The volunteers of the Beautiful Eastern Association of Snowmobile Trails hard at work for you!
Approximately 10 years ago, the 312 was rerouted along the 9th line of Beckwith from the Village of Ashton to Campbells Side Road due to loss of access to private property. The approximate 3km reroute routinely was problematic due to road travel, flooding, drifting and/or early loss of snow.
The volunteers of the Beautiful Eastern Association of Snowmobile Trails continued to search for a viable alternative route across private property and are excited to report with the gracious support of Cavanagh Construction Ltd, we have successfully negotiated access to this property once again! A large portion of the existing trail was able to be reclaimed however improvements have also been made including creation of a new access to improve sightlines immediately West of the Village of Ashton.
As you can imagine, re-claiming the trail which has not seen any maintenance for the past decade required a significant amount of work. Our volunteers donated over 250 hours of clearing, brushing, and stump removal to not only re-claim, but improve the trail throughout this property.
There are portions of this trail that either cross or travel adjacent to sensitive crops so we kindly ask all snowmobilers to stay on the trail.
Please look for this and other trail improvement projects throughout our region this winter.
