Mooseman

Just in time with this fresh dump! However, the railway beds are still a no-go

I would imagine that the insurance should cover trail work before and after the season.

So it's not just a D1 problem. Damn. Is the rail bed between North Bay and Sudbury affected? Did that one last year round trip same day and with gas just along side it, it's a great trail. Still nothing here about the KOC and the city of Ottawa. Bad enough we have to contend with the weather that we also have to stand by and watch this bureaucracy BS from both sides.

So why is this apparently only affecting eastern Ontario? I'm sure there are trails on other rail beds owned by CP/CN. Enbridge also gives land use in other areas so why haven't they said anything? Why is only EOSC affected? Just something fishy here. As far as land use by other than snowmobiles, we just had this problem with the trail just down the street from me where our local sh!t rat, while on his quad, assaulted the land owner in the fall. He told the club he was not allowing the trail through his property anymore so now we have to ditch bang down Bank St about half a km to Meadow and cross Bank St.. I absolutely loved that part of the trail with beautiful trees and rolling hills. Now this trail is ruined and I wouldn't be surprised if this part of the trail completely closes and I'd be hooped.

Just read this newsletter from our counsellor, George Darouze, who was the past president of the Osgoode club and still snowmobiles (or not, he put his sled up for sale). Anyway, the city of Ottawa are reviewing it. https://www.georgedarouze.ca/volume-6-issue-2-january-24-2020 The city is pointing the finger at the OFSC for not contacting them early enough with the changes to the LUP. I call BS on the low snow reason Osgoode hasn't opened the trails. I've seen them open the trails with less snow than this. Their main concern is probably the Multi-Use trail (formerly known as the KOC) that is city owned land and a former rail bed and another former rail bed that I believe is still owned by CN. Both severely affect the rest of our trails here. The A trail on the old CN rail bed in the Snowmobile Club of Eastern Ontario and Carleton Regional Snowmobile Club is also closed which has a severe impact as well. Whichever way we look at it, half our season is already gone and 0 km to show for it. Doing the blame game won't help anything. Depending on what happens with this mess, I don't know if I'll be buying an Ontario trail pass next season. All this uncertainty is killing it for me despite how much I love this sport. Not just the legal crap but the weather too. It's mentally draining.