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Hello everyone and welcome back to another season of fun and snow in the Rockies. After enjoying a great year of snowfall last season we are preparing for another. I just saw some fresh sign when heading over Berthoud Pass this morning. It looked like they had a few inches last night above 12K.
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Well CSA has hardly been idle over this past summer and I am very excited to tell you about some great accomplishments. First off our annual trip to DC in April was a huge success, and it seems to be getting better every year. If you are not sure what goes on, it is basically a day of
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meetings with Chapters (East, West and Mid-West) and ACSA, a day of speakers from related organizations such as USFWS, USFS, AMA/MIC (American Motorcycle Association and Motorcycle Industry Council), NPS (National Park Service), a few Congressional Office Spokespersons, etc., and last but not least going to Capitol Hill to meet with Senatorial and Congressional offices with your respective state. As seen in the picture, we were able to meet directly with our first Congressional Delegate in person for the entire 40 minute meeting. If you do not recognize him it is Scott Tipton, who has become a true friend of CSA through our efforts to educate him and his staff on the important issues of land use, planning, forest management, wildlife, and environmental issues as it relates to snowmobiling. We continue to work with the offices of Tipton, Udall, and Polis on various issues, most recently on the Hermosa Watershed Bill that is on the verge of passing this session. The face to face meetings in DC have given us a seat at the table with the legislators that ultimately affect our sport. After the DC trip we were on the home stretch in hosting our first ISC (International Snowmobile Congress) in Keystone in June. I am proud and glad to say that it was completed after 2+ years of planning and a huge amount of work by the core committee and many other volunteers as it came down to the final stretch. The Core Committee was Debby Miller-Chair, Michelle Jones-Vice Chair, Janelle Kukuk, Karen Ball, Scott Jones and Randy Miller. There were numerous other CSA members and non-members that helped pull off a great ISC 2014. I would have to say after catching our breath afterwards, I think that
everything went better than expected. The Keystone Conference Center facility and staff were absolutely wonderful and I don’t think it could have been better! Probably one of the most unique things that happened compared to any of the five ISCs that I have been to, was the snowball fight at the Saturday night banquet. There were buckets of soft snowballs at each table for decorations (labeled “snowball fight in a bucket.” After dinner a few people started to throw them and it quickly developed into a free for all. I happened to be next to the Russians and after seeing them get pelted by some Canadians, I joined the outnumbered Russians and threw snowballs back till my arm was about to fall off. This whole thing was quite a sight since everyone was dressed in formal attire for the banquet. I would like to thank everyone for a job well done! I am currently writing this next section of my article from the fields of North Branch, Minnesota at Hay Days. CSA has been offered a free booth in Club Row by the Sno-Barons Snowmobile Club in Minnesota. We thought it would be good to promote Colorado and snowmobiling to the hard core snowmobile enthusiasts in the mid-west. I have personally never been to Hay Days before, but I can really say that it is an awesome gathering of snowmobilers to participate and spectate on not only grass drags, but ATV/side by side races, professional stunt riders, a huge swap meet for everything you can imagine, every type of aftermarket accessory for virtually anything with a motor. I was told that the two day event is attended by 50,000 people per day. Hotels are sold out for the 60 mile distance to Minneapolis. If you get the chance it is worth seeing the largest snowmobile show in the world! Everybody take care and I will see you at the Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Expo in Denver!
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Buena Vista Snowmobile Club Ed Swisher PO Box 3133, Buena Vista CO 81211 719-395-6461 edswisher49@yahoo.com
Colorado Blizzards Mish Clancey 107 Redwing Ct, Mead CO 80542 303-651-2060 mishclancey@aol.com coloradoblizzards.com
Delta Snokrusers Donna Ankenbauer PO Box 464, Cedaredge CO 81413 970-856-3656 snokrusers@gmail.com
Flattoppers Tom Zancanella PO Box 1908, Glenwood Springs CO 81602 970-379-2926 taz@za.engineering.com flattoppers.com
Grand Lake Trail Groomers Cam Stone PO Box 1247, Grand Lake CO 80447 970-531-8872 trailgroomers@yahoo.com grandlaketrailgroomers.com
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MidValley Snowmobile Club Dave Mikulyuk 280 Fawn Dr, Carbondale CO 81623 970-963-1196 dmikulyuk@aol.com
Mile-Hi Snowmobile Club Evan Miller PO Box 260368, Denver CO 80226 720-205-4761 awsmev1@aol.com milehisnowmobileclub.com
MT Sopris Rec Riders Eric Rudd PO Box 1035, Carbondale CO 81623 970-379-4263 eric@ruddconstruction.com mtsoprisrecriders.com
North Fork Snowmobile Club Wes Spore PO Box 472, Hotchkiss CO 81419 970-872-2167 wesandcarol@tds.net
North Park Snow Snakes Tootie Crowner PO Box 61, Walden CO 80480 970-723-8461 dmiller@resource-one.us
Northwest Colorado Snowmobile Club, Inc Leeland Mischke 1066 Rangely Way, Craig CO 81625 970-620-6327 leelandlmischke@aol.com northwestcoloradosnowmobileclub.org
Pikes Peak High Riders Tim Shulte 17335 Herring Rd, Colorado Springs CO 80908 719-459-3963
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Sangre Snowrunners Dale Hoag PO Box 523, Westcliffe CO 81252 719-783-2729
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Snow Country Explorers of the Upper Rio Grande Bob Kukuk PO Box 702, Crede CO 81130 719-658-2221 (H), 719-658-2362 (F) kukuk@fone.net
South Fork Powder Busters Curtis Miller PO Box 454, South Fork CO 81154 719-873-0208 curt800@msn.com
Steamboat Lake Snow Club Mike Swinsick PO Box 749, Clark CO 80428 970-846-0814 casper62@yahoo.com
TrailBlazers Tom Mason PO Box 507, Grand Lake CO 80447 970-531-5812 autowrench2002@yahoo.com gltrailblazers.com
Tyler’s backcountry awareness Brian Lundstedt 1401 E Lincoln Ave, Fort Collins CO 80524 970-219-8869 info@tylersba.org tylersba.org
Uncompahgre Valley Trail Riders Rich Jakino PO Box 3503, Montrose CO 81402 970-209-8900, 970-209-8930 richjakino@homail.com
West End Sledders Jacque McClellan PO Box 1443, Norwood CO 81423 970-865-2518 mcricketred@aol.com
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District Representatives District 1 Rep - Steven Marlenee
