For tour planning, you could use the Interactive OFSC Provincial Snowmobile Trail Guide, Ontario's only province-wide snowmobile trail reference tool. Using this Guide allows you to see the big picture and how trails connect various regions. In combination with the Tour Planner, (available here to download, file size is 4mgs) this will give the tools you need to plan your snowmobile trip.
The OFSC Provincial Guide is also useful to discover the thousand of kilometres of clubs trails that exist alongside the TOP Trail System. When you have decided what area(s) you wish to tour, you could obtain a paper copy of the OFSC Provincial Trail Guide or an OFSC district guide(s) for greater detail. Please contact your local district for a copy.
Each guide cover uses the same template, colour-coded to match the district key map on the inside back cover of this Tour Planner. The guide covers also include this same key map to show the district's location within Ontario. District guides are the best tools to use while actually traveling on OFSC trails. Not only do they include regional and local information and contacts, they also contain ads from snowmobile-friendly lodgings, restaurants and other services who support organized snowmobiling.
Tourism and Trail Web Site Another excellent source of tour planning information is the GoRideOntario website. Snowmobilers developed the content of this site to make it very useful to touring riders; it also contains links to all tourism regions, OFSC districts and the OFSC. This site contains information on: trails, permits, conversions (Fahrenheit to Celsius, U.S. dollars to Cdn. dollars, gallons to litres and miles to kilometres). It also contains links to a tour planner mapping tool, current trail status reports (winter only), and to weather reports.
Publications The OFSC Go Snowmobiling Magazine is the official publication of the OFSC and is mailed to every snowmobiler who buys a Full Season Permit (1-year subscription starts the season following permit purchase). The magazine contains information about touring and riding in Ontario. To ensure you received your full Member Benefits, be sure to Get Your Permit For more information of additional Member Benefits, click here.
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