May 30

2021 UCSR Sled Raffle Tickets

2021 UCSR Sled Raffle is on! See the event detalls below.
Come and see us at Carleton Place Farmers Market on Sat Jun 26, 8:30am-12:30pm, to purchase 2021 UCSR Sled Raffle tickets, just $5 per ticket. Sleds and Trailer will be on display!
 
Tickets may now also be purchased at:
Blacks Corners Motorsports 613-253-2115
Carleton Place Marine 613-257-1772
Perth Powersports and Marine 613-267-3443
Clayton General Store.613-256-1947
 
Contact tickets@thebeast.ca, or Gord Servant at 613-250-0437, if you would like to purchase by e-transfer. Tickets will be filled out with your info and a scaned copy returned to you by e-mail.
Good luck!

May 02

BEAST Volunteer Awards

Normally these awards are announced in a public setting at one of our events or meetings, unfortunately not possible due to current COVID restrictions. Congratulations to our winners for the past two seasons. Thanks to our many volunteers, all who deserve recognition for their efforts.
 
2019/2020 Club Level
Volunteer of the Year: Darin McRae, $100 Gift Card
Family of the Year: BJ McMahon and Alexis, $100 Gift Card
Rookie of the Year: Ian Myatt, $50 Gift Card
 
2019/2020 Sector Volunteer of the Year
SW: Jim Lackey, $50 Gift Card
NW: Darrel Drew, $50 Gift Card
NE: Bruce Brydges, $50 Gift Card
SE: Dave Poaps, $50 Gift Card
 
2020/2021 Club Level
Volunteer of the Year: Gord Servant, $100 Gift Card
Family of the Year: Brent and Shannon Phifer, $100 Gift Card
Rookie of the Year: Val Illingworth, $50 Gift Card
 
2020/2021 Sector Volunteer of the Year
SW: Sean Charon, $50 Gift Card
NW: Grant Penstone, $50 Gift Card
NE: Greg Davidson, $50 Gift Card
SE: Steve Gibson, $50 Gift Card

Mar 24

BEAST Thanks our Volunteers

The BEAST would like to thank our many volunteers who work to setup the trails, not only clearing and brushing, but also installing the many signs and pickets needed to mark the trails. Much work is also done in the spring to take down signs and pickets and close gates.


Congratulations BEAST volunteers, we are provincial recipients in our District 1 as “Outstanding Club of the Year 2020”, see the release from OFSC below.
See the BEAST website Photo Gallery at the following link for some of the projects this past season.
https://www.thebeast.ca/20202021-season/

In the following OFSC release, note that BEAST made the provincial recipients list as District “Outstanding Club of the Year 2020”!
OFSC Released the Following:
Each year, close to 6,000 volunteers build and maintain OFSC snowmobile trails for all of us to enjoy. All of our volunteers continue to overcome many challenges to contribute to the recreational, social and economic well-being of their communities. Normally, we are able to celebrate these accomplishments in person at our AGM, but we were unable to gather this past year and then we were all swamped with keeping trails available during COVID uncertainties.
However, we have not forgotten that our 2020 recipients still deserve their hard-earned recognition – and it’s never too late to do it.
So with our apologies for the delay, we are honouring them throughout March, on social media as part of our end of season Volunteer Appreciation initiatives. Each of the five major awards received by districts will be highlighted individually and recipients sent their award plaque. Next, the OFSC will announce our provincial recipients for 2020 in a provincial media release and congratulate them personally in a special Zoom call.
First up, please join us in celebrating the district winners of the 2020 Outstanding OFSC Club of the Year.
This award is presented to an OFSC Club in recognition of exceptional and innovative activities in one or more of the following areas: Participation Development, Rider Experience, Volunteerism and/or Partnership Development.
District 1 –
Beautiful Eastern Association of Snowmobile Trails (BEAST)
District 2 –
Havelock & District Snowmobile Club
District 5 –
Nith Valley Sno-Surfers
District 6 –
Whitewater Sno-Goers
District 10 –
Six Star Snow Riders
District 12 –
Valley Trailmasters
District 13 –
St Joseph Island Voyageurs Snowmobile Club
District 14 –
Golden Corridor Snowdrifters Kirkland Lake & Area
District 15 –
Club Les Grondeurs
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO

Mar 24

Many Thanks to our Landowners

BEAST would like to thank our generous landowners who donate the use of a portion of their private property for snowmobile trails each winter. 
OFSC has declared the week of March 22-28 as OFSC Landowner Appreciation Week 2021.
OFSC Landowner Appreciation Week 2021 marks the wind-down of the 2020-21 snowmobiling season. But stay tuned, because it’s also the precursor to an ambitious Stay On The Trail/Anti-Trespass Campaign to support our landowners already being planned by the OFSC for launch next fall.
Click on the link below to see the full release from OFSC.