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970-227-7977 District 2 Rep - Ron Spencer 424 Russell St, Craig CO 81625 sspe263865@msn.com
970-824-6568 District 3 Rep - Dennis Lynton 11091 Wolff Way, Westminster CO 80031 dennislynton@gmail.com
303-253-7743 District 4 Rep - Tony Zancanella PO Box 1870, Glenwood Springs CO 81602 awz@za-engineering.com
970-379-8184 District 5 Rep - LEE ROTH 642 E Loma Dr, Pueblo West CO 81007 lsa102002@yahoo.com
719-332-9671 District 6 Rep - vacant 1971 Prospector Rd, Leadville CO 80461 crawfordsnow@gmail.com
563-880-7526 District 7 Rep - Lucia Lebon llebon05@gmail.com
970-862-8402 District 8 Rep - Ken Simpson PO Box 1263, Cedaredge CO 81413 kenconne@yahoo.com
970-216-6486 District 9 Rep - william Hall will58y@netscape.net
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Next Steps in the Winter Travel Planning Process As most of you are aware the US Forest Service recently closed the public comment period for the revised winter travel management rule. The rule has been supported by CSA, as the rule seeks to carry forward existing travel management decisions that have been made and specifically recognizes that winter open areas are common in the Western United States and may be very large. The Rule requires all forests to publish travel maps, similar to the summer MVUMs we are familiar with, based on existing decisions governing winter travel that are being carried forward. The Rule provides a national framework for localized winter travel decisions and mapping efforts to move forward under based on open, restricted and prohibited areas designations. Participation of the local snowmobile community in these local decisions is an important component of winter travel moving forward and will help balance sometimes limited funding resources for winter travel mapping with other concerns on the local level, such as mitigation of impacts from the mountain pine beetle. Some local riding areas may need time to resolve other management concerns before looking at winter travel management but it is important that our interest in the process be clearly stated to the land managers, even though their winter mapping efforts may occur at some point in the future. Some Forests and areas have already developed winter travel maps that comply with the new rule, making the printing of maps a comparatively simple process. Given the clear and simple next step for these areas, any further discussion would be of limited value. I am going to address the areas where consolidating existing decisions into a single map will be necessary and these areas fall into two general categories, which are areas where a groomed route to access the open riding area is present in a restricted to routes area and those open riding areas that are accessed without reliance on a groomed route in the open area. Each of these are areas where the snowmobile community will need to become involved with the USFS and this involvement will probably be somewhat site specific. The first category of areas where involvement is needed is areas that are accessed via a groomed designated route maintained by the local club. Grooming clubs have a long, well documented history of management for the route, so mapping the route should not be a major issue. The existing structure of the clubs will streamline discussions on how to effectively provide additional information that may be needed as winter travel maps will also need to address boundaries of large open riding areas, closed or prohibited areas and areas where travel is restricted to the designated routes. Properly reflecting these boundaries and educating users will be a critical part of the mapping process moving forward and will be an area where local clubs will continue to play a critical role as a partner of the USFS. As there is far more information needed to establish riding area boundaries, next year’s
winter travel map may display far more information than maps that the clubs are currently relying on in the area. It is important to note that the club may play an important role in providing high quality information for users, as travel maps are only a decision document and more information may be necessary to effectively and safely travel in the backcountry. An example of this additional information would be identifying high risk avalanche areas in a particular district and providing contact information to avalanche education resources to reduce threats to snowmobilers in that area. The snowmobile community involvement in the winter travel map development for riding areas that are not relying on an actively groomed routes for access to the open riding areas will also be necessary. These are areas where a formal club may not be in place but snowmobile usage is an important winter activity for winter users. Working with the local USFS managers in these areas will require some type of process on our end, simply to avoid a lot of people trying to individually participate. Forming a club in order to identify the proper person for the land managers to work with in the mapping process of any area is a significant step forward. These land managers will be employing the same basic process for mapping the areas where a groomed route is present after the contact persons are identified and discussions with the USFS begin. After starting a club or identifying a point person, contact the local forest service office to discuss where the office is in the mapping process and how you can assist them in developing the best map possible. You may have information that the land managers are not aware of regarding the history or usage of the area and additional information may be necessary to improve rider safety beyond merely identifying area boundaries. It is significant to note that involvement with the local USFS offices may include developing an entirely new travel management map through the travel management process. Creating a new map through the travel management process can be an effective manner to reopen areas that might have been previously closed. Recently there were new management documents released regarding the management of lynx habitat that clearly stated snowmobile usage is not a threat to the species and that snow compaction is the result of a natural process. This change should not be overlooked as in some areas habitat areas were closed to snowmobiling based on concerns of impacts to lynx habitat quality from snowmobile usage. It is important to note that the snowmobile community involvement in these next steps for winter travel management will be critical to addressing local issues and riding areas and these issues should not be disregarded. It would be a worst case scenario for everyone if maps were finalized and then issues were identified that forced these maps and related efforts to be discarded and the process began fresh. We really need to work to avoid that end result.
