It’s an early end to the snowmobile season thanks to the coronavirus.
The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs has made a formal decision to cease trail operations and grooming effective immediately on any trails which are still open to the public.
As well, starting at midnight, Saturday March 21st, all OFSC trails in the province will be closed and anyone accessing the trails from that date forward will be trespassing.
Officials say they wanted to give enough time for snowmobilers to return home.
The club stresses this is a necessary step to ensure the safety of riders, families, communities and businesses.
Here is a statement from the OFSC Board of Directors:
“We’d like to thank all our loyal permit buyers, landowners, club volunteers and partners for their support this season and encourage everyone to do their part and stay healthy and safe as we all work together in overcoming this pandemic. We want to stress that this decision is not based on an economic basis. Although grooming operations are reduced at this time of the season, we still spend substantial monies on our open trails. We want to ensure permit buyers that any savings from funds not spent this permit year will be invested in the next season.”
