President’s Message
To our Clubs, Volunteers, Landowners and Permit Buyers
As we head into the 2025-2026 season and as the Ontario Federation of snowmobile clubs (OFSC) Interactive Trail Guide (ITG) comes online we would like to address some changes that will be taking affect for this coming season.
As some of you may have heard, the OFSC issued direction to all districts to reduce their trail network in order to create some financial efficiencies. OFSC has capped the trail network size for the 2025/2026 at 25,500 km of trail (down from 31,000 kms in the previous season). District 1 / UCSR’s portion of that cut was approximately 21% of the network which represents a reduction of 689 km across the 16 clubs. This left roughly 2626 kms assigned to District 1/UCSR.
While the directive from the OFSC was most unfortunate, the clubs worked hard to come up with the best results to maintain the trail network. As you will see once the ITG launches, the district remains connected between clubs but with fewer trails.
Clubs are still working to secure landowner access with private, corporate and municipal landowners. This process takes some time and will carry on into the new year. As the ITG goes live you may not see all the OFSC trails in the district. Check the ITG regularly as updates happen daily. We are fully confident that the clubs will bring 2626 kms of eligible trails onto the ITG for the 2025-2026 season.
If you have any questions about the trails in your area, please reach out to your club https://ucsr.ca/clubs/
With that said, and understanding the difficulty and stress placed on volunteers over the past couple of months, please do not take your displeasure out on these people who put so much effort, energy, and passion into putting a trail system together every fall, regardless of the season that follows.
We would like to thank our landowners for their continued generosity, and volunteers for their continued support.
If you would like to learn more, please attend a club meeting, or even better please offer to volunteer some time to help supporting organized snowmobiling in your area.
The single biggest way riders can help protect the system is to buy their full season permit annually.
Use the OFSC Interactive Trail Guide (ITG) / Go Snowmobiling Ontario Mobile Phone Application for current trail availability.
Given the major trail reductions since last year, always ride with the Go Snowmobiling Ontario Mobile Phone Application turned ON as this will help OFSC, UCSR and clubs prioritize future trails and development.
Contact the District if you want a copy of our 2026 Trail Guide. You can download PDF versions from our website at https://ucsr.ca/area-trail-guide/. Keep in mind, that the Trail Guide, and all its content, is provided on an ‘As Is’ basis based on the best information available at the time of printing.
