What It Takes... To make the club run!
Many riders of Cramadog trails wonder what it takes to develop and maintain our trails. trails.
Our 7 Directors, 2 employees, dozens of volunteers, landowners and other contributors work tirelessly to develop and maintain Cramadog trails year round but more intensely from December through March.
Cramadog is a not-for-profit corporation and a proud member-in-good-standing of the OFSC, Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs.
We begin in the Spring with our AGM, Annual General Meeting, at which new Directors are elected by our membership for a term of one year. During the off-season, we meet to assign duties and responsibilities, plan operations, develop a budget and review our Health and Safety Policy and Procedures Program.
Cramadog operates with one large industrial-size groomer that is used on our main land trails, c104d, d102c as well as sections of 600, 603 and 604. We also have four large utility snowmobiles. These are used to pack and drag trails as well as transport work crews to work sites. Over the years, we have switched from 2-stroke to 4-stroke utility snowmobiles to improve fuel efficiency and reduce air and noise pollution. We use a number of chain saws, brush cutters and augers in our operation to clear brush and install signage and lake markers.
Cramadog's budget begins with the sale of OFSC sanctioned trail permits. Money received from the sale of trail permits provides about 95% of our total funding. Trail permits and their pricing are set by the MTO, Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. Some funding comes from fund raising efforts and from OFSC grants. Cramadog's portion of the permit money is spent on equipment, fuel, payroll and administrative expenses.
Cramadog maintains a Health and Safety Policy and Procedures Program designed to protect employees, volunteers, landowners and riders. We will not open our trails until they are safe for snowmobile traffic.
While most of or trails are on Crown land, some of them cross private property. These landowners generously allow us to cross their land. Please stay on the trail and respect their private property.
It is important that you buy your permit from Cramadog. We support the "Buy Where You Ride" program, so buy from Cramadog and ride our trails.
The Cramadog trail system is subject to Ontario laws... Have a great ride!