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Why Winter Travel Management? In another section of this issue of the Colorado SnowScoop, CSA Vice President, Scott Jones, has defined the next steps of what we, as snowmobile advocates, need to do to make sure that Winter Travel Management works for us instead of against us. But, as we, CSA leadership, have worked this issue it has come to our attention that there is some confusion as to why we are doing this at all. I want to devote this issue’s article to briefly discussing how this came about. In December of 2005 a Revision to the Travel Management Rule (already on the books) was made that MANDATED the Forest Service to designate roads, trails and areas that are open to motor vehicle use. This Revision is now commonly referred to as “the Travel Management Rule”, or TMR and if you do any kind of summer motorized recreation you have no doubt been affected by the TMR. Basically, the TMR created the mandate that designation had to occur and Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM) had to be published identifying the designations by each Forest in the National Forest System. Because the forest decision makers could incorporate past public involved decisions in the designation process, many forests did not have to go through a very complicated process to create the MVUM’s for their areas. On the other hand, other forests made the decision to create a Travel Management Plan for their forest. This generally required the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) which nearly always is a long, protracted process. A key porsee ‘Land Use’ PAGE 7------------------>
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A beacon or transceiver is an electronic device that sends out and picks up radio signals. They all operate on the same frequency and all brands work together. It is the key item for locating someone buried in an avalanche. The current performance standard is a three antennae configuration which sends out and picks up the signal more efficiently than older two antennae setups. There are many models available with a wide variety of options. The most important factors in my opinion when choosing one are: good performance, easy to turn on, clear easy to read display, and easy to switch from transmit and search modes. With adequate training, the more complex features can be extremely beneficial and effective but there is nothing wrong with simple straight forward operation. They Matt Entz need to be worn on your body under the outermost layer of clothing. Happy fall fellow snowmobilers of That provides a layer of protection Colorado! Can you believe that win- while remaining easily accessible. ter is just around the corner? As we Groups should start every ride with prepare for a new and exciting year a check to assure everyone has a of playing in the beacon on and snow, it’s very that they are important to inall functioning corporate some properly. Power safety planning. needs to be on I am talking before leaving about avalanche the parking lot safety, primarily and remain on the gear that all until the ride is mountain riders over. need to be familBackpacks or iar with. There avalanche airare four essential bags (worn on avalanche safety Avalanche Safety Gear your body) are gear items that extremely imanyone planning portant and the to ride in the mountains should proper location to store your shovel own, carry while riding, and under- and probe. Airbag technology has stand how to properly use. Those evolved greatly in the snowmobile items are a backpack/avalanche industry over the last few years. As airbag, beacon, shovel, and probe. with most avalanche related equipEqually important is an avalanche ment and information, it has been safety course where you learn how passed down and adapted from the to properly use each item, learn ski industry. There are now numerabout avalanche terrain, dangers, ous models built and designed speresources, and perform a rescue. cifically for us snowmobilers. One of I’m going to break down each item the key features for snowmobilers is and important factors to consider. a left hand/right shoulder deployment handle. With this location, the user can keep their right hand on the handlebars applying the throttle while deploying the airbag with the left hand in the case of an incident. What airbag is the best for you? We are fortunate that there are so many options available. How much storAirbag
Looking for that avalanche probe? Look no further! This year, the CSA has teamed up with Matt Entz and Brian Lundstedt (Tyler’s Backcountry) to help us with this season’s probe contest. In each issue we will be printing an article based on avalanche/backcountry education which will come with a short quiz. To enter, just read the article, write down your answers and send them off to Jeanna at coloradosnowmobileassociation@yahoo.com. You will be entered to win an awesome new avalanche probe from the CSA and San Juan Sports in Creede and better yet you will be a bit more prepared for a safe and enjoyable year!
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age for additional items do you need? There are configurations to hold very little additional equipment, to models that have multiple compartments and offer a large amount of storage. As for storage, the most important is safe and secure locations for your shovel Probe assembly and probe. Everything beyond that is personal choice. The next most important aspects are function and fit. I like to be comfortable while I ride so I choose a vest style airbag that fits me very well. Some use refillable canisters while others require new. Even the airbag designs themselves vary from brand to brand and model to model. I suggest some hands on evaluation before making this investment. I am frequently asked, “Since you wear an airbag, does that mean you ride more dangerous areas?” Absolutely not!!!!! I need the storage for important items anyways and I feel like the airbag is a possible life saving tool that I want to have with me at all times while I’m riding my snowmobile. It is also very important to be familiar with all straps and features of an airbag and wear them all properly as directed by the manufacturer. When it comes to shovels, the most important feature is a metal blade. Avalanche debris becomes very hard very quickly due to the friction and vacuum effect while the snow is moving. Plastic blades might be ok for digging out your stuck snowmobile in soft snow, but they will break trying to move avalanche debris. A broken shovel is useless in a rescue effort. There are many options for shovels same as the other safety gear items. Different sized blades have certain strengths and weaknesses. A smaller blade is lighter and may store easier, but will require more effort and energy to move the same amount of snow as a bigger blade. Handles also vary in design, primarily length. The most efficient handle is one that extends for better reach while moving snow yet stores very compact. Believe it or not, there are actually specific methods for removing avalanche debris in the most efficient manner. Actual digging can easily bend and break shovels, even of metal construction. Breaking the settled snow into blocks is the preferred method. This is another technique
that you learn and practice in an avalanche safety course. A probe is very important in locating a buried persons exact location. A beacon will get you very close, but once struck with a probe, you know exactly where they are in the snow. This is important on multiple levels. First, you know where the body is and can begin removing the snow. Second, you know how deep under the surface they are which provides a good guideline for how far away you need to start your snow evacuation. Third, if the victim is conscious, being struck assures them that the rescue party has located them and provides hope for a safe recovery and survival. Key factors to consider when looking into a probe include, quick easy assembly, a good easy to use locking system, length, and the diameter or material construction. Take advantage of the preseason and snow shows to evaluate and practice with different gear. You should only spend your hard earned money on equipment that you understand and trust. Once you have all of the proper gear and have taken a course so that you fully understand how everything works, practice with each item! We offer four limited registration avalanche courses for snowmobilers in southern Colorado throughout the winter taught in conjunction between Mountain Skillz, the Wolf Creek Avalanche School, and Tyler’s Backcountry Awareness. Please visit www. mountainskillz.com for more information and have a fun and safe winter! QUESTIONS 1. What are the 4 main avalanche safety gear items? 2. Where is the best place for your beacon while riding? 3. When should your beacon be powered on? 4. What is the recommended shovel blade material? 5. What is the primary function of a probe?
