Snowmobile and ATV

Dorset Snowball Festival

Trail Map

Welcome to Ontario Snowmobiling. Wintertime is a great time to explore Ontario because when the snow flies and the lakes freeze over you can venture to parts of the province that are normally only accessible by air and water. One of the best ways to get there is via snowmobile.

Don your suit, helmet, goggles, gloves and trail pass and point your sled down one of the many groomed trails snaking their way across the landscape. Some trails are so wide that they're referred to as "snow highways". In fact Ontario has over 50,000 km (30,000 mi.) of interconnected, groomed snowmobile trails forming the largest recreational trail system in the world.

Make a day of it gliding through majestic forests, across stake-marked frozen lakes and old logging roads to some of the most serene and scenic spots you'll ever see. View Aboriginal pictographs. Spot a deer or wolf in a clearing. Team up with some fellow riders and embark on a two-day snowmobile odyssey from Dorset to North Bay. Or enjoy the twinkling stars as you explore the Haliburton Trail Plan by night.

Plan a weekend getaway or a week long adventure for you, your friends or the whole family. Here is a link to a local snowmobile club for updates. Tall Pines Snowmobile Club

Visit this site regularly for updates on trail conditions and weather

ATV

The Haliburton Highlands is a unique part of Ontario for ATV enthusiasts. Its rugged Canadian Shield terrain is one of the most popular destinations in Ontario for all types of trail users. However much of Haliburton County is rarely visited, since most of Haliburton consists of deep forest which is relatively inaccessible, other than by ATV or snowmobile.

Haliburton's diverse ATV trails include two of the most scenic abandoned rail trails in Ontario as well as some of the gnarliest rock, stump, mud, and log-strewn ATV trails in Ontario.The sport of ATVing is growing at a phenomenal rate in Ontario. And Haliburton is becoming one of the most popular ATV trail destinations in the province.

Thanks to the steadfast efforts of the Ontario Federation of ATV Clubs, as well as the foresight of certain politicians and various trail and tourism organizations, the village of Haliburton and its surroundings is now one of the most ATV-friendly communities in Ontario.

With the implementation of Bill 11 opening up all the County Roads in Haliburton County to ATVs, riders can now circumvent any private property, allowing seamless riding from Muskoka, through Haliburton, and link up with the Bancroft and Madawaska trails without fear of trespassing on private land or being hassled by the local police.

Furthermore, the Kawartha Trail Riders, another OFATV affiliated ATV Club, manages the hugely popular "Five Points" Trail System which borders on the southern boundary of the Haliburton trail system. This provides signed, mapped, and legal crown land ATV trail linkages between the towns of Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls to the south, with the villages of Kinmount, Gooderham, Haliburton, and Wilberforce to the north.

Riders can park their trucks near a gas station or restaurant, in any of these towns, head out on their bikes, experience every type of trail imaginable, and make it back to the cottage in time for a shower and dinner.

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