look way cooler).
159. You don’t have to be “that person”!
158. Winter can be really long; your permit makes it so much more enjoyable – you’ll be part of those wanting winter to never end!
157. An Ontario Snowmobiling winter is priceless!
156. The best gift you can give yourself this winter, or
155. the best gift you can give to others this winter, with an OFSC Gift Card for the 2026 Ontario Snowmobile Season!
154. You’re not a bear so hibernating isn’t it for you, get your permit and show winter who is boss!
153. The more you ride, the less you spend – especially with the early bird permit fees!
152. Your permit is the perfect remedy for the January blues.
151. Your permit will grant you lots of fun February adventures!
150. Depending on where you ride or how far you trailer, your permit could also manifest March break memories for you and the entire family.
149. Spend a day, ride 214 kilometres and experience priceless adventures while getting your money’s worth.
148. $214 may get you 214 places to stop and experience this winter.
147. Get your permit today so you can get out and ride on “snow” days – much better than a day in the office!
146. $214 is guaranteed to get your 214 laughs with your permit buying friends!
145. Be the envy of others and make every weekend count!
144. Let your permit fuel your weekend adventures, not the winter blues.
143. Ride guilt free knowing you paid your share to ride the trails volunteers have built for all of us to enjoy.
142. Your permit lets you turn snow days into snowmobile days.
141. For families, buy your permit today and remind your kids how snowmobiling is part of our heritage.
140. Your permit opens doors to remote, less traveled corridors.
139. With your permit, you can explore corners of Ontario you’ve never visited – safely and legally.
138. Chase that bucket list loop you’ve been eyeing for so long – this is your year!
137. As an explorer, your permit is like a choose your own adventure customized for you!
136. Over 10s of thousands of kilometres of “white carpet” every winter – funded by permit revenue.
135. Ride into small towns and enjoy dinner (maybe impress your date) and classic snowmobiler camaraderie.
134. Be part of a community within your community!
133. Pristine trails, fresh snow, new towns – your permit says “yes.”
132. Let your next ride be part of the story that supports riding for years to come.
131. Be prepared to meet other riders on the way, don’t get stuck explaining why you aren’t paying your way to enjoy the trails we all love, fund and support with our permit purchase!
130. Your permit supports better trails, not just more trails.
129. Snowmobiling without a permit is like bringing a salad to a BBQ. Nobody likes it.
128. Without enough permit buyers, trail budgets shrink — risking connectivity and access.
127. Your permit purchase is part of the lifeline of organized snowmobiling.
126. Costs have risen ~52% in the last 5 seasons – your permit purchase helps close that gap.
125. In the last 3 seasons, OFSC has invested over $61.6 million in trails, grooming, infrastructure — your permit is part of that foundation.

124. Fixed costs (trail prep, maintenance) get spent before snow flies — your permit helps cover those.
123. Your permit is a vote for riding this winter and seasons to come – sustainability in action!
122. Your permit gives you access to available trails that that connect charming Eastern Ontario towns and varied landscapes.
121. Every snowmobiler is being counted on to be part of the solution and say yes to their permit this year – our future depends on it.
120. Your permit gives you access to available trails through forested, rugged countryside and lake scapes around the Kawarthas!
119. Maybe your permit will take you for a ride along snow-covered fields that stretch as far as the eye can see.
118. When trails come available, you’ll be ready to traverse the scenic areas of Port Perry and Rice Lake riding across rolling hills, rural farmland and patchworks of forests.
117. See heritage bridges, railbeds and landmarks you’d never find by car.
116. Maybe with your permit you’ll want to ride the Georgian Bay area, combining forest and more developed backdrops.
115. Explore deep forests and forget about the world, even if just for the day.
114. In Southwestern Ontario, your permit gives you access to the gently rolling landscapes, farmland and open fields for classic agricultural scenery here in Ontario, a place to grow.
113. Discover frozen horizons under blue skies.
112. Your permit opens up access to discovering remote corridors and classic scenic terrain through Haliburton and Ottawa Valley areas.
111. Catch your breath at lookouts with panoramic views.
110. With your permit maybe you’ll consider riding trails that weave through Muskoka’s lakes, granite outcrops, pine forests and cottage country vistas.
109. Enjoy vistas with sight lines for miles across frozen countryside.
108. Maybe this will be your year to ride in the heart of Midwestern Ontario’s farm + forest, mix passing through broad fields, orchards and rolling hills.
107. Experience urban trail links, pulling right up to fuel and food stops.
106. Parry Sound area offers scenic trails through frozen bays, forests and rugged Canadian Shield terrain with chances at iconic Ontario wilderness encounters.
105. Have a chance sighting of wildlife in their winter habitat. Stay alert!