www.snowmobilecolo.com <---------------- ‘Land Use’ from page 5 tion of the TMR is that fact that designations are required to be monitored and if necessary revised to meet changing conditions. This is important because it means the designations are not carved in stone and forest officials are required to actively determine if designations are or stay appropriate and keep the public engaged in this ongoing decision making. The element of the TMR that directly affects “over-snow” vehicles (OSV) is outlined in Subpart C of the TMR. Section 212.81 (a) says “Use by over-snow vehicles on National Forest System roads and National Forest System trails and in areas on National Forest System lands MAY BE allowed, restricted, or prohibited.” In Section 212.81 (c) it further clarifies that “IF the responsible official proposed restriction or prohibitions on use by over-snow vehicles under this subpart, the requirements governing designation of National Forest System roads, National Forest System trails, and areas on National Forest System lands Sections 212.52, 212.53, 212.54, 212.55, 212.56, and 212.57 shall apply to establishment of those restrictions or prohibitions.” In other words each forest decision maker could determine the need of OSV use designation based on need – NOT MANDATED – and if such designation was appropriate that all of
District 1 Steven Marlenee District 1, as well as myself are more than ready for the ’14-’15 season. I’ve already seen snow, several times, in the high country! As I write this, there is a ton of exciting stuff going on behind the scenes: Heading into the ’14-’15 season Tyler’s Backcountry Awareness is excited to announce that they are being considered for a position on the board for the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education. Last season TBA did a lot of promotion with the RMSR circuit to promote who we are and what we are doing. This year we have reduced that and are focusing primarily on education. Brian will complete a wilderness first responder course and be prepared to go full swing this winter with classes being scheduled starting in October. TBA has formed a unique partnership with CSA and is proud to offer entry level classes to all of the CSA clubs! Email Brian@tylersba.org to set a date for a group or club. As we roll into season Tyler’s Backcountry Awareness will, once again, be heading to the Midwest to raise awareness during the largest snowmobile show on earth, Hay Days, and to kick off to the snowmobile season. Brian attends an-
the same rules that applied to OHVs applied to OSVs. The rationale behind this decision, as stated in the Federal Register as part of the rule, is this: “…the Department believes that cross-country use of snowmobiles presents a different set of management issues and environmental impacts than cross-country use of other types of motor vehicles. Therefore, the final rule exempts snowmobiles from the mandatory designation scheme provided for under section 212.51, but retains a manager’s ability to allow, restrict, or prohibit snowmobile travel, as appropriate on a case-bycase basis.” Unfortunately, there is a population of recreationists that took exception to this part of the rule. They labeled the exemption to the mandatory designation as a “loophole.” Many efforts have been made in the last decade to change that exemption. These efforts culminated in a lawsuit filed in Idaho. The magistrate ruled in favor of Winter Wildlands which forces the Forest Service to once again revise the Travel Management Rule to now MANDATE designations for OSV use. While this, on the surface, seems frightening, it is the opinion of CSA that the draft revision that was released earlier this summer is actually written with the uniqueness of over snow travel in mind. The draft revi-
nually to get the folks that visit the west thinking about their ride and offers courses to them during their visit to help ensure they make it home after a great vacation. TBA is also working with CSA and CAIC to raffle a great 2012 arctic cat 570f, the proceeds go to benefit all three organizations. The sled has electric start a cover and a couple quarts of oil. This would be a great sled for getting the kiddos out enjoying the backcountry. It has been customer wrapped by sled threads, Help us raise some funds and get a great deal on a sled! Tickets are available by emailing Brian, or at the TBA booth at the Snow Show and through most CSA District Reps. The drawing will be held at the 2014 Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Expo! TBA is also in the midst of a membership drive. TBA would like to remind everyone that they offer FREE entry-level clinics, and rely on donations to help keep the training available. As everyone reads this, please take the time to add TBA to your list of membership when renewing on the CSA website. All donations go directly towards providing this free training. The Colorado Bizzards will start off the year with a BBQ at Mish and Doug Clancey’s house to welcome back all returning members. They plan on an eventful year with trail clearing with the Snow Snakes in Walden, helping the Snowy Range club set up and supply wood for the warming huts, and volunteering at the Snow Show in October. The first club ride will hopefully
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sion DOES NOT mandate trail only designation, and in fact honors cross country travel for OSV’s and understands that designated areas can cross large areas of a forest. There is a significant acknowledgement that oversnow travel is different in various locations across the Snowbelt states and the draft revision has been careful to include allowance for that variety. What needs to be remembered is that all the provisions of the TMR continue to apply to the revised subpart C so it is vital to understand the entire rule and not get hung up on just the revision that affects OSV use. The major change is that the need for OSV use management is now MANDATORY where before it was DISCRETIONARY. Much of the draft revision speaks to the guidelines of how, when and where those designations need to be made. I have included links to both the original TMR that was released in 2005 ( www.federalregister.gov/articles/2005/11/09/05-22024/travel-managementdesignated-routes-and-areas-for-motor-vehicle-use#h-22 ) and the revision (www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-18/ pdf/2014-14273.pdf ). Please take the time to un-
derstand both. If you would like a copy of the comments submitted by CSA, don’t hesitate to contact me and I will be happy to email you a copy. Ride safe and see you at the SnowShow!
be BEFORE December. The Blizzards have also tentatively schedule their annual Christmas party for the first weekend of December (which is also Doug’s 60 birthday!). Planning has also started for their annual President’s Day ride. Last year, the Blizzards went to Pinedale for the President’s Day Ride, and it was a very fun trip for the large group that attended. The SnoSnakes in Walden are also busy prepping for the year. Again, they’ve partnered with CPW to clear the trails and help promote a successful grooming year. There will be a feast at the CPW shack outside of Gould to follow. I attended this last year, and it was one of the most fun weekends of my summer. With CPW’s guidance, we were allowed to operate our OHV’s on trails that were usually closed to motorized use in order to maintain those trails for winter use. It was a very exciting opportunity to spend time with the Walden club and to get to know that trail system. I will also be heading to Hay Days in just a few days. For those that haven’t been, it’s the largest gathering of snowmobile enthusiasts in the world. Thousands attend, whether to get their twostroke fix, or to buy some parts, or to watch the drags, or maybe just to network and socialize. Almost every aftermarket company, as well as the OEM’s are directly represented. Additionally, almost every athlete, from SnoX to Big Mountain rider is present. This year, CSA will be represented with a booth to promote tourism and
what our state and clubs are doing to advance the sport. I would also like to announce that Thunderstruck Films will be hosting a premiere in Denver, the Friday night before the Denver Snowmobile Expo (October 10th). There will be prizes as well as auction items and raffles that will also benefit the Colorado Snowmobile Association, Tyler’s Backcountry Awareness, and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center! As soon as the venue is finalized, I will have Janelle send an email blast, and we’ll be promoting the event on Facebook. As for the Denver Snowmobile Expo, things are shaping up to again be something to be proud of! This year’s lineup include many of the same presenters as last year, but we have added a few. Topics include riding techniques (backcountry, womens, jumping, etc), suspension tuning, performance tuning, avalanche awareness, video editing and more! The swap meet has also been refined and Dennis Lynton is taking the lead on it this year. Dennis is working on putting together a map so everyone knows exactly where they’ll be parked, and where to find certain swap meet vendors. This will also help with the pre-staging and help to eliminate confusion. Last year’s swap meet saw some excellent deals, and CSA is very committed to continuing to grow the meet as an integral part of our show. All in, the ’14-’15 season is shaping up to be one for the books, so start planning now!
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Jayne McCormick Another winter season is upon us…fall is just around the corner and I am sure the Colorado snowflakes will be here soon. Can you feel the seasons are a’ changing? NOWECOS has had a busy summer! Local scholarships were given to three deserving seniors that are embarking on the next phase of their lives…College. We wish them well! Our club has also established some roots. We now have a permanent groomer shed. This has been a long time in coming and we are very grateful. Our newly elected officers are in place for the upcoming year. Years of experience and knowledge are in place for another successful grooming season. Please feel free to check us out on Facebook, Northwest Colorado Snowmobile Club and become a member. Also, our website, www.northwestcoloradosnowmobileclub.org/ is another good place to stop in and see what our upcoming events are. We welcome any new members at either site.
