Club News and updates.

Weds Nov 30th 2011
Check out www.ontarioconditions.com . It's sledders talking to sledder pretty much Ontario specific. If you have any questions regarding sledding in Grey Bruce fire away. If I can't answer I'll either find out or re-direct.

Saturday November 26 2011
Some trail changes and fixin has occured in the last couple of weeks
We have completed a new trail to link the Bass Lake Loop off the tracks. It is about 2 km e/of the former intersection 124
running north through a county forest. (4 km w/of Owen Sound)
Our new B has been cleaned up and the swamp is no longer an issue.
Water hole on the B at McNabb Lake has been fixed with lots of machine work and fill.
The wet stretch at intersection 130 has been graded and the trail raised.
Welcome Cobble Beach Inn this year. We are running a spur trail off Church Rd (Bass Lake Loop) to their fine establishment.
Probably half of our trails are now staked and signed with the rest to be completed shortly. Destination signage to follow.

Sunday October 23 2011
That was quick! We are back. Bigger and better I hope. Bigger in that we are working hard to clear the trails a little bit wider. Better. Hell we are the best and we strive to maintain that reputation. We've added a trail to the Cobble Beach Resort. More to follow on that. We are presently wearing out chain saw blades and volunteers and ....we might even have a new re-route and it will be sweet (County Forest , tall pines and flat)
More shortly!

Monday May 16 2011
The Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League won the OHL Championship on Sunday in Mississauga and can now proudly showcase the Robertson Cup for the next year. Congratulations to all on a job well done. Further congrats to Robby Mignardi as he was named playoff MVP.

Friday March 18 2011
I just notified Karen at the District 9 OFSC office to close our trails. On behalf of the members of the Stoney Keppel Riders I would like to extend a big thanks to our landowners and volunteers for making this a great season. To those who purchased trail passes from us, thank you. I hope we met or exceeded your expectations while sledding our trails. We are aware of several problem areas and will be working hard this year to elimate our wet areas and also widen out some trails. You will also notice more destination signage next winter, just couldn't get to it this year.We will be working with the OFSC and other member clubs to have some "Early Openning Trails" next year.Thanks.

Saturday March 5 2010
We keep dodging the heavy rains but it's slowly catching up with our base. Please, if you're riding, ride with care and caution. We'll see how much snow we get this afternoon but the long ranger is not good. Add some stabilizer to your fuel just in case.

Saturday Feb 19 2011
We are open limited.please be aware that these are not the same conditions we had two weeks ago. These trails are now rock hard and icy. Cornering and braking will be totally different. Be aware of washout areas in fields and at road crossings where runoff has undermined ice/snow bridges over low spots.

Wedsnesday Feb 2 2011
Happy White Rodent Day! Well Willie didn't see his shadow, it was rigged he was in a tent, so that means Spring in 6 weeks I guess.
We received about a foot of heavy power that has leveled a whole pile of our trails. Jingles and crew will have their hands full digging us out for the next few days.Next to that, ride safe. Let's not have another weekend in the snowmobiling community like the last one.

Thursday January 21 2011
Did a tour up the Bruce yesterday with OFSC Provincial Trail Auditors. Interesting stuff. Well worth my time.We went north from Wiarton on the B107 (forget it for right now, needs more snow) to Lions Head, gas in Ferndale, lunch at 'Mom's" and return via B108 to the Beach . B108 is in great shape, not the greatest for markings but a ride ride. I was invitied along today but made the excuse that I had to wash my cat ( to clean up some signage issues I learned about on our tour)
Ours trails....real good!

Sunday January 9th 2011
We are open limited again. Thanks to all who helped with our remarkable recovery to "limited" status.

Saturday Dec 25 2010
Merry Christmas. Trails are fragile,don't beat them up please.

Sunday Dec 19 2010
We're open..

Tuesday November 23 2010
Grey Sauble Conservation was gracious, to a point, and I had to rely heavily on the Catto Family (Glendale Farms) for the second half of this re-route. Walked it yesterday and will walk it today with Rob Lee to see if we actually can punch a hole in Stoney Keppel to complete this section.
Kudo's to the bridge widening/post hole/gate hanging crew from last weekend. Keep it up boys.

Monday November 15th 2010
Our work party was an outstanding success. Over 25 dedicated sledheads gave it all for a day with incredible results. One big swamp down and one hardwood ridge left and we're through , the re-route will be complete. Sort of funny, but not really is we've already had two re-routes on the "re-route" Kudos to Rob and Jim Lee from Shallow Lake. Rob has been operating the high hoe for us over the past week. Money very well spent.

Note to self...check camera batteries before you leave house stupid! I'll fix that tomorrow! Snow is coming , just two more weeks of this seasonal stuff would be nice !

That's it for now