Barrie, ON: March 18, 2021 – OFSC Announces Landowner Appreciation Week with New Recognition Initiatives

Mar 02

BEAST News Update – 2 March 2021

See the following link for the latest BEAST News Update.

BEAST News Update 2 Mar 2021

Feb 12

BEAST 306 Trail Update

     You may recall our recent post about BEAST 306 trail between Clayton and West Carleton Snowmobile Club at Sugarbush Road. The local landowner was fed up with the off-trail riding on their property, and this resulted in a portion of the 306 and 308 being closed, resulting in more road running. See the Facebook post of February 8, showing the affected area.
     We are very fortunate that our BEAST volunteers have worked hard to create and install extra signage, and arrange for some ongoing surveillance(we will be watching, smile for the cameras), and ask the landowner for another chance. As a result, the landowner has been very gracious to give us one more chance, effective Friday Feb 12, the gates will be re-opened.
     We all need to spread the word that if the off-trail riding problem does not cease, we will lose this trail permanently. Stay on the trail or this trail will be permanently closed. This trail will be shut down if you cannot stay on the groomed marked portion, then there will be 7 miles of road running.
     If you see this happening take a picture or video if possible. What we need is the license number, date, time, and location. Send the details to info@thebeast.ca. At least a police report can be filed and hopefully the offenders will be dealt with.
     Going forward, we need everyone’s help to stop this off trail riding. The police, landowner or volunteer can’t be everywhere to see this happening.
Shown below is the affected area and some of the signage going up.
 
 

Feb 08

BEAST News Update – 8 Feb 2021

See the following link for the latest BEAST News Update.

BEAST News Update 8 Feb 2021

Feb 08

BEAST Corporate Ride 2021 – Cancelled

Announcement: BEAST Corporate Ride 2021 – Cancelled
Due to the provincial public health measures continued stay at home order, and OFSC riding directions, the BEAST cannot go ahead with plans for our event of Feb 12-14.
Todays Feb 8 decision of our government to extend the stay at home public health measures in the BEAST Public Health Units (Ottawa Public Health and Leeds, Grenville & Lanark Public Health) until Feb 16, and for BEAST riders this means the continuing direction from OFSC is to ride within your own Public Health Unit, and not trailer to other Health Units.
Please contact the Ash Grove Inn, ASAP, to cancel any reservations you have made.
613-756-7672
ash.grove.inn@hotmail.com

Feb 08

OFSC Announcement 8 Feb 2021

Todays announcement does not affect the BEAST’s two Public Health Units.(Ottawa Public Health, and Leeds, Grenville Lanark Public Health) Therefore BEAST riders are still to stay within their own Health Unit for now. More will be known on Feb 16, when our Health Units, return to the Provincial COVID-19 Response Framework(color zones). At that time OFSC will access which if any of our Health Unit Boundaries will be opened for riding.

OFSC Message To Snowmobilers
The OFSC has reviewed today’s (Feb 8) provincial announcement which opened three public health units. The three named health units (Hastings Prince Edward Public Health, Kingston Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health and Renfrew County and District Health Unit) will be moving to the GREEN zone on the re-opening framework. OFSC Districts 1, 2 & 6 will be adjusting some their trails to account for travel only between these health units for local riders effective Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 12:01am.
Please be sure to check the ITG (https://ofsc.evtrails.com/#) for up to date trail availability. All other districts remain in the same status as they have been for the last month or so. Please continue to ride locally and within your own public health unit until further notice.
We will notify you of any changes as they happen.

Feb 08

306 Trail Portion Closed due to Off Trail Riding

       You may have seen posts from our club and many other clubs about the OFF TRAIL RIDING problem that is overwhelming many club volunteers this year. This year, more than ever, our club is dealing with an unhappy group of landowners who want to deny access to their property for our trails if this conduct is not corrected. The BEAST Snowmobile Club has had several complaints from a group of landowners along the BEAST 306 trail between Clayton and our link with W12 trail of West Carleton Snowmobile Club at Sugarbush Road. Yesterday one of those landowners contacted the BEAST volunteer who looks after that trail to vent his frustrations about the blatant disregard some snowmobilers have for his property. The result was a closed portion of trail.
      In a small community word spreads fast. The BEAST spoke with a different landowner who also was having trouble with off trail riders, to see what his thoughts were on the future of this trail. This morning the landowner contacted us and said he didn’t want to see the trail closed. Thank you.
      So for now, there will be an extra road run for people using BEAST 306. As well, access to the BEAST 308 is affected, adding some road run.
      If you see this happening take a picture or video if possible. What we need is the license number, date, time, and location. Send the details to info@thebeast.ca. At least a police report can be filed and hopefully the offenders will be dealt with.
      Going forward, we need everyone’s help to stop this off trail riding. The police, landowner or volunteer can’t be everywhere to see this happening.