District 3 High Country Snowmobile Club Carolanne Powers As I write this, there is a white dusting atop the highest peaks, which means winter is just around the corner. It is certainly starting to feel like fall in the High Country with a frost greeting us almost every morning. And with another wet summer, we are anticipating a cold and snowy winter! The High County Snowmobile Club is gearing up for another great season. We officially have two grooming seasons under our belts and are excited about the upcoming season. Our 18.3 miles of groomed trail access some great terrain in the Spring Creek area, between Silverthorne and Kremmling. Our annual Winter Kick-off Party and Fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, November 15. Last year, we raised over $2,000 and are expecting another great turnout this year. This is always a fun event, packed with a few surprises and some incredible raffle prizes. Join us if you can! Catch up with us at www.facebook.com/ summitsnowmobilers or www.summitsnowmobilers. com for more information about our club and upcoming season.
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Routt Powder Riders Mary Sue Sorenson Greetings from Routt Powder Riders! Fall is in the air - it was 37 degrees in the morning a few days ago. The trees are already beginning to turn and everyone is talking about an early winter. If you are like us, we still have lots of things to do outside, including charging up the batteries for the sleds. Routt Powder Riders has been working with the Forest Service on the new parking lots at Dumont Lake and Muddy Creek on Rabbit Ears Pass. We are pleased to work with Chad Stewart, the new District Ranger for this area. If you ride Rabbit Ears, Dumont Lake is the parking area that is adjacent to US 40 on the north side of the highway. C-DOT has pushed to move the parking lot back away from the highway. Muddy Creek is the parking area that is already back away from the highway. It has the bathroom and is where many snowmobilers camp overnight in the motor homes. As we drove over Rabbit Ears Pass on Labor Day weekend there was some equipment at the Dumont site. There were piles of dirt at another parking lot just down the road where it appeared that the Forest Service was taking material from an old portion of Highway 40 to use on the new parking lots. In the last few days, one of our club’s members, Scott Scherer, took pictures of a Forest Service survey crew staking out the parking area at Muddy Creek so it looks like work will be underway any day now. Let’s hope that work is completed by winter and the new lots will be ready to use.
The elk are bugling and aspen leaves are slowly starting to turn color. Can winter be far behind? I am thinking it is time to take a critical look at the sled and do some preseason maintenance and repairs. Especially that front bumper that got broke on Poker Ride day last season. Last year was so good around here! Lots of snow and a fairly long season. According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, we could see a very similar snowfall this winter. Early January is supposed to bring good amounts of snow. Sign me up! I want to believe it will be epic. Time to send in those registrations. It is also almost time for the Snow Show. I look forward to seeing the new sleds and all the great gear. I hope to see you there and out on the snow this winter!
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2014 S&W Adventure Riders Snowmobile Club Trip
2015 S&W Adventure Riders Snowmobile Club Trip
Exploring Black Mesa, Grand Mesa, and a day ride on the Flattops February 22 through March 1
Idaho - Island Park, Montana - West Yellowstone and Wyoming – Alpine, February 28 through March 8
S & W Adventure Riders club ride for 2014 was in Colorado. We had 28 riders from Colorado, New Mexico, and Canada. The trip included snowmobiling to remote lodges at the Black Mesa (Black Mesa Lodge), southern Grand Mesa (Electric Mountain Lodge) snowmobiling on northern Grand Mesa (Grand Mesa Lodge). The original plans included a one day ride on the Flattops, but bad weather forced that part of the trip to be cancelled. We have had trips to Grand Mesa in the past and the last one was in 2007, there is lots of riding in this part of Colorado. In the past we have set this trip as a five day destination trip from Glenwood Springs to Grand Mesa. However, this year we made several changes to our trip, because of lodging and restaurant issues. We stayed two nights at each of the destination lodges. During the eight days of riding we only moved our vehicles three times and each move was a very short drive. We started the trip off by driving to the trailhead to Black Mesa Lodge, south of Crawford; we snowmobiled into the Black Mesa Lodge and spent two nights, Saturday and Sunday. The riding was great and so was the food. Monday we snowmobiled back to our vehicles and took a short drive to the trail head
This year’s club ride will take us to three states with great riding areas. We will ride Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The normal starting time for the club ride is the last weekend in February. We will start on February 28 in Island Park, Idaho, at the Sawtelle Mountain Resort and ride in the Mountain Jefferson area with a snowmobile trek to beautiful Mesa Falls and a tour of the abandoned railroad tunnel. We will invite SnoWest magazine leaders to join us on one day if their schedules permit. After two days in Island Park we will move to West Yellowstone, Montana and headquarter out of the Three Bear Lodge. While in West Yellowstone, riders will have the opportunity to visit Yellowstone National Park by snowmobile. In addition, we will ride the Two Tops area in the National Forest and experience some of the great off trail riding that West Yellowstone is famous for! After three days of exploring the West Yellowstone area we will end the club ride in Alpine, Wyoming at the Flying Saddle Resort. From the resort we will ride the Grays River area including a trip to the Box Y and Blind Bull area. The ride will end on Sunday, March 6 after breakfast. This club ride will include several popular areas in the three states that we have not ridden for many years. We hope to see you on our S&W Adventure Snowmobile Club Ride in 2015!
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Did You Know?
S&W Adventure Riders Snowmobile Club, formed in 1997, as a spinoff of a program in CSA called the “Colorado Tour”. The first “Colorado Tour” trip was held in 1980, and the early trips lasted for two weeks, starting in Grand Lake and traveled the state, ending in Buena Vista. The S&W Unique Adventure Ride, like the Colorado Tour, starts the last weekend in February. S&W Adventure Riders puts together a Unique Snowmobile Adventure Trip each year that is a week in duration.
<---------------- ‘Adventure’ from page 9 outside of Paonia, where we unloaded and snowmobiled into Electric Mountain where we spent Monday and Tuesday nights. Electric Mountain Lodge, which blew up at the end of the 2005 season, has been rebuilt and over the last couple of years there have been additional cabins added, which allowed our group to again stay at there. The riding on this part of the S&P (Sunlight to Powderhorn) Trail was outstanding and we had fresh snow! On Wednesday we returned to our vehicles and made the short drive to the top of Grand Mesa, where we stayed at the Grand Mesa Lodge for Wednesday and Thursday nights. From the Lodge we made the trek over the top of Grand Mesa out to Lands End overlooking Grand Junction. The weather was great and the fresh snow made for a great adventure ride. On Friday we loaded up after another great day of riding and drove to Glenwood Springs. We stayed at the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge and enjoyed a soak in the famous Glenwood Springs Hot Pool. We had to cancel our ride on Saturday. We could not ride on the Flattops area because of very BAD weather. As you can see, the S&W Adventure Riders Snowmobile Club Trip for 2014 was a great success with lots of remote lodges and GREAT riding!