104. Sled through northern forests, alongside rivers and remote stretches in the Near North region, where wilderness feels like home.
103. Wave to locals across small-town Ontario, where the white carpet is your welcome mat.
102. Perhaps your permit will find you taking you for a ride in the “Nickel Belt” region: ride near rugged terrain, rock outcrops, open woodlands around Sudbury area.
101. You won’t get caught with the last-minute internet outage right before the fee increases.
100. Discover the vast forests, lakes, rivers, rugged terrain and remote stretches in Algoma Country.
99. Be permit ready to sign up for club events when they are posted.
98. Perhaps it’ll be the first time your permit takes you across the trails stretching from Temagami north to Iroquois Falls to take in the landscapes of forests and lakes in mineral country.
97. When everyone else is buying their permit and supporting our volunteers, who will you ride with?
96. Up for a road trip? Let your permit take you through huge stretches of wilderness up in the Northern Corridor.
95. Experience snow-dusted landscapes with postcard views. Maybe take some photos and send digital “postcards” to your friends or get bragging rights on social media!
94. Your permit will go a long way in supporting the wilderness runs, lakes and vast stretches of forest in Northwestern Ontario.
93. Be ride ready when the first trails come available…..no last-minute scrambling!
92. Volunteers deserve your support, and your permit purchase confirms it.
91. Not everything on the internet is true, but the facts are here for you to read and understand where we are at.
90. After all this arguing on Facebook, we’ll all need a stress release when winter hits!
89. $214 is less than a third the cost of a ski pass, and let’s face it, snowmobiling is WAY better and bad a**er!
88. The trails don’t exist without you, without me and without us.
87. You’re investing in memories, $214 is a steal of a deal.
86. Be a legend on the trails — not another noncompliant statistic.
85. It’s the only way to ride legally, but it’s so much bigger than that.
84. Your sled called. It’s embarrassed to be seen without a permit.
83. Your permit purchase today protects snowmobiling tomorrow.
82. Snowmobiling and our entire existence as a Federation is built on Canadian values and traditions including a modest investment annually through a permit (previously known and sometimes referred to as a pass or sticker).
81. Because without you and your permit purchase, there is no “WE.”

… still with us?

80. Riders before us built this legacy and our permit purchase today says a small, “hey thanks for all this.”
79. Get your permit so we can keep riding into the future.
78. Maybe you want 214 reasons not to buy a golf membership – in comparison, Ontario Snowmobile Trail Permits are a very good deal!
77. At $214, Ontario Snowmobile Trail Permits really hold their value in comparison to other trail permits across Canada.
76. Get em while they’re hot, fees go up November 2nd!
75. The $214 for your permit is likely less than two tanks of gas in your truck.
74. For less than a golf membership deposit, you can ride all winter and be the envy of your friends.
73. $214 is less than one nice dinner out at a restaurant for four.
72. Snowmobiling is like cold yoga for your soul. Yoga is more expensive, we checked!
71. It’s easier to remove last year’s permit and properly affix this year’s when the temps are above zero!
70. Instead of travelling south, stay here and ride along railbeds and visit communities steeped in our history.
69. Have you checked out a concert lately? $214 is cheaper than tickets to see a big-name concert.
68. Take your permit and cross bridges you’d never find by car (although sometimes cars or delivery vans accidentally find them with GPS mishaps, oooops).
67. Up your dating game with a snowmobile date, stand out on Tinder! Nobody wants to date a free loader.
66. $214 is less than some family cellphone bills.
65. Be proud to say I support Ontario’s trails.
64. Because nothing says “cool rebel” like breaking the law on a $20,000 sled. 🙄
63. One long weekend road trip often costs more than a whole season’s permit that gives you access to up to 25,500 kilometres of available trails.
62. Permits fuel stories you’ll retell around bonfires and clubhouses for years to come.
61. Be proud to say I support the best volunteers there are and ever were!
60. Your permit purchase ensures our kids and their kids will ride for years to come. Same passion shared by our founding volunteers and here we are almost 60 years later!
59. Permits funding trails and supporting the trails is a decades long tradition and we need to keep it going – lead by example.
58. Without your permit purchase, volunteers have less to work with to get the job done right.
57. It’s true that permits also fund things that aren’t “fun or cool” (like insurance) but they are necessary for us to continue to exist.
56. Groomer operators will THANK YOU and appreciate your support.
55. Be proud to say I support those visionaries who, in 1967 took a monumental step towards what we all know today as Ontario Snowmobiling.
54. Clubs appreciate you and frankly, you should check one out – it’s a fun place to be and a great place to make new friendships that last a lifetime. We strongly advise against doing this without a permit!
53. Trails are only here because of people like you, who only need ONE reason to buy a permit!
52. Be ready the minute the ITG lights up and don’t lose time fumbling with your permit account or trying to remember your password.
51. Even with the current postal strike, your permit purchase will ensure you have legal access to the trails when the time comes – but don’t do it because it’s legal, do it because YOU CARE!
50. Because sledding without a permit isn’t cool, but sledding with one is.
49. Buying your permit today is the easiest way to say “I believe in the future of Ontario snowmobiling.”
48. When you look at all the grooming we did last year, you’ll see just how important it is for all snowmobilers to contribute to the trails we enjoy.

