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1 minute ago, Muskoka Bill said:

Article on the Sudbury area Snowmobile association on the CBC web page today, talks about permit sales being up 13% and Covid recommendations

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/snowmobile-permits-sudbury-health-information-1.5798589

 

Good luck trying to keep people sledding in there own district.

 

That’s only one district not overall permit sales. Positive sign but would like to know where sales for whole province sits. 

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8 hours ago, BoonerBP said:

District 2 has paper map this year, and I believe 3, 6 and 7 as well. Contact the district office for whichever area you are looking for and they can confirm

District 3 is not producing maps this year. We have an over supply from last year, and there has not been any major changes in the areas trails. (so far)

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5 hours ago, Muskoka Bill said:

Article on the Sudbury area Trail Plan association on the CBC web page today, talks about permit sales being up 13% and Covid recommendations

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/snowmobile-permits-sudbury-health-information-1.5798589

 

Good luck trying to keep people sledding in there own district.

 

Sudbury has been trying to discourage visiting sledders for years.  They just don't groom anywhere near the motels, so you are welcome to ride STP if you tolerate 20 - 30 K of moguls first.  Or trailer at the start and end of each day to a groomed trailhead.

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4 minutes ago, sledjunk said:

Sudbury has been trying to discourage visiting sledders for years.  They just don't groom anywhere near the motels, so you are welcome to ride STP if you tolerate 20 - 30 K of moguls first.  Or trailer at the start and end of each day to a groomed trailhead.

LMFAO...

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19 minutes ago, sledjunk said:

Sudbury has been trying to discourage visiting sledders for years.  They just don't groom anywhere near the motels, so you are welcome to ride STP if you tolerate 20 - 30 K of moguls first.  Or trailer at the start and end of each day to a groomed trailhead.

You have never heard the Citizens of Sudbury motto? I will quote it, but only once as you are not from here.

"You first, right after me"

Keep that in mind that next time you visit, and drive accordingly.

 

 

Jk - I have no idea why the trails get so beat up by the hotels, and do not get groomed more often. We do get a lot of sleds in and around the towns, and the trails always seem beat going in and out. I kind of thought it would be the same anywhere there was gas/food/ hotels near the trails no matter what town. But I only really sled around the Sudbury area so just though that's the way it is.

 

 

 

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I will usually park/stage out of the STP club, ride to lake Wannapitei, hit Rocky's and off we go to the North.

The trail out of and into Rocky's is always just completely moguled out, thankfully not for too long and then its is good.....just the way it has always been and expect nothing else.

 

Rode once from North Bay years ago, first stop on the trip was Temagami and that entire section was beyond words, we were ready to go back if this was the way the trails were going to be the rest of teh trip, but thankfully they were not.

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34 minutes ago, stoney said:

I will usually park/stage out of the STP club 

X2 

 

Select a trail. Go.

 

Love the birch trees, scenery.

 

Agree that trails to the hotels are brutal, but avoid end of day moguls by trailering back to hotel.

 

Next day, another trail from STP. 

 

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One of my concerns about riding this season is that Hiawatha is doing now to control the spread of Covid-19. Hopefully once the snow is on the ground they will ease the restrictions.  Every season I do a day loop ride which goes through the Hiawatha area to Campbellford and back. Other areas may introduce similar restrictions. 

 

Jerry

Hiawatha to stop visitors from COVID-19 hot spots from visiting businesses

Area First Nations communities continue efforts to keep their communities safe

Peterborough This Week
Thursday, November 19, 2020
 

Hiawatha First Nation is banning people from COVID-19 hot spots from visiting businesses in the community.

At a Peterborough Public Health media conference on Nov. 18, Hiawatha Chief Laurie Carr said there are restrictions in place in the community to not allow those from hot spots in the province, such as Toronto, Peel, York Region and Ottawa, to enter the First Nation.

According to the mandate listed on Hiawatha’s website on COVID-19, the First Nation is taking the pandemic seriously as well as the health of all its citizens, especially those most vulnerable. First Nations are at greater risk of becoming ill from COVID-19 due to higher incidents of diabetes, heart disease and cancers.

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27 minutes ago, grover_yyz said:

One of my concerns about riding this season is that Hiawatha is doing now to control the spread of Covid-19. Hopefully once the snow is on the ground they will ease the restrictions.  Every season I do a day loop ride which goes through the Hiawatha area to Campbellford and back. Other areas may introduce similar restrictions. 