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Leslie Dustin The Snow Country Explorers held their third annual hamburger fry fundraiser over Labor Day weekend in Creede. Thanks to some glorious weather and lots of people in town for all the various events, the club made some much-needed funds to help kick off the 2014-2015 season. A big thank you to Freemon’s Ranch for their generous donation of all the food for the event. The first club meeting was our annual BBQ at Santa Maria reservoir hosted by the Kukuk family. We got lucky again with the weather – no rain and no clouds. Only warm, sunny skies for a fabulous dinner followed by a short business meeting to start off the season. The club had a chance to meet the new Rio Grande National Forest Divide District
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Chuck Fairchild firing up the grill for the fundraiser.
• 28 Miles from Alpine Trailhead • 54 Miles from Smiths Fork Trailhead • 26 Miles from Horse Creek Trailhead
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Club members enjoying the annual BBQ Ranger, Martha Williamson, who attended the BBQ. Members are reminded to renew their CSA/club memberships on-line at www.snowmobilecolo.com starting October 1. Also, this is a good time to remind everyone to renew their Colorado State snowmobile registrations. Upcoming events for the club are the Snowmobile Expo in Denver over October 11 and 12, a highway cleanup on October 3 (followed by lunch/ ice cream at Freemon’s), and a club meeting on November 6 (location to be determined). For all details on all club events, visit the CSA web site calendar. All events are posted and updated regularly. Chuck Fairchild cooking (again!) for the Santa Maria BBQ Hope we get some good snow this year. Rides will be scheduled as soon as it flies! See you on the trails.
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Did You Know?
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North Fork Snowmobile Club Sherry Robley Cotton The 2014-2015 snowmobile season will be starting soon. With the temperatures still hovering in the high 80s and low 90s it is hard to believe we will be snowmobiling before long. Most people aren’t thinking snowmobiling when hunting seasons have just started, gardens are being harvested and the more ambitious among us are canning their harvest in preparation for winter. Myself, I am hoping for a long Indian summer as I haven’t spent enough time in the high country camping, fishing and ATVing. In fact, everyone is saying we haven’t had a summer. I sure don’t know where it has gone. There is a tinge of fall in the air and the foliage is starting to change so I guess it is time to get started on all those fall chores and get everything winterized. While you are at it, get the snowmobile uncovered and start getting it ready to ride. You will be glad you did when you don’t have to do repairs in below zero weather. Also, go through your survival pack, put new batteries in your beacon and see if any gear or clothing needs fixed or replaced. The fall season is also a good time to practice using your beacon and get familiar with it again. Club meetings for the 2014-2015 season will be held from October 2014 through April 2015 on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Hotchkiss Elks Lodge. Our first meeting will on October 20. At the April 2014 meeting club dues were increased to $16 for individual/family membership. The North Fork Snowmobile Club received official notification from the State Parks that we were awarded a capital grant to acquire a newer groomer. We will be purchasing a 2010 Bision X from the Delta SnowKrusers. This is a big upgrade for the club and will improve trail conditions. Our annual spring road clean-up of Highway 92 went well with several participants. A potluck was held afterwards. Thanks to all the volunteers that showed up. The annual grooming clinic will be held in Grand Junction at Prinoth on November 22. Anyone needing more details can contact grooming Chairman, Robert Pearce or President, Wes Spore. Possible Club rides were discussed at the April 2014 meeting. If anyone has any ideas/ requests for club rides, contact Wes Spore or attend the October meeting. Club rides need volunteers to lead and keep track of everyone. Also, If there is an area you are familiar with and would like to lead and outing let Wes know. The 29th Annual Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Expo will be held on October 11 and 12 at the National Western Complex (off Highway 70), 4655 Humboldt Street, Denver, CO 80216. Saturday’s hours are 9 a.m. -7 p.m. and Sunday’s are 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Advanced tickets can be obtained by going to the Rocky Mountain Expo online site. You can also get information, maps, workshop lineups and register for a swap meet space, etc. The CSA quarterly meeting will be Saturday morning at 9 a.m. We usually have a Christmas party the first or second weekend of December so keep that in mind when you are making holiday plans. Our avalanche class is normally held the first or second weekend of January and our poker run is the second Saturday of February. We hope you will plan on attending club meetings, get involved in club activities and encourage your snowmobile buddies to join us in our efforts to promote this wonderful sport and keep our public lands open to snowmobiling by joining our club and CSA. Have a great fall season.
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did a full service job (oil, all filters -fuel, hydraulic, air- and lube) on both of our groomers. When we got to our 98 PB 300 we found a leak in the radiator, some hydraulic hoses leaking, a tire that supports the track about to blow, some grossers needing replaced and several of the safety lights that needed replaced. So, as you can see our summer was a very busy one!! Each of our members that snowmobile is looking forward to the sledding season. One member has a new sled snow checked and one member got a new sled at the end of last season. As for me, if my six year old sled will start again this fall, it will be doing another sea-
Well, here we are coming up on another snowmobile season. Summer goes by quick, doesn’t it!! Our Club being a combined ATV and snowmobile club had a very busy summer. We maintained about 50 miles of ATV trails in our area, clearing the down trees in the spring then checking the trails throughout the season for blown down trees and washouts from the rain. Also, we had a very busy ATV ride schedule; with 20 club rides over the summer. Susie Mcgee Club picnic sponsored by Davis Service Center took it upon herself to lead two mid-week rides a month for the unemployed (retired) members this year. They were all rated easy for son. Our Club is planning a very aggressive ride schedule for this winter. the new riders and the older ones. The other Club rides ranged from easy to moderate and were in the San Juans, Uncompahgre Plateau, At least one ride a week maybe two or three a week if the snow comes like we are all hoping for! Alpine Plateau, Grand Mesa, Gunnison, and Gateway areas. If there is anyone in our area interested in snowmobilWe also had a club Picnic in which Davis Service Center furnished ing with us please contact me at richjakino@hotmail.com or 970meats and drinks while the members supplied the side dishes and desserts. There were demo ATVs from the area dealers for the club mem- 209-8900. I will get you signed up in the club and keep you up to date as to where and when we are riding this winter. bers to test ride. It was well attended and everyone had fun. Well, I think I’ve rambled on too long so I will close with this: THINK Our club also cleans up the trash on one of the city streets twice a year, spring and fall. With a crew of six very active club members we SNOW AND SEE YOU ON THE TRAILS!!!!
