Twin Mountains Snowmobile Club
Located in a beautiful, lake-filled part of east-central Ontario, the Twin Mountains Snowmobile Club has served snowmobilers with a healthy bit of fun for 50 years.
The club oversees 140 kilometers (about 90 miles) of trails in Peterborough County. Connecting to the Kawartha Lakes Snowmobile Club trails to the west, Buckhorn District Snowmobile Club trails to the east and Haliburton County Snowmobile Association trails to the north, they give riders virtually limitless ways to enjoy the surrounding backcountry in the most wonderful time of the year.
But more than just watching over and grooming trails, the Twin Mountains group is also a social group that holds fun events and is deeply integrated into its local community. Plus, gates at the heated clubhouse are unlocked when the club’s trails are open.
Learn more from the answers to our questions provided by club member David Myshrall. To have your club considered for exposure in the magazine, fill out our information form at snowgoer.com/latest-news/great-clubs/. And if you don’t currently belong to a great club like this one, it’s time to step up and join one.
What are the best in-season club activities that make membership fun?
“We organize pancake breakfasts for riders, as they often park at our clubhouse or just a short distance up the trail or road. This coming season, we are hopeful to get a vintage show and ride and perhaps a trailside cookout event as well.”
What is your club’s best off-season event or activity?
“We do a barbecue to thank landowners and volunteers for everything they do for the club. We also assist our trail partners in our off-season to help maintain the trails.”
What’s your club’s best means for finding new members in recent years?
“Lately it seems that social media is the most effective tool to attract interest and bring in new volunteers. Also, the club president is a snowmobiling promoter who writes articles and covers events in our area and in other areas as well.”
How do you make new members or prospective new members feel welcomed in your club?
“We are a friendly group. Our club executive team is six people right now who work hard all year round and we always have a great story to share or good information. We like having new people come on board, and we treat them like family.”
Beyond safety training, does your club do anything to attract youth or keep them involved?
“We are looking at ways to bring in youth, whether it’s from oriented trail rides that we are considering to having youth attend trade shows and snowmobile events with club members to experience new things.”
One interesting thing that our club does for the good of the sport and the community is…
“We work with neighboring clubs to offer snowmobilers a wide variety of options to explore areas around us, and we do our best to have well-signed, well-groomed, fun trails to ride for all types of riders.”
Overall, the thing that makes our club great is…
“The people. The team on the executive [board] just makes it fun. The local community is very helpful and supportive of our winter efforts. Also vital are our neighboring clubs, because without them our trails would go nowhere. Seeing people out riding on our trails and enjoying them is the best feeling.”
