Tickets will be available at the AGM for West Carleton Snowmobile Trails Association at the Carp Agricultural Hall, on Sept 15, 7 pm.
UPPER CANADA SNOWMOBILE REGION SNOWMOBILE DRAW
Win a Discover Winter Snowmobile Package!
Value: $29860
Two Demo 2020 Renegade 900 ACE Adrenaline Skidoos Sponsored by Loiselle Sports One New 2021 XT11 Triton Covered Trailer Sponsored by Alumite Enterprises
Draw DateL 17 December, 2020 at 7L00 pm At the Carleton Place Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Centre, 170 Bridge Street, Carleton Place, Ont.
TICKETS $5.00 EACH
Proceeds go to Snowmobile Education and Safety Programs
Annual General Meeting 2020 now being held at Carp Agricultural Hall, 3790 Carp Road, Carp.
The hall has instituted cleaning procedures as per Covid 19, will provide for social distancing, and hand sanitizer will be available. Please bring a mask, as masks will be mandatory.
Call For New members on the Board of Directors
Hello my friends, Hope you are all had a great summer and that it will continue into September ????
The Club needs your help !!
We will be filling several positions on on your Board this year and the new Board will be selecting some key officer positions including President and Treasurer.
Our AGM is Sept 15, 7 pm at Carp Agricultural Hall.
Our Club needs to continue the work that has been accomplished by you, and your Board over the last several years. There have been some new trails & bridges added, events, membership growth, snowmobile raffle, sponsors added and many other things.
If you can help in any way please send a message to Mark at Treasurer@wcstai.com
Thanks so much and lets keep heading down the right trail.
We have a chance for some of you to become active members working with us in this club, looking after some of our trails in the Almonte area.
Our club has over 250 km of trails, and we have a dedicated group of people, our trail coordinators, who look after them.
We split the trails into small pieces that are more manageable for each coordinator. The trail coordinator for a section of trail, looks after getting pickets and signage installed in the fall, and removed in the spring. They also watch for any issues that might arise in that section and work that may be needed. Should anything arise, they can reach out to the board, to other coordinators, and to volunteers at large who may be available.
While we have trail coordinators that take responsibility for a section of trail, whenever help is needed, we all pitch in, as best we can. No one is expected to “do it all themselves”.
The more people who can take on small pieces of the trail, the easier it is to maintain the whole system, and so, we are appealing to our members.
The areas where we could use some extra help with are:
different sections of trails from Almonte in the directions of Panmure (parts of A trail to W19),
Pakenham (parts of W23, W311),
Blakeny (W12, W14).
We will work with new volunteers to ensure they are comfortable with handling a section of trail. This is your chance to give back to snowmobiling and make a difference with your local club.
Fellow club members. As I’m sure you are well aware, organized snowmobiling in Ontario is largely dependent on volunteers. This is certainly true in your West Carleton Club. Many volunteers work tirelessly, without recognition.
While we must be thankful for all volunteers, we have a tradition of highlighting some of the truly outstanding volunteers in the club. The Board of Directors will select one such volunteer in each of the following categories. What we need from you, our members, are nominations for each of the categories. Please write a few lines of what the volunteer has done and why you think they are most deserving of the honor and forward to treasurer@wcstai.com by Saturday March 14. This will give the Board enough time to vote and arrange for prizes to be awarded at the landowner dinner later this month. The categories are:
WC Volunteer of the Year
WC Family of the Year
WC Safe Snowmobiling Ambassador
WC Outstanding Snowmobile Promotion
WC Rookie Volunteer of the Year
Thank you for your input and I look forward to seeing many of you at the dinner on Saturday, March 28.
West Carleton trails are now closed. Thanks to our Landowners, Volunteers and Permit Buyers.
Wow. What a fantastic season it has been!
Snowmobilers are being warned to stay off of West Carleton Snowmobile Club (WCSTA) OFSC Prescribed snowmobile trails effective immediately as the snowmobile season has come to an end. These trails are now reported as “Unavailable” (Red) on the OFSC Interactive Trail Guide, and WCSTA have stopped regular grooming operations and signs and stakes are being removed and gates and fences closed. Snowmobilers are also advised that rapidly deteriorating snow and ice conditions due to spring thaw make snowmobiling extremely hazardous on closed trails. In our area, roads and road crossings are now generally bare and the ice on all waterways is melted, melting or unstable.