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San Juan Sledders Roger Pennington Hi All, Well, it has been a hot dry summer. It all started with 60 degree temps in March melting out our trailheads early and the Forest Service closing the bottom gates and not letting us open them even to groom above them or allow anyone to drive to the snow this last winter. I am going to try to have a meeting with the new Forest Supervisor and see if maybe we can go back to the way it has been for the last several years where we have always been allowed to open the bottom gate and close the next gate up on our trails so we can drive to the snow when we have a year like last one where it stays so warm down low that the trailheads stay melted out. Hopefully this winter we will get lots of snow and cold weather and will not have to worry about it. We still need to get some welding done on our cat and service it but it could be used tomorrow if it just happened to snow as we only got about 240 hours this last winter due to the lack of snow. We need to service our truck as well and get the seat recovered but could run there in a pinch as well as it did not get many miles on it this last winter either. We have looked at several newer trucks with automatic transmission to replace our 1986 DT 466 with a 10 speed that we have used now for 13 or 14 years now. It has been a good truck but if we could come up with one that has an automatic transmission we might be able to get a few more people who could help with the grooming. Speaking of grooming. We have our grooming contract with the State and we will have to groom almost 300 hours this winter to complete it as we got almost what we had last year. We were awarded a few dollars less than last year but like last year unless we get more snow and more help grooming we will have another year of struggling to get our contract completed. We had our annual get together at the Bar D Chuckwagon on Friday night, Aug. 22. We had around 60 members there for some good food and good entertainment. A BIG Thank You goes out to Cy and Jennie Scarborough and the rest of the Bar D Wranglers for allowing us to hold our get together out at the Bar D Chuckwagon and for providing such a good time and good food. This is our annual membership drive so it gets a lot of folks dues paid for the year. If you have not renewed your membership in our club, you are almost expired as our membership year runs from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30 of the next year just like your snowmobile registration. In fact speaking of snowmobile registrations, I have already gotten my renewals that came in last week so I will be getting them in the mail real soon so that if we get snow in Oct. I will be legal to go out and ride. Our first club meeting is coming up... well sometimes we have one in September and sometimes we wait till October for our first meeting of the year. This year we will be having to come up with a new place to have our meetings as the St. Clairs have sold the Glider Park. We wish to Thank La Vern and Beverly for allowing us to hold our meetings there for the last several years. We will miss the club house. Our meetings are still the second Thursday of each month starting at 7 p.m. for the meeting. We have been kicking around the idea of maybe having our first meeting this year at the South Serious Texas Bar B Q and will let you know what the Executive Board decides. I am going to say it will be Oct. 9 and will be decided and put the location in our next News Letter that will probably come out around the first of October. Till Next Time, It is Time to Start Thinking Snow Real Soon, Roger Pennington
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Silverton Snowmobile Club Dean Des Palmes, dinodp1952@gmail.com Greetings from Silverton Kind of hard to start thinking about snow when the colors arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite changing yet but it is coming. We have received plenty of rain in our area recently so hopefully that translates into a very good snow year. Lots of good riding and fun club events will be coming up. The Silverton Club will be holding their first meeting of the year soon and will begin working on events for the 2014/2015 season. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to renew your memberships online, in person or by mail (or we may send reminders to you). We all still need to be active and vocal to save snowmobiling rights. There are still a lot of people that want to shut down areas to motorized travel and we need to let the decision makers know that multi use areas can serve more citizens than non motorized areas can. Be safe and start thinking snow.
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Iron Dogs Receive “New Pup” From Colorado
Jack Sheets – Iron Dog Member
long sword touching each shoulder as they pro- service to the sport through an affiliation in orgacess from a “pup” to a full-fledged member of the nized snowmobiling, industry, media, government, The Iron Dog Brigade at their annual Awards Iron Dog Brigade. In their ranks are the volunteers tourism or other snowmobile related activity. Most have 30+ years of service. All Banquet that was held in conjunction with the ISC that have put in countless hours of time to plan, build are, or were, very success2014 Hosted by CSA in Keystone CO inducted a ful leaders in their respec“New Pup” from Colorado into the membership of and maintain trails. Othtive professions or volunteer the Iron Dog Brigade. This newest member in Roger ers have served gallantly in the governmental areas that groups. They all share the Pennington. same goal...to promote the What is the Iron Dog Brigade? Formed in 1975 - administrated the sport. sport of snowmobiling. Their motto: “An honorary society dedicated to the Some have published magazines and newsletters for Now that I have told you fun of snowmobiling.” their state associations in a bit about the Iron Dog BriThe Iron Dog Brigade is truly an honorary sothe face of hard economic gade, some additional inforciety. All members are, or were, very successful mation: There are currently leaders in their respective professions or volunteer times. Many have been lofour (including Roger) from groups. They all share the same goal...to promote cal, state and national offiColorado that are members the sport of snowmobiling. Over the years minor cers in various snowmobile of the Iron Dog Brigade, they changes have been adopted to keep the “Dogs” cur- clubs and associations doare Roger Pennington, Jack rent with changes in the sport and industry. Now nating hundreds of hours of Sheets, Morris Stehman and membership is capped at 130 members. “An hon- their time to make the sport better and so enjoyable for Jack Welch. To become a orary society dedicated to the fun of snowmobilothers. “Been there...done member you must have coning.” Each year several are nominated for membertributed 15 years of service ship openings created by the passing of a member. that,” can also be their motto the sport through an affilThose eligible are inducted at the annual banquet to as they now must have iation in organized snowmoconsisting a ceremony compete with a four foot contributed 15 years of biling, industry, media, government, tourism or other snowmobile related activity, and be