They book our accommodations for days at a time and explore our trails and the surrounding area. Corporations are also getting into the act, he said, using snowmobile trips to reward employees or to entertain business visitors and guests. As he spoke, Schleifenbaum and I were looking across the million-dollar view from Lookout Point towards Black Lake and the hills sprawled out in the distance below. We were kilometres from anywhere, and a snow machine had got us there. With 300 kilometres of excellent trails weaving through more than 20,000 private hectares of unspoiled Canadian Shield beauty, the Haliburton reserve is one of a growing number of snowmobile destinations.
Riders return year after year to explore the hills, forests, and lakes.
They ride at night to listen for wolves and in daylight to catch glimpses of fishers, fox and moose. Spend any time on a modern snowmobile and you'll understand. Suddenly, snowy landscapes aren't just viewed from roads and well-travelled trails. Snowmobilers are participants, constantly looking over the next horizon, with machines that will carry them to places virtually inaccessible by any other means. Their winter world is bigger.