 

Jerry

Hiawatha to stop visitors from COVID-19 hot spots from visiting businesses

Area First Nations communities continue efforts to keep their communities safe

Peterborough This Week
Thursday, November 19, 2020
 

Hiawatha First Nation is banning people from COVID-19 hot spots from visiting businesses in the community.

At a Peterborough Public Health media conference on Nov. 18, Hiawatha Chief Laurie Carr said there are restrictions in place in the community to not allow those from hot spots in the province, such as Toronto, Peel, York Region and Ottawa, to enter the First Nation.

According to the mandate listed on Hiawatha’s website on COVID-19, the First Nation is taking the pandemic seriously as well as the health of all its citizens, especially those most vulnerable. First Nations are at greater risk of becoming ill from COVID-19 due to higher incidents of diabetes, heart disease and cancers.

I am expecting the worst and hoping for the best.  Your concerns are spot on...

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11 hours ago, grover_yyz said:

One of my concerns about riding this season is that Hiawatha is doing now to control the spread of Covid-19. Hopefully once the snow is on the ground they will ease the restrictions.  Every season I do a day loop ride which goes through the Hiawatha area to Campbellford and back. Other areas may introduce similar restrictions. 

 

Jerry

Hiawatha to stop visitors from COVID-19 hot spots from visiting businesses

Area First Nations communities continue efforts to keep their communities safe

Peterborough This Week
Thursday, November 19, 2020
 

Hiawatha First Nation is banning people from COVID-19 hot spots from visiting businesses in the community.

At a Peterborough Public Health media conference on Nov. 18, Hiawatha Chief Laurie Carr said there are restrictions in place in the community to not allow those from hot spots in the province, such as Toronto, Peel, York Region and Ottawa, to enter the First Nation.

According to the mandate listed on Hiawatha’s website on COVID-19, the First Nation is taking the pandemic seriously as well as the health of all its citizens, especially those most vulnerable. First Nations are at greater risk of becoming ill from COVID-19 due to higher incidents of diabetes, heart disease and cancers.

Good for them!

Hiawatha is directly across the lake from me, and one of the very few sled accessible gas locations in this area.

As there is only one access road in they can control visitors. Not sure how they will handle people coming in from the lake.

 

I was hoping our community would take similar actions, as "The Green Mile" is 5 mins away from me, with over 8000 cars a day coming through. They have imposed a mandatory mask rule, as of last week.

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12 hours ago, grover_yyz said:

One of my concerns about riding this season is that Hiawatha is doing now to control the spread of Covid-19. Hopefully once the snow is on the ground they will ease the restrictions.  Every season I do a day loop ride which goes through the Hiawatha area to Campbellford and back. Other areas may introduce similar restrictions. 

 

Jerry

Hiawatha to stop visitors from COVID-19 hot spots from visiting businesses

Area First Nations communities continue efforts to keep their communities safe

Peterborough This Week
Thursday, November 19, 2020
 

Hiawatha First Nation is banning people from COVID-19 hot spots from visiting businesses in the community.

At a Peterborough Public Health media conference on Nov. 18, Hiawatha Chief Laurie Carr said there are restrictions in place in the community to not allow those from hot spots in the province, such as Toronto, Peel, York Region and Ottawa, to enter the First Nation.

According to the mandate listed on Hiawatha’s website on COVID-19, the First Nation is taking the pandemic seriously as well as the health of all its citizens, especially those most vulnerable. First Nations are at greater risk of becoming ill from COVID-19 due to higher incidents of diabetes, heart disease and cancers.

Does this mean they won't be leaving their community to visit others for any reason....don't leave and travel to the GTA for work, doctors, etc.

 

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I don't think many people from a known hotspot would have an essential reason to visit the First Nation right now.

 

If someone from the First Nation has to leave their bubble area for essential purposes, I expect they will employ normal preventative measures, and avoid the known hotspots if possible.

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1 hour ago, 02Sled said:

Does this mean they won't be leaving their community to visit others for any reason....don't leave and travel to the GTA for work, doctors, etc.

 

I doubt there is much reason to travel to the GTA, we tend to avoid the GTA as much as possible anyway.

Believe it or not, there are doctors, work, etc outside T.O.

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35 minutes ago, Bigfish said:

I doubt there is much reason to travel to the GTA, we tend to avoid the GTA as much as possible anyway.

Believe it or not, there are doctors, work, etc outside T.O.

I realize that however there are a lot that do travel from smaller communities to larger urban centres for work. There seems to be a shortage of doctors in many areas and there are also a lot of people who travel to those larger urban centres for doctors. Especially specialists. It's just shades of the spring when cottage country was panicking that people from the GTA would go to their cottages and it would be the doom of those cottage towns.

