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The Haliburton County Snowmobile Association - HCSA is a volunteer-owned, not-for-profit maintaining OFSC snowmobile trails in Haliburton County, Ontario.

We rely on, our landowners, our volunteers and our community to sustain and enhance our trails. in

11/01/2026

REOPENING A ROUTE TO MINDEN HILLS, A KUSHOG MESS, AND A FRESHLY MINTED MAP...

Lots of trail news in this post.

We are reopening one of our biggest challenges TOP B112 Minden to the Pine Springs area at TOP B. We’ve done a bridge refresh at Anson Creek, and lots of other work alongside our trail partners Haliburton ATV Association The Ontario Federation of 4 Wheel Drive Recreationists and many hours on the trail and the keyboard. Shout out to The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs - OFSC for the reinstatement👍
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No logging activity this winter on TOP B from Trail 16 to Highway 35 after two years ! The west side of Kushog Lake needs a clean up and brushing. We'll be in good shape.

We are also dealing with a TOPB closure at the bottom of Big Hawk Lake at the request of a landowner. . A short reroute is in place, more later. We have it figured out.
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Trail 15, Halls Lake area: Our landowner Parks Canada is rebuilding the Three Brothers Dam meaning construction and vechiles on the trail all winter long. They are graciously allowing our contined use and grooming. The protocol for riders is similar to passing through a logging zone, reduced speeds, and obeying the signage. Thank you Parks Canada
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The 2027 HCSA Trail Map: Colour coordinated to match this years Trail Permit (go figure:) is at our printer Parker Pad & Printing Ltd. - Haliburton. A big shout out to our Mona at MLD Solutions Inc for help above and beyond. We think you'll enjoy the improved layout. And thanks to 70 companies who found a few marketing dollars. It's a sell out !

PS
We are chilling out for two (2) weeks on on trail projects. It's deer🦌hunting season and a lot of our help is doing that:)

11/01/2026

BEAT THE DECEMBER PRICE INCREASE….

To order your Ontario Trail
Permit visit:
https://www.ofsc.on.ca/

A few words from The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs

“….. To every snowmobiler who said YES to winter and purchased their 2027 Ontario Snowmobile Trail Permit early — THANK YOU!
On behalf of our snowmobile clubs, districts and the thousands of dedicated volunteers who make it all happen, thank you for your continued support and commitment to organized snowmobiling in Ontario. Your permit purchase means more than a season of riding. It helps support the people, the trails and the incredible volunteer efforts that make winter worth waiting for.
You said YES. Now let's make it SNOW! ❄️💙….”

10/31/2026

🧙‍♀️ Witch way to winter?...... ❄️

Happy Halloween & International Snowmobile Day! 🎃
The countdown is ON, and this is no trick… 🐈‍⬛, tomorrow is your last chance to save on your 2027 Ontario Snowmobile Trail Permit! Buy it now now:

https://permits.ofsc.on.ca/

🎃

10/30/2026

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!

We've won the battle of the Gull River and its wildly fluctuating water levels (see earlier post). The TOP B112 floating bridge in downtown Minden is installed for the coming season 2027. 🤸‍♀️ 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️

Over coffee and a team huddle, a snap decision. Let's go for it, the river level is up right now !!!!🏃🏃🏻‍♂️. Without much prior notice to all the players, the rigging rolls in and the fun starts. A boat, a crane, and a loader to get this done. There's a very short window as the river rises before falling again.

A few words now about The Corporation of the Township of Minden Hills and the importance of trail partnerships. What a great partner they are, showing up with all the rigging, delivering their people, their skills and all the bridge parts to make this go so very
smoothly. Some projects are beyond volunteer capacity, this job is a contender. Our heartfelt thanks for taking this three hour job on.

We are getting pretty good at this with lots of practice; 2027 is the 16th winter for the TOP B112 floating bridge. It's used year round, in the summer the bridge is a boat dock on the edge of downtown. Minden Hills is the co owner. 🤝

The Corporation of the Township of Minden Hills

Snow Country Snowmobile Region - OFSC District 6 The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs - OFSC

10/29/2026

A MASSIVE CHALLENGE..

It's not in our backyard but many of us/you ride this trail. We can confidently say The Maple Leaf Snow Skimmers are doing everything and then some in seach of a solution.🤞. Snowmobiling is better because of folks like these folks ! Read on.... (hoping for a happy ending)

10/28/2026

NO SPILLED MILK PLEASE, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GULL, & BEYOND BUSY AT OUR WORKSHOP.

2027 Ontario Trail Permits are on sale at the best price of the season. $214 for the next few days. If you have not ordered we invite you to do so, right here: https://www.ofsc.on.ca/permits and we hope you will consider HCSA as your club

Meanwhile.... The Gull River in downtown Minden challenges again and the seasonal installation of the TOP B112 crossing. The HCSA could not carry this job out without significant help from our bridge co owner the The Corporation of the Township of Minden Hills. We are SO grateful. The pics tell the story. The wait continues.......

Meanwhile... Life at our work centre is full on prepping groomers for the coming season. The reason why your purchase of a trail permit is so very important. Barely a day goes by at this time of year without an invoice in the mail. Time now for an oil change....

Snow Country Snowmobile Region - OFSC District 6 The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs - OFSC

10/21/2026

THREE BLUE ONES, ONE RED ONE, AND A GREAT BURGER...

It's let's paint the drags day at the HCSA and they even found the time to tidy up our workshop for the coming season. Inside we're prepping the groomers for the months ahead getting them ready to roll.

And outside the tunes are going, the BBQ is lit, and it's time to get painting ! This is another example that volunteering is so much more than signs, bridges, stakes, and brushing. Small jobs matter ! Everyone has a skill we can use, you're invited: https://hcsa.ca/volunteer/

10/20/2026

FIXED, GETTING FIXED, AND Fushia = Winter fun !

DEALING WITH OUR CHALLENGES...

Two trail washouts; both on TOP (Trans Ontario Provincial) trails, one in our south, reconnecting Minden (Trail B112), the other in our north very near Haliburton Lake (Trail 😎. Both locations are repeat offenders. At the north fix, the water upstream is an inch higher than the trail surface 🤞. Nothing we can do about that. At the south fix, the trail has been washed away three times in recent years. Doing our best on that one. This time the culvert as been cabled to bedrock 🤞🤞

Address

Haliburton, ON

Telephone

+17054574263

Website

https://hcsa.ca/

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