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I am snow checking an 858. Be my first 2 stroke in 18 years.

That's methed up. Ski

Welcome to the new youth ,I did a lot of stupid stuff when I was that age but nothing close to that

And the OFSCspends a ton of money defending clubs/district/federation against these frivolous claims. From my understanding very few suits are successful but you still have your defence costs. From what I have been told the courts in Ontario are very hesitant to award costs to the defence. Couple that with the whole contingency fees from the personal injury lawyers there does not seem to be any impediments to the plaintiff to file a suit.. the rules should changed so that if a plaintiff loses, they and their lawyers are accountable for the defence costs too. Would make them think twice before filing the statement of claim.

In this case it only requires a sign at each end which states "follow road to trail" and possibly 2 small blue arrows at the turn. Rules of the road apply.

Maybe not! Those wanting out are going to have to give their sleds away. There are already hundreds of good sleds at great prices for sale in southern Ontario. Adding more on the supply side can only further hurt resale prices. Might be better to just keep the sled(s) and adjust your sledding expectations. A rider who has been sledding 4-6000 km per year, might only only get 2-2500 km this year. Similar ratio applies to the more casual low km rider. I had an enjoyable warm up of 70 km out of Fergus last Friday afternoon. Yesterday, out of Elmira, I got another 160 km in decent trail conditions down your way with Mr and Mrs Woodsy. Must embrace small victories like that and stop griping. I guess that's a lot easier to do when I'm not over invested in equipment or emotional anticipation. I will get north a couple of times and that might be all she wrote, but sign me up for the 2025 trail pass as soon as its available. We have always heard that diversification is the key to a financial portfolio. Same for powersports - have something ready to play with come April and use it. Key to happiness!

On the bold, you're absolutely right, and I'm not sure that most people understand that. There is nothing stopping anyone from naming a potential target defendant in a SOC - and then, as you pointed out, resources are required to defend against it. Money well spent - but spent! I have seen few defendants released from actions until after the Examination for Discovery process has been undertaken, which takes quite a bit of work, time and expense even to get up to and through that point. You can always try, but threatening costs if not does not usually scare too many Plaintiff firms. As I mentioned, with 1% liability on the books - they're going to look anywhere and everywhere for potential defendants. On costs, my experience differs a little - most times if we are successful and seeking, they are awarded - sometimes in full - sometimes partial - sometimes up to the max ( small claims ). Collecting on them is another story

I talked to Patrick from the magpie in Dubreuilville a couple days ago not much snow maybe 8 to 10 inches he would like to send the groomer to pack but not really enough snow . It’s going to take a snow storm to get things going and that’s not in the forecast . Hawk junction and south got the lake effect snow last week . Also closer to Soo missed the snow . Haven’t heard much about Hornpayne but I expect they’re low on snow also .

Gonna be a while, especially with the warm up coming. Wawa said they are suspending opening trail operations until weather permits. lakes are slush pits, and they are trying to preserve creek crossings/snow/ice bridges. The area between Dubreuilville and Hornepayne, is very light on snow. and I mean less than a foot. Go to FB look up Wawa Sno Riders, they posted a video, snow, trail report just yesterday. Ski

Fubar! Anyone who attempts such a thing is a scum bag for dragging liability into the club. Hopefully the OFSC has enough legal front end to absolve themselves from any such stupidity. If you cant drive and control your vehicle? Its not the road or trails providers fault. Weasels who try and leverage liability like that are the kind of scum who are ruining the Canadian way of life.

The sleder (or his lawyer) will also drag the club and OFSC into being liable. Another reason to make sure all signage is in place and displayed properly. Jerry

Ya i missed out on some riding in southern Ontario yesterday having my sled up north but it'll come. Its great when the south is open as it takes pressure off northern trails. Freezing rain in port sydney now and the hydro just flickered a while ago. We'll see some hydro out tonight i bet with all that heavy snow in the trees still. Grab some gas for the genny if you havent yet.

How about something in Feb, during the week for a few days, etc......lol I would like to get out for some riding, albeit a bit far for a day ride for me, maybe another time though!

Every day for the next 14 above zero in Southern Ontario. Even Cochrane has some above freezing days next. I am going to Quebec next week and Wed-Fri are 2-3c. Crazy season. It’s going to thin the herd of snowmobilers next year for sure.

Main trails were getting beat side traails were mint in many area's

You should see how the a%%hats in long nose petes drive on 17. It aint the truck, its the driver. Justins imports are now doing over dimensional loads...let me tell you, its scary. They run the load onto oncoming, and illegally run after dark.

Yes, that's one of our trails (Elmira SC) and like others wish there was a better alternative especially when roads/shoulder is bare. Rode it 3-4 times this weekend, and fortunately cold had some snow for most of the way. Regarding why not through the flats. It's the usual Landowner permission loss, it's GRCA land. Some people unfortunately still ignore the no trespassing/closed signage there, which doesn't ever help to get things open again. Have heard that GRCA permissions are hopefully overall are being worked through at higher levels after the great collaboration D9/Lake Conestoga did to get their clubhouse/trails open again, so hopefully we can get access through there in the future. As always, we have the privilege of landowners allowing us to use their property for our trails and they retain all rights to their usage. Hence why staying between the stakes and treating property and everyone with courtesy and respect irrespective of where you are riding goes a long way to maintaining that delicate relationship or we would have no trails!

? Sled is at fault 100%. Drivers a total dumbass imo. He's darn lucky as mentioned above that was a real trucker and not some humbolt dolt.

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Disclaimer: I know nothing about what happened to District 8 and why, but it always seemed to me that there was one too many districts in that Simcoe County/Muskoka area.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10247077/snowmobiler-found-with-firearms-drugs-on-trail-in-hastings-highlands-bancroft-opp/

Yes they can and do all the time.