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...
Managing A Multi-Million Dollar Grooming Fleet
On February 24, the OFSC Facebook page posted an item entitled “Grooming Equipment 101”, which also appeared in our Feb 23 newsletter. It attracted a stream of comments questioning how groomers are allocated, used and located, so here’s a behind-the-scenes look to provide a better understanding of what’s...
