On July 23, 2016, we had the second newbie run of the season. We had 29 rigs registered for the run and the trails that were run were the trails at South Wind, Scotch Line, Old Logging, and Crystal Lake. Take a look at the recap video: Footage provided by Stephenie Blasko, Lorinda Miles, and Raymond … read more
On May 28, 2016, we had the first newbie run of the season. It was the hottest weekend of the year so far – 32 degrees without humidity! – and the weather was perfect for offroading. We had 28 rigs registered for the run and four different groups of varying abilities ran Crystal Lake, Old Logging, … read more
Camping and off-roading go hand-in-hand. When camping along trails here are some tips that will improve your camping experience and help keep camping areas open: Leave all campsites and lunch-spots cleaner than when you found them. It is for the benefit of all trail users that we do everything possible to maintain clean campsites and … read more
The dates for the 2016 Newbie Runs have been determined: May 28, 2016 July 23, 2016 September 17, 2016 The runs this year will take place at South Wind Motel & Campground. Some intrepid members have already noticed all three dates in the events calendar. While the runs are listed in the events calendar please … read more
More than ever it is important to support the OF4WD. Without a single capable organization acting on your behalf, coordinating, funding trail management and maintenance programs and all the other things that go along with supporting and promoting the interests of 4×4, more access will be lost. The net result of the Ontario Trails Strategy … read more
So, after many friends and other wheelers telling me that the number one best modification you could ever do is to get a daily driver I ended up getting one. I also figured I should get something that will handle a little better in the snow then a Jeep with big old mud tires on … read more
The final newbie run of the year took place on Sunday, October 25. Newbie runs are designed for offroaders who are new to offroading, or have little experience offroading, or have not yet had anyone to show them the ropes. Newbie runs are no pressure, guided runs. The purpose of newbie runs are primarily educational – they … read more
June 20th 2015, Club BAJA ran their first newbie run in Bobcaygeon Ontario. A beautiful sunny day with about 16 new members from their club. Brian Sibbles from the OF4WD was honoured to help them get the day started off with a pre-day brief on trails and vehicle preparedness for on the trails. BAJA trail … read more
The OF4WD held their first 2105 “Newbie Run” on June 13th 2015. We had 28 new people led by trail guides along 4 different trails. An excellent day was had by all, the trails were drying out, not to many bugs, and lots of sun shine. Feed back received with huge smiles were statements like … read more
An ORV is a vehicle generally designed and intended for off road use only. These include side by sides, buggies, dirt bikes, Argos etc. All off road vehicles must be registered with the MTO. … read more
