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Ron Purchase Director of Strategic Development Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs

Ron Purchase Director of Strategic Development Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs. 1) Current Key Numbers. 39,742 km of signed & groomed trails 335 Grooming Tractors 244 Community Based Clubs 6,700 Local Club Volunteers 100,000 Seasonal and Tourism Trail Permits

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Ron Purchase Director of Strategic Development Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs

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  1. Ron PurchaseDirector of Strategic DevelopmentOntario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs

  2. 1) Current Key Numbers • 39,742 km of signed & groomed trails • 335 Grooming Tractors • 244 Community Based Clubs • 6,700 Local Club Volunteers • 100,000 Seasonal and Tourism Trail Permits • 167,400 Individual Family Snowmobilers • $16 Million raised for Easter Seals • $1.2 Billion Annual Economic Impact • 40+ Years of OFSC organizational leadership.

  3. 2) Snowmobile Trails • OFSC’s 39,742 km integrated snowmobile trail network is the largest recreational trail system in the world.

  4. 3) Snowmobilers • OFSC snowmobiling is a safe, family friendly outdoor recreational experience for 160,000+ individuals.

  5. 4) Economic Impact • The OFSC trail network attracts touring riders from within and from outside the province. • Snowmobiling generates $1.2 billion of economic impact for Ontario each season. • Snowmobiling contributes at least $112 million in provincial taxes annually.

  6. 5) Organization • Snowmobiling succeeds because it is well organized. • Thousands of volunteers in hundreds of community-based snowmobile clubs build and operate Ontario’s world class snowmobile trail network. • As the coordinating body for organized snowmobiling, the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) “is dedicated to providing strong leadership and support to member clubs and volunteers, to establish and maintaining quality snowmobile trails which are used in a safe and environmentally responsible manner, and to furthering the enjoyment of organized snowmobiling”.

  7. 6) OFSC Programs & Services

  8. 7) Operational Funding • It takes a minimum of $22 million per year to deliver OFSC snowmobile trails. • 72% of overall revenue typically comes from legally required Trail Permits. • 14% is typically invested by the Province to support tourism trail operations. • 14% must be raised by member organizations within their communities.

  9. Thesis: Room for all? What steps are these groups taking to get along with other users, and the environmental community, making specific commentary to trail blazing in a safe environmentally responsible way

  10. Thesis: we build trails based on a return on the investment - is that being returned through tourism, and are we training so that we can recoup the public investment? These groups will detail aspects of this question and what should be done to ensure we are prepared to get our investment back.

  11. OFSC Mission Statement • The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs is dedicated to providing strong leadership and support to member clubs and volunteers, to establish and maintain quality snowmobile trails which are used in a safe and environmentally responsible manner, and to further the enjoyment of organized snowmobiling.

  12. OFSC POLICY: • The OFSC will actively engage with other trail stakeholders to ensure that Ontario recreational trails are sustainably managed to support a broad range of uses. • At the same time, the OFSC will actively engage with trail stakeholders to control unauthorized trail access through an integrated program to promote effective legislation, public education and enforcement. OFSC VISION 2015 • Other Trail Operators understand that shared use really means shared operations and are willing and able to contribute fairly to shared trail operations. • Other Trail Users understand what trails can be shared and how to share them and what trails cannot be shared and how to avoid trespass.

  13. Trillium Trail Network Ontario Trails Council Urban/Sub-Urban: • Short Distance • Walking and Similar • No Mandatory User Fee Rural/Wilderness: • Medium to Long Distance • Not Primarily Walking • Mandatory User Fees Water Trails: • Short to Long Distance • Canoeing and Kayak • May/May Not Be User Fees Trillium Trail Passport Trillium Trail Permit BLUE GREEN GOLD OTC Trillium Trail Network

  14. A Foundation for Trail Tourism • Product Quality Assurance • Risk Management • Community Welcome

  15. Key Points • Hierarchy of trail uses. • There must be idealized trails. • A shared trail won’t look like anyone’s idealized trail. • Understanding routing needs. • “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

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