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That is transparency for districts and clubs, but far from transparency for all permit holders. There are many hundreds, or maybe thousands of permit buyers that live in the southern population hub from Niagara around the lake to Oshawa. There is no snowmobiling in that area. The Erin club is fairly close to me, but the old "Buy where you ride" message still rings in my head, so I buy from a northern club where I have always spent the most of my time riding. Is that a mistake, given that I hear very little of substance from the club or district? I only heard about the financial squeeze, and the resulting trail and grooming reduction plan when I checked in with the OC forum this month. All permit holders should have been notified of this situation last winter or spring, and given an opportunity to offer suggestions. Instead we are sent the cute, self-promoting reports on what a great, long riding season it was. From that, it would be easy to assume all was great in OFSC land. The OFSC should not ignore all of us who are not "active club members", primarily because of geography. Transparency has to be to all permit holders, not just active cub members.  BTW, I offer to volunteer when I buy my permit, but have never heard from anyone.  Despite my beef, I am confident that I will get a decent sledding season in, on whatever trails are open, be they green or yellow status. 

This is very useful info (thank you) that I am sure many did not know so naturally will gravitate toward blaming the corporate side, the OFSC office....which begs the question of what was brought up and why the lack of transparency for people to see who might be seeking this info to help make a decision for the coming year - maybe it was and people not looking in the right spots. If the thought process was to leave this info only at club levels and the mentality of join a club if you want to know was used, this is not helping the cause for all the non club member folks that buy permits/support the system from a financial stand point, that is needed just like the volunteers are. Did perhaps the clubs/districts also request the OFSC not divulge this info and wanted this as well...   The hard reality is the fat needs to be trimmed, no one will like it, but a must have with the environment we live in - the future is a ?? no doubt, but who knows, maybe the stark truth of what's about to come will entice more to step up, be willing to pay more for the system that is left when the dust settles.     Lake Simcoe has been a crap shoot the last many years with the ice conditions, great spot to jump off of to head north though when able too, heading west was dead long time ago with the developments & land issues, heading east I am guessing has been way more misses than hits most years as of late and no doubt lots of trespassing going on.  

No way there won't be more cuts and more loss coming. There is no new permit revenue to speak of, no other alternate source of revenue coming, ridership #'s will fall this season, the losses will continue and the only answer as we've seen is what we have seen.   It's crashing 

No increase either.  I never seen that denial coming. With lower dollar equipment costs are sky rocketing too. Also means value of current fleet will be worth more, but parts costs are going thru roof with exchange rate too. Now if a 15 percent trail cut causes 8 percent permit decrease, then it's a rinse and repeat next season hoping for better out come 🤪Then we fall below 20,000 kms real quick. I can see this only taking a few seasons to spiral down to 10,000 kms of trail 😂

Man, comments are ugly on the FB update on this clubs page. Not toward the club, but toward the decision makers.    this reduction plan is going to work alright, people are not happy