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2 minutes ago, 02Sled said:

I realize that however there are a lot that do travel from smaller communities to larger urban centres for work. There seems to be a shortage of doctors in many areas and there are also a lot of people who travel to those larger urban centres for doctors. Especially specialists. It's just shades of the spring when cottage country was panicking that people from the GTA would go to their cottages and it would be the doom of those cottage towns.

The difference is that last spring the small "cottage town" doctors, hospitals, civic leaders and residents had no knowledge or history to draw from regarding Covid 19. While they don't know everything about the virus they are now more knowledgeable regarding it. Yes they were concerned about city cottagers and tourists bringing Covid to their municipalities and judging by the case counts in Toronto, Peel and York it may still be a valid concern. In the end taking care of their own is something smaller centres have always done and will hopefully continue to do.

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Bracebridge is putting up the snowmobile bridge across the Muskoka river !! That is good sign that at least the Town of Bracebridge is thinking positive. This bridge links Gravenhurst and Bracebridge on D trail.:D

 

https://www.muskokaregion.com/news-story/10270788-floating-snowmobile-bridge-to-span-muskoka-river-in-bracebridge-nov-24/

 

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Does this water never freeze?

Nor any major section above it?

 

If so, how does a unit like this handle break-up?

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9 minutes ago, Ox said:

Does this water never freeze?

Nor any major section above it?

 

If so, how does a unit like this handle break-up?

There quite a current in the river so ice that forms is not that thick, they use lots of steel cables to keep it in place. It is only wide enough for one sled. Perhaps some long time Muskoka snowmobilers can  recall if the bridge was ever sweep away. The only issue is that grooming it is a problem so there are lots of moguls. It can be a dangerous spot on the south end as you exit the bridge, there is a hill to climb that puts you right on the road !

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3 hours ago, Muskoka Bill said:

There quite a current in the river so ice that forms is not that thick, they use lots of steel cables to keep it in place. It is only wide enough for one sled. Perhaps some long time Muskoka snowmobilers can  recall if the bridge was ever sweep away. The only issue is that grooming it is a problem so there are lots of moguls. It can be a dangerous spot on the south end as you exit the bridge, there is a hill to climb that puts you right on the road !

Dont forget its generally glare ice as well on both sides.

Traveled it last year when I was visiting Nunz for a weekend, its kinda cool to cross.

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1 hour ago, soupkids said:

 

Traveled it last year when I was visiting Nunz for a weekend, its kinda cool to cross.

 

...says the chap from Sudbury, where 100 foot bridges are the norm. Found this on YouTube...there was discussion about it last year. 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Canuck said:

 

...says the chap from Sudbury, where 100 foot bridges are the norm. Found this on YouTube...there was discussion about it last year. 

 

 

You need to see OC Member Evils videos and pictures of them crossing that..:crazy:

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You're fussin' aboot taking a skidoo over those?

I took my ton truck over this one @ Wawa.

 

 

TruckRRBridge.jpg

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hahahaha ask Matt17 about the "railcar bridge" going into Ice lake in hornepayne. we used to drive the truck and boat/trailer over it to get to the fish. :D Ski

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My father used to work on Ice Lake in the 1950s . New to Canada ( Ukraine ) - up north, you go, to work.

His job was to cut ice blocks from a lake in  Hornepayne, transport to the local railway station to ' chill' perishables on trains. Train stopped, ice blocks loaded. 

 

When I told him I was heading up there by snowmobile, he told me the stories. Loved the community. Wanted to stay. But drawn to southern Ontario.

 

Anyhow, fast forward to early 2000s, sledding with my son,  overnight at the hotel ( retail complex ). I ask some older locals where they would have cut ice for the trains pre-refrigeration. They smile, point out the window and say "from ICE Lake, I'd imagine".

 

They literally hauled ice from that lake :)

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18 hours ago, Muskoka Bill said:

There quite a current in the river so ice that forms is not that thick, they use lots of steel cables to keep it in place. It is only wide enough for one sled. Perhaps some long time Muskoka snowmobilers can  recall if the bridge was ever sweep away. The only issue is that grooming it is a problem so there are lots of moguls. It can be a dangerous spot on the south end as you exit the bridge, there is a hill to climb that puts you right on the road !

No-it's never been swept away-the ice tends to disintegrate or back up behind it and is pretty thin when it let's go!

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