Many Muskoka Cottages Snowed-In

If you are looking for a Muskoka cottage rental from which to enjoy some downhill or cross-country skiing or snowmobiling, make sure you check out weather and particularly road reports before you set out.

The later part of the week of December 7, 2009 for example saw an unusually heavy winter snowstorm that dumped over three feet of snow in the Bracebridge, Gravenhurst and Huntsville cottage areas of Muskoka in a matter of two days.

A snow emergency has been declared in these areas of Muskoka and many roads, including those with cottage rentals, are not passable by car.

All of this snow should make for excellent skiing and snowmobiling in the Muskoka cottage are once the roads are cleared and you can get to the downhill, snowmobiling and cross-country facilities.

There are many rental cottages in Muskoka available as a “home base” for winter activities, such as downhill skiing, cross country skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, and ice fishing.

If you are looking for a Muskoka cottage to rent in the winter months, you have a very large geographical area to choose from, as Muskoka extends from Georgian Bay in the west, to the northern tip of Lake Couchiching in the south, to the western border of Algonquin Provincial Park in the east, and it’s full of cottages available for rental, including in the winter.

Increasingly, roads into cottages in Muskoka are becoming all-season and accessible in winter, as cottagers want to enjoy their cottages ion the winter as well as the summer. Cottage owners in Muskoka are winterizing their cottages and many of these owners rent their cottages to winter sports enthusiasts who enjoy activities such as skiing, snowmobiling, snowboarding and ice fishing.

At about two hours north of Toronto, Muskoka is within a convenient and comfortable traveling distance from many areas. Muskoka has an area of 2,500 square miles. It is ideal for a cottage rental as it features approximately 1,600 lakes and many locations for ice fishing, cross country skiing, downhill skiing, and snowmobiling. There are many groomed snowmobile trails in Muskoka, for example. Muskoka is often known by the term “cottage country.”

Muskoka is a beautiful geographic area in which to rent a cottage in the winter and contains numerous villages and towns, and winter vacation hotels, motels and resorts, in addition to cottages for rent. Muskoka is comprised of Lake of Bays Township, Georgian Bay Township, and Muskoka Lakes Township, and includes the major towns of Huntsville, Bracebridge and Gravenhurst.

Muskoka has more than 50,000 permanent residents, but many additional seasonal property owners, plus cottage rental vacationers, spend time in Muskoka to enjoy winter as well as summer activities, making this a major year-round vacation area.