It’s with great disappointment that we have to announce that Trail #50 in the 5 Points will be closed PERMANENTLY to all trail users including ATVs, SxS and snowmobiles as of September 2023.
One of the landowners along the trail has decided to close off the road that leads to the trail out of frustration with people going off the trail and trespassing on his property. Please note that this portion of the road is privately owned, so he has the legal right to do so as long as he allows the other landowners access to their own properties.
I also want to point out that this is not just an issue with motorized vehicles and sleds, he’s also having a lot of problems with hunters and the general public trespassing. Cottagers are driving in and dumping garbage on his property. People were even cutting the locks off of his gates and taking the gates down. There is no way for us as a club to be able to stop these things from happening. We’ve done the best we can over the years but until these types of people start showing more respect for the trails and the landowners, all clubs in Ontario will continue to lose access to trails.
You will see signs going up in July warning that the trail will be closed in future and eventually a construction crew will be going in to built new gates to keep people out completely.
We will continue to try to work with this landowner to come to some resolution to keep the trail open but we can’t make any guarantees. We’ll keep you posted if anything changes.
Carolyn Richards
KATVA President