Items of interest to member and non-member riders.
All KATVA Trails close December 1st – reopen May 2020
All KATVA Trails close to ATVs and SUVs on December 1st. We share a lot of the snowmobile trails and they are theirs for the winter months. Do not ride!!! It causes damage to the snowmobile trails groomed by the snowmobile clubs !!
End of Season 5-points Ride reschedule from October 19th to October 12th
To anyone who has registered for the ride originally scheduled for October 19th – it is being rescheduled to October 12th – this is to avoid the opening day of Moose Hunting Season – you should have received an email explaining this – and asking you to reply if you can make the new date
Hunting Season Starts Soon – Use Caution – Trail 50 closed to all
As hunting season approaches please remember that as of October 1st KATVA trail #50 will be closed to all motorized users. The is at the request of the multiple landowners on that trail who made this a condition of allowing us to keep a trail through their property and we completely respect their request. This
Trail 50 Closed for Season starting October 1st!! Do not trespass !!
Signage has been installed at the top of trail 50 for the impending closure for the season on Oct 1. The landowners have very graciously allowed us to ride their properties for the lion’s share of our season. They have closed the trail so they can have some time to quietly enjoy their properties. They
KATVA – Things to keep in mind – Register for a Ride –
KATVA ride schedule – register for a ride !!!!! To all riders looking to join a club led ride – these are found on our website katva.ca under ride schedule. We ask that you register for the ride – and please not last minute. The demand for our rides has really grown to the stage
KATVA Poker/Charity Run – for Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation – Saturday June 1st from Log Chateau Park
Join us for a great day of riding on some of Ontario’s most sought after trails, with a poker run, prizes, dinner and so much more, all while helping to raise money for the Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation for our local community!
Ride Registration: 8:00am to 9:30am, Log Chateau Park, Fenelon Falls.
Registration is $50 per rider
New Trails Update April 30/2019 – VRT closed from Kinmount to Haliburton ++
Update – message from Haliburton County Public Works Department
“Good Afternoon all,
Please be advised that the Haliburton County Rail Trail will not open tomorrow May 1 2019. Due to trail conditions it will be closed until further notice.”
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Update – News Release from the City of Kawartha Lakes
CKL Approves new Bylaw for SxS trial period – May 1st to Nov 30th –
Great News Everyone!!! CKL council approved our request to amend the road bylaw which will allow side by sides to travel on any road in the City of Kawartha Lakes where ATVs are currently allowed to travel. This will allow you to ride from Kinmount all the
KATVA – Partnering with OFTR –
The team here at KATVA pride ourselves on always thinking outside the box and we’re never afraid to try something new. In that spirit we are excited to announce another first for the off road motorsports groups in Ontario!!! After almost a year of planning we are partnering with the Ontario Federation of Trail Riders
Side by Sides allowed on Victoria Rail Trail north of Fenelon and in Somerville Forest for this season – a trial period
Today the City of Kawartha Lakes Council voted unanimously in favor of our proposal to allow side by sides on the Victoria Rail Trail Corridor from Superior Propane staging area north to Kinmount, as well as in the Sommerville Forest Tract on a one year trial period. There will be a width restriction of 64