Club Équestre Les Forestiers

BECOME A MEMBER

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The membership form can be obtained by phoning the Club's answering machine at (450) 510-1899 or you can download it by clicking here:Membership Form

Membership forms are processed as soon as they are received. If you don't receive your envelop within weeks after mailing your form, please contact us as there is probably a problem.

Membership in the Club Équestre costs $45 per year per person or $85 for a family, and members receive liability insurance of 2 million dollars through our affiliation with Quebec à Cheval. This insurance covers the member on trails everywhere in Canada for any accident caused by them or their horses. If you are already a member of Quebec à Cheval, yearly membership in the Club Équestre is $35 per person or $65 per family.

If a Club Equestre member wishes to take a guest on the trails, a day pass can be purchased at a cost of $15 for the first pass (covering the insurance required to use the trails), or $5 for each subsequent pass for the same guest in a year. Club Equestre members can contact any of the executives in order to get a day pass. This offer is only available if the guest is accompanied by a member of the CEF on the trails. The member is responsible for ensuring that his guest knows the rules. Should the guest wish to become a member of the Club Equestre after, the cost of the day pass will be deducted from the total cost of membership.

The fact that the Club and its members hold insurance makes it easier to obtain signatures for rights of way. By granting a right of way to the Club, a landowner is automatically covered by liability insurance (of 2 million dollars) for the trails. However, several landowners do expect that the Club controls usage of the trails in order to preserve the right to use them.

Members receive a map of the trails, a membership card, and an identification tag (updated annually) to be attached to the saddle. It is important that these ID tags be used: not only do they identify a rider to patrollers; they also provide crucial information when a loose horse is found and we must identify and look for the missing rider. In addition to maintaining access to a large network of trails, the club also organizes a number of activities throughout the year, and keeps in touch with its members through journals, newsletters and e-mails. Members can park their trailers free of charge at the Base de Plein Air les Cèdres.

By becoming a member of the Club, you are showing great respect for:

the work done by more than 40 volunteers who look after, identify and develop the network of trails each year;
the patrollers who offer assistance and security to trail riders;
the Club's directors who put in long hours negotiating rights of way, keeping members informed through the journal, emails, and map, and organizing activities (e.g. rally, sugaring-off party, blessing of the horses, etc.);
more than 650 trail riders who assist financially in the preservation of this superb network through their membership in the Club.

All of this voluntary work is being done to reach one single goal: the fulfillment of our passion for horses and trail riding in the area. We hope you will give us your support in maintaining this fabulous sport in our region.