The public is also reminded that an OFSC snowmobile trail on private land reported as “Unavailable” means that access to that trail is also prohibited for any other users or persons for all other seasons, without the specific prior permission of the landowner. On behalf of our club and volunteers, we want to thank all of the landowners who have generously allowed the use of their property for an OFSC snowmobile trail this winter. We also appreciate the support of the many snowmobilers who bought trail permits to help pay their share of the cost of trail operations for the past season.
A very special thanks is also
extended to all of the club volunteers who donated their services to assist
local clubs in providing a successful season of snowmobiling. Although the
winter is over, snowmobiling has become a year round business, so many
volunteers will start immediately to plan and prepare for next winter.
Planning for Next Year
WCSTA is actively looking to fill a number of roles within the West Carleton club. We are looking for people to work with the Board of Directors to assist with the delivery of our required programs and to develop Club initiatives. We are increasing our efforts to identify and coordinate our volunteers, one of our most valuable resources.
If you would like to volunteer to keep your Club strong, and our trails first rate please fill in the Volunteer Contact form on our Volunteering web page. We will put together groups of people to help repair and maintain trails this spring and summer, as well as prepare for the 2020-2021 season. In order to remain strong, your Club needs more involvement from its members. In return, we are also focusing on member engagement in a fun way and hope to have a number of activities and get togethers next season for everyone.
So,
if you can help us, and this will help you, please let us know.
The
Board of Directors thanks you for a fun and accident free season. See you on the trails next winter. Remember
to buy your permit in WCSTA.
The Marshes Golf Club – Ridge Rock Brewing Co. – PJs Arnprior
The Prior is blocked (temporarily) & Bridges is closed.
We got you covered!
The Marshes Golf Club – Ridge Rock Brewing Co. – PJs Arnprior
Marshes Golf Club:
Wednesday Wing Night at Ironstone Grill. The special will be available from 2-9pm each Wednesday through the sledding season. A new opportunity for riders to stop in for a bite, relax in front of a warm fireplace, they offer discounted drink specials as well.
Ridge Rock Brewing Co.:
Monday Night, half price wings; cold Ridge Rock draught. Try the new trail into Carp. Do some drifting around the corn fields (please stay off the tracks!)
PJs Arnprior:
Thursday Night, half price wings. After 4:00. Whitewater Beer! Also a great place for breakfast.
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From your Vice-President, Feb. 7, 2020:
We have now
received approval from the City of Ottawa to open all trails in our Club that
are on City property. We are opening a
number of trails to YELLOW on the ITG today so go to the OFSC website and see
what is open. Our groomers are going to be out day and night so be cautious on
the trails.
With the new
snow it is important that everyone stay between the pickets – stay on the
trails – and respect our land owners.
As I said last night, it has been very difficult getting agreement on some snowmobiling issues during our discussions. Your individual riding habits are the greatest risk to all snowmobile Clubs losing access to Insurance and trails across Ontario. We as Club Members and snowmobilers must contribute to keeping our trails open. This means slow down in built up areas. No loud starts in built up areas and around houses. Respect other trail users. Stay on the trail.
Our future negotiations with land owners, municipalities, insurance companies and others now depends on each and every one of our behavior on the trails.
We appreciate your patience while we worked to open our
trails. Enjoy the rest of the winter. Now you can spend money on gas.
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From your Vice-President, Feb. 6, 2020:
We are very close to opening our trails. Today we reached
agreement with the City of Ottawa, the OFSC and the Insurance providers on the
terms of our Licence of Occupation with the City of Ottawa and Insurance for
trails on City of Ottawa property. We will hear in the morning about receiving
our Certificate of Insurance and then we can open trails in the City of Ottawa
that are packed and ready to go. We will put trails on the Interactive Trail Guide as they are opened. Stay tuned for an
announcement tomorrow morning.
It has been very difficult getting agreement on some
snowmobiling issues during our discussions. Your individual riding habits are
the greatest risk to all snowmobile Clubs loosing access to Insurance and
trails across Ontario. We as Club Members and snowmobilers must contribute to
keeping our trails open. This means slow
down in built up areas. No loud
starts in built up areas and around houses. Respect other trail users. Stay
on the trail.
Our future
negotiations with land owners, municipalities, insurance companies and others
now depends on each and everyone of our behavior on the trails.
Let it snow and enjoy your trails. Your Board of Directors
and volunteers have worked very hard to get your trails open. Lets keep them
open.