nominated by a current Iron Dog member. This year there were COLORADO SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION two nominations to become members, the other MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION (PLEASE PRINT) Date________ was Marie Hixon is from New Hampshire. Attending the Awards Banquet with Roger were his wife Debbie and both of Roger’s parents, Don __Individual $22 __Family $22 __Business $32 ____New Member ____Renewal and Janice Pennington. Roger is truly deserving of the membership in Last Name__________________________________First Name______________________________________ the Iron Dogs, as a snowmobiler and leader from Spouse Last Name___________________________Spouse First Name________________________________ Colorado. Below is the write-up of some of the accomplishments that Roger has accomplished over Total in Household_____ Number of Snowmobiles Owned_____ the years, and is still very active today. This was in Mailing Address__________________________________________City________________________________ the 34th Annual Banquet and Induction Ceremony program. State_______Zip____________Best Contact Phone________________________________________________ Roger A. Pennington - Sponsored by Jack Sheets and Email__________________________________(for association use only) Jack Welch Roger lives in Bayfield, Colorado with his wife ********************************************************************************************************************************* Debbie and works for the Colorado Department Business Name_____________________________________________________________________________ of Revenue/Motor Carrier Safety/Port of Entry. Roger started snowmobiling in the 1960s on a Contact Person Last Name____________________________First Name________________________________ couple of snowmobiles that his dad used while Mailing Address________________________________Physical Address________________________________ working for the Cable Company. He spent many years racing, but leading club rides and teaching City_____________________________________State________Zip___________________ people new to the sport and being able to take them to places that very few people have ever Business Phone___________________________Website____________________________________________ been is his most memorable event. He enjoys fun Email___________________________________(for association use only) days with people with special needs and being able to give them rides as well as lunch, which If Snowmobile Dealer, what brand(s)______________________________________________________________ is a program started eighteen years ago with the ********************************************************************************************************************************** Durango Club and was active in the Salida club Sponsor (Who influenced you to join CSA)________________________________________________________ for several years. He has worked in a dealership, To buy new CSA Merchandise go to CSA’s website www.snowmobilecolo.com been a part-time mechanic, club reporter, webmaster, safety instructor, and District Rep for Please consider contributing to the CSA “Right to Ride” Fund $________________ CSA. and part of Search and Rescue for many years as well running a groomer which earned Please consider contributing to the CSA SEEDS Fund $________________ (Support, Education, Events, Development, Safety) him Colorado Snowmobile Association Groomer of the Year 2006 and Arctic Cat, Inc. Western Membership dues from above $________________ Region Groomer of the Year, 2007. Roger has __Payment Enclosed __Bill my Credit Card Total $________________ been President of both the Heart of the Rockies Snowmobile Club, 1980-1984 and San Juan __Visa __Mastercard __Discover #_______________________________________________Exp Date_________ Sledders Snowmobile Club, 2000-2008 and chaired the “Right to Ride Fund” for CSA from Security Code:________Name on Card_____________________________________________________ 1999-2011 which is used to support legal efforts Signature______________________________________________ (credit card not valid without signature) to keep Colorado Snowmobile Trails open. Also, he was Vice President of the San Juan Sledders, Please remit to:to: csa, 32511316 riVerWCR rocK70, dr,Windsor JoHnstoWn, 80534 970-587-0364 Please remit csa, COco 80550 970-587-0364 1998-2000, Grooming Foreman, 2004-present, For oFFice Use onlY State Certified Snowmobile Safety Instructor, Amt Received$__________________ Check #__________ Date Received_______________ 1998-curent and Vice President of the Colorado Snowmobile Association, 2002-2005.
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5670 E WICKERDALE LN HIGHLANDS RANCH 303-730-1711 crowntrophy24@yahoo.com
HOTCHKISS
D&S UNDERGROUND, INC. 9950 3200 RD 970-872-6166
HUBBARD CREEK OUTFITTERS PO BOX 25 970-872-3818
lallen4286@aol.com
INN THE ORCHARD
30846 L25 RD 970-872-3066 edconner@tds.net
WEEKENDER SPORTS PO BOX 240 970-872-3444
weekendersports@tds.net
Skidoo, Polaris
ZACKS BBQ
PO BOX 665 970-872-3199 mntnbike@tds.net
IGNACIO
SPRING CREEK HORSE RESCUE PO BOX 663 970-884-4425
springcreekhorserescue@yahoo.com
KREMMLING
ALPINE MOTOR SPORTS PO BOX 916 970-724-9655
erik@alpinemotorsportsinc.com
Arctic Cat, Polaris
LAKE CITY
AB CONSTRUCTION, INC.
PO BOX 281, 970-944-2230 albrownlakecity@yahoo.com
BLUE SPRUCE BUILDING MATERIALS, INC.
PO BOX 162, 970-944-2581 marian@bluesprucelc.com bluesprucelc.com
G & M CABINS
BOX 1165 970-944-2282
gmcabins@centurytel.net
HINSDALE COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE PO BOX 96 970-944-2684
hinsdaleroads@msn.com
LAKE CITY AUTO/SPORTSCENTER 809 N HWY 149 970-944-2311
lakecityauto@lakecity.net lakecityauto.com
Skidoo, Polaris
UTAH’S SANITATION SERVICE PO BOX 837 970-944-2453
jhearn@centurytel.net
LAKEWOOD EXTREME RENTALS
5741 W 6TH AVE 303-232-9342
extremejensen@msn.com extremerentalsinc.com
SUNSET VISTA PROPERTIES
3110 S WADSWORTH BLVD #106 303-988-7771 vonnie@sunsetvistaproperties.com sunsetvistaproperties.com
RON BAIRD
PO BOX W 6TH AVE #C ronb@motorado.com
LEADVILLE
CORBIN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PO BOX 951 719-486-2673
rcorbinconstruction@yahoo.com
LEADVILLE NORDIC CLUB PO BOX 823 719-486-0746
leadville-nordic@gmail.com leadvillenordic.org
LITTLETON
TWO STEP LIMOUSINE
5220 S SHERMAN ST 303-781-5555 info@twosteplimo.com
LOMA
DIXON BUILDERS
1220 0 1/2 RD 970-208-7250
darrylwdixon@gmail.com
LONGMONT
BENDELOW LAW OFFICE, LLC 1707 N MAIN ST, #301 303-837-9600 tedbendelow@bendelow.net bendelow.net
CLANCEY CHIROPRACTIC 195 S MAIN STE 1 303-651-2060 drclancey@aol.com clanceychiropractic.net
LOVELAND
GERRARD EXCAVATING INC 27486 CR 13 970-669-1463
ngerrard@frii.com earthdevelopers.com
LOVELAND BREAKFAST CLUB 1451 N BOISE AVE 970-461-1261
anghertrich@aol.com breakfastclubcolorado.com
SPECIALIZED TEST ENGINEERING, INC. ENGLISH BROS POLARIS 2253 HALF HITCH CT 970-215-4396 jerry@steng.com
LYONS
LYONS AUTOMOTIVE
403 BROADWAY ST 303-579-1409 ski-laxn@comcast.net lyonsautomotive.com
MARBLE RPS RENTALS
112 E MAIN ST 970-963-3747 rusbyps@aol.com rpsrentals.net
MEEKER
CHUCK WHITEMAN & ASSOCIATES PO BOX 957 970-878-5194
chuck@rioblanco.com
DOLE EQUIPMENT
PO BOX C 970-878-5322
suzanpelloni@yahoo.com
NORTHWEST AUTO SALES & SERVICