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.
Winner of the 2020 Anniversary Indy 850 Patriot Adventure.
Congratulations
to Polaris for 40 years of Indy! And thank you for your incredible
support of West Carleton Snowmobile Trails; including the World’s
Longest Snowmobile Bridge (set to open next season if someone fixes the
insurance)
Thanks to Blacks Corners Motorsports for their
continuous generous support of snowmobiling in our area. Thank you Brad
and Steve (pictured beside Doug Fisher).
What an incredible
snowmobile. The computer gauge & Integral GPS looks amazing…..like
a rocket ship. Love the retro graphics (just like your first Indy?)
And luckily Doug has a nice big trailer, so there will be no problem getting to all of the amazing trails that are open. Next year we will raffle off a Blacks Corners Trailer.
Volunteers with your
District and Clubs are working hard to get more trails open. Personally,
I’m killing time doing a snow dance. We are expecting good thing
happening very soon! In the meantime, show support for our sponsors like
Blacks Corners, pick up a new trail guide, and throw those sleds in the
truck/trailer for some sledding. Check your ITG.
Thanks to all
the people who supported West Carleton Trails with our big fundraising
raffle. Thanks to Doug Fisher. And thank you again, Polaris Industries
Canada, and Blacks Corners Motorsports (Home of Polaris Indy) in
Carleton Place.
You may have seen Steve Burgess’s recent post and the lack of volunteers to open and maintain our trails. Not one of our Members (read YOU) showed up. There was a comment from one Club Member that we did not contact him. Also, another comment that not everyone sits around and reads Facebook.
There is a fact that: too much is being done by too few for too many Club Members who like to ride but do not want to help. I also know that a number of Members have offered to help but we do not contact them.
We are in desperate need of a Volunteer with some social media skills who likes to talk to people to work with the Board and coordinate those people who have offered to help. Facebook is not working. We need fresh ideas as to how to make our Club a community where people want to be involved. This goes beyond trail maintenance to other fun events we can hold to involve our Members.
If you can help, please contact me directly. Email me at paulmcdonald@magma.ca or call me at 613-832-2362. I like to talk to people. Do not message me. Facebook or whatever it is does not work.
As Steve Burgess points out the people who are currently maintaining your trails are getting tired (read fed up). We opened the trails and we cleaned up after the last storm. Who is going to clean up after the heavy snow we just received. Maybe no one!!
A good start is for someone to work with the Board to develop an effective communication plan. Then we can ask for help when we need it from those few other Members who have offered to help. Would one of you please volunteer to take this on? Bring a friend and make it an enjoyable part of being a Member of YOUR snowmobile club.
If you know someone and they do not follow us on our website or Facebook please pass this on.
Ontario Snowmobile Trail Permits are available online, providing you with enhanced security, flexibility and convenience. When you purchase your permits please make sure you specify the club where you ride the most… hopefully it’s West Carleton Snowmobile Trails Association!
The Trail Permit is valid only when permanently affixed to the bottom edge of the centre of the windshield, or on top and to the left of centre of the engine cowling as close as possible to the centre of the windshield, without obscuring or being obscured by the registration number required to be displayed on the vehicle.
OFSC Trail Permits are valid only in the province of Ontario and may be used to access any open or limited Prescribed Trails operated by the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs unless otherwise specified.
Congratulations to Doug Fisher for winning the 2020 Polaris 850 Patriot Indy Adventure
Thank you to all who participated in this great fundraiser, a total of $50,000 was raised to help build the W1!
Win this 2020 Polaris 850 Patriot Indy Adventure, valued at $20,700!
West Carleton Snowmobile Trails Association Inc. “Longest Snowmobile Bridge in the World” Fundraiser
The prize:
2020 Polaris 850 Patriot Indy Adventure valued at $20,700 · Rare Snow Check Special · Unique Heritage Anniversary colour scheme, coloured tunnel and rails · Interactive digital gauge package with GPS · AND The new Polaris 850 Patriot Engine — available through Snow Check only
This is your chance to help complete the popular Capital Rail Trail “W1”, including the “The Longest Snowmobile Bridge in the World” – joining West Carleton to Quebec across the Ottawa River!
Sledders win either way, as all proceeds go towards completing the Capital Rail Trail (W1) joining Ontario & Quebec; including the World’s Longest Snowmobile Bridge (1600 feet) spanning the Ottawa River.
Get your ticket to win a 2020Polaris 850 Patriot Indy Adventure Snow Check Special, compliments of Polaris Canada. Complete with Snow Check only Heritage Anniversary colour scheme, coloured tunnel and rails, it has the Interactive Digital Gauge package with GPS. The new 850 engine is available through Snow Check only, so, if you haven’t already snow checked one, this may be your only chance this season to get a sled with all of these features!
Thanks to Black’s Corners Motorsport, Carleton Place, and Polaris Industries for the generous support of this exciting project. Prize to be picked up at Black’s Corners Motorsport.
The fine print:City of Ottawa Licence M820247. Must be 18 years or older to participate in the raffle
The West Carleton Snowmobile Trails Association Inc. was awarded the District 1 – Club of the Year award, in large part due to our great volunteer efforts, specifically recognizing all of the work we all have done on both the OVRT and the new Capital Rail Trail. Also noted was our fundraising, including our charitable contribution to the Dunrobin Tornado rebuilding effort.
West Carleton Snowmobile Trails Association will celebrate its 40th Anniversary on October 19, 2019. Help us celebrate and complete the new “Capitol Rail Trail – W1” across our Club and to Quebec. This is perhaps the largest project being undertaken in OFSC at this time. Be a part of making OUR DREAM come true this year.
Our 40th anniversary Trail Map will celebrate our success. Buy a trail sponsorship place on our map – or become a personal sponsor – for your Club. Anyone can give any amount. All money raised will go toward completing Trail W1 and the bridge to Quebec.
Gold Sponsor – $10,000
Silver Sponsor – $5,000
Bronze Sponsor – $3,000
Club Supporter – Any other amount as a donation to the Trail and Bridges
All donations to the Map Sponsorship will be Invoiced to the donor so that they can use the donation as an expense to the extent possible.
Sponsors will be featured on the Map, on the Web Site and Facebook for the year and featured at our events such as the Land Owners Dinner.
In September we will hear from OFSC as to whether they will help us complete the bridge over the Ottawa River. We will need to contribute 15% of the value if we are successful. This could be $50,000 to $60,000. We still need to complete 2 more bridges. If we use volunteers the bridges will cost over $40,000. If we use contractors it will be significantly more. Our snowmobile raffle is supporting this work. You can help us complete the rest.
Want your company name on a bridge. Buy a bridge or buy a board. Let’s make this happen. If you like to snowmobile or just want to support WCSTA, please donate today. We can complete and open the trail in 2019 with your help. Talk to businesses and friends and make this happen.