47. Snowmobiling is more fun when you know you played a part in it – the bridges, the views, the groomed trail……..stand up for what matters to you. If not, stay home!
46. Keep the white carpet rolling, buy your permit today.
45. Even if it’s a gift card for the snowmobiler in your life, what better way to show how cool you are and how much you care!
44. Maybe you have a collection of permits, so why would you want to miss out on a year, one day these may be worth money or shown in a museum!
43. Because scrolling Facebook all winter doesn’t count as an outdoor sport.
42. You can’t high five your buddies from the couch.
41. $214 for freedom, instead of fine.
40. Because “free riding” isn’t free and costs everyone more.
39. Because it’s better to be part of the solution, not the excuses.
38. Because $214 is likely less than your last impulse buy!
37. Riding without a permit? Congrats, you’re officially “that guy.”
36. Trails aren’t built on entitlement; they’re built because of our volunteers and funded by the snowmobilers who care and buy their permits
35. Buy a permit. Or don’t. But if you don’t, please enjoy your thrilling winter sport called walking.
34. Your sled is naked without that shiny little sticker.
33. Because winter calories don’t count if you rode there by sled.
32. Buy a permit and it’s an investment in cardio!
31. A permit is cheaper than therapy and twice as effective.
30. Permits: cheaper than ski passes, better than treadmills.
29. Get your permit and brag to that neighbour who used to love going to Florida.
28. Our groomers do a better job than some barbers!
27. When you buy your permit, you join the clubs of riders who “get it”!
26. Act today before your credit card is feeling the pinch from holiday spending!
25. Your permit is the ultimate winter VIP pass!
24. One less to-do to check off your list before the holiday chaos begins.
23. Every time a snowmobiler buys a permit, a groomer gets its fuel!
22. Because the only thing smoother than a groomed trail is knowing you helped make it happen.
21. Groomers don’t run on good vibes or entitlement, they run on fuel and it ain’t free.
20. Remember last year? Your permit ensures you’ll be sledding instead of shoveling.
19. Because couch season is nowhere near as fun as the Ontario Snowmobiling Season.
18. One permit, endless snowy selfies all season long!
17. It’s far less than most people spend chasing happiness.
16. Buy your permit and earn bragging rights at every trailside top.
15. Without a permit, you’re just a person in expensive snow pants standing in a field.

14. Because nothing ruins a good day like having to justify why you don’t have a permit.
13. Buying your permit means buying into something bigger than yourself – you’re part of a community of riders and volunteers.
12. Your permit is your contribution to a Canadian tradition nearly 60 years strong!
11. When you buy your permit, you’re not just funding trails, you’re fueling Canadian culture.
10. A permit purchase is like buying local – every dollar goes back into Ontario’s winter economy.
9. Because nothing says “I AM CANADIAN” quite like a sled, a trail and a permit!
8. Permits are proof that we don’t just endure winter, we celebrate it!
7. A permit is your vote for Canadian winters over international vacations.
6. Buy Ontario. Ride Ontario, Support Ontario!
5. Behind every trail is a volunteer — and behind every volunteer is your permit.
4. Without permits, there won’t be trails – it’s that simple!
3. Because the trails we ride today are the legacy we leave for tomorrow.
2. Every permit purchased is a promise – that snowmobiling in Ontario has a future.

And the number ONE REASON TO BUY YOUR PERMIT TODAY…..

1. One permit, endless reasons – Your adventure starts here!