Feb 11

ATV’s SxS Please stay off Snowmobile Trails

Reminder to ATV’s, please stay off all OFSC trails, you are not allowed on them, and can be charged with trespassing, no matter if they are Unavailable status for snowmobiles. For the OVRT multi-use trail, you are never allowed from Dec 1 to March31. Other multi-use trails such as TCT never allow ATV’s. Check local by-laws. Please message or contact us at info@thebeast.ca if any questions. Thanks.

Nov 28

Bruce Brydges Memorial Ride – Cancelled for 2024 Due to Weather

Nov 11

Beauties of the BEAST Ride – Cancelled for 2024

For those that are registered please look for an email in your inbox, and if you aren’t registered and still collected money for the Lanark County Interval House please contact Julie-Anne Bedard. jabedard@storm.ca Looking forward to next year!

Originally scheduled for Feb 3, this event is postponed to March 9.

Nov 07

Snowmageddon – BEAST Social Fun Ride Event

SNOWMAGEDDON 2024 – Sands on Golden Lake
BEAST – Social Fun Ride Event
Saturday February 10th, 2024
Check in on Friday Feb 9th, Check out on Sun Feb 11
The ride will take place on Saturday morning after breakfast and will accommodate all skill and comfort levels.
If you are unable to stay over, you are still welcome to participate.
See booking details(reserve under the BEAST) for the Sands in the poster below. Call soon to secure your booking as accommodations will fill up fast.
Everyone welcome – Contact clubrides@thebeast.ca for more info.

Oct 30

BEAST 2023 Fall Newsletter

The BEAST 2023 Fall Newsletter is released. Please click on the following link to view.

BEAST 2023 Fall Newsletter

Oct 04

OFSC PERMITS Now Available for 2024

OFSC 56th Convention and AGM Kicks Off New Snowmobile Season

Jul 10

2023 UCSR Sleds and Trailer Raffle

Hi Folks, You can now get your tickets at our usual locations, Blacks Corners Motorsports, Carleton Place Marine , and Perth Powersports and Marine . Also tickets are available by e-transfer, contact tickets@thebeast.ca for online sales.

Jul 02

Trans Canada Trail Care Grant

BEAST is thrilled to announce that we have received Trans Canada
Trail’s Trail Care grant to fund our TCT brushing and cleanup activities.
Out grant will cover trail work on the TCT from CP to Stittsville with the help of a new Stihl FS131 brush and grass cutter. The project will be completed once the City of Ottawa mows the grass alongside the trail in the next few days. Volunteers from BEAST have and are working hard to clean up the parts of trails BEAST 200, 202 and A Trail that run on part of the #TransCanadaTrail
We also got help from Columbia Sportswear with t shirts and hats for the volunteers helping with the project. Big thanks to @ColumbiaCanada for the generous gear donations to our dedicated #TrailCare volunteers. #TransCanadaTrail #Columbia #TestedTough #grants #giveback
This grant will help us make our community a cleaner, healthier
and more beautiful place to live. #ThankYouTCT #TrailCare

Mar 19

19 March 2023 Trails Update

Well, that’s another season gone by. Our trails, if you haven’t seen, are now closed. Thank you to our landowners, our permit buyers, and the volunteers who went above and beyond in supporting our trail network in this trying year. We look forward to seeing you on the trails again next season.
Always refer to the OFSC ITG at ofsc.evtrails.com or the Go Snowmobiling Ontario App for available trails.

Mar 08

BEAST Trails Report – 08 Mar 2023

It has been a challenging year for our volunteers. The big storms of the past year have caused most of our forested trails to be inspected and brushed at least 3 or 4 times before we even turned a wheel on the groomers. Early snows were nice to see but when it rained and melted took any frost and ice we had away.
Starting over. We got a couple good dumps of snow in mid January but again no frost in the ground and little to no ice to work with. The main high trails like the OVRT (A311E), TCT ( A and 200 ) and the E104A from Mississippi Lake to the TCT we were able to open without worry of wet areas. As February came and went yet another thaw. More ice lost. We received some consistent colder weather and some snow that we could do something with but any trails that are not open at this time will not be this year. Reason being is flowing water or very thin ice. This is particularly the case in the Richmond area. The 203 from Munster to Eagleson Road is a write off. Water flowed through many municipal drains and roadside ditches since the first thaw in January and hasn’t stopped. Efforts to build snow bridges over these proved pointless as the flowing water undermined the snow we tried to bridge with and made it unsafe to pass over. The 301 from Goodstown Road towards Kettles road is impassable due to trees down from the summer storms and not enough ice to support volunteers to remove these trees. The 302 to Moore’s camp has seen some sled activity but we can’t groom it until fallen trees and brush have been removed.
The long and short of this memo is to inform the membership that what you see on the ITG at ofsc.evtrails.com or the Go Snowmobiling App is as good as it gonna get for this season. Get out and enjoy what’s left of our sled season.
Please e-mail info@thebeast.ca for any questions.