Snow Adventure.
Haliburton Forest's snowmobile network runs roughly 300 kilometres of double-tracked trail up to six metres wide inside the 80,000-acre reserve, with guided tours and machine rentals on site. The Haliburton County Rail Trail opens to permitted snowmobile use December through March, and Glebe Park keeps a separate snowshoe network inside the village where fat-biking is also permitted.
The brief.
Snowmobile use on the Rail Trail requires an OFSC permit; the trail is exclusively snowmobile-use December through March under the County's seasonal rules. Haliburton Forest sleds on the operator's private network and program calendar — fees apply, and machines and gear can be rented.
Glebe Park snowshoeing is free; fat biking is permitted on the snowshoe trails specifically. The municipality maintains three outdoor skating rinks during the freeze, weather permitting.
The combined offering — alpine at Sir Sam's, Nordic and snowshoe at Glebe Park, snowmobile at Haliburton Forest, and rinks in the village — is unusually layered for a single Haliburton-County municipality.
4. places.
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Haliburton Forest snowmobile trails
~300 km of double-tracked trails up to 6 m wide; guided tours and rentals.
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Haliburton County Rail Trail (winter)
Snowmobile-only Dec – Mar with OFSC permit; 35 km Haliburton to Kinmount.
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Glebe Park snowshoe and fat-biking trails
175-acre Glebe Park network; fat biking permitted on the snowshoe trails.
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Municipal outdoor rinks
Three rinks across the municipality, open weather permitting.
Today's read.
Outside the typical season window.
By the book.
- 01Snowmobile use on the Haliburton County Rail Trail requires an OFSC permit and is restricted to December – March.Source ↗
- 02Haliburton Forest's snowmobile program is operator-managed; fees and seasonal hours apply.Source ↗
- 03Outdoor rinks are weather-dependent; check the municipality's status updates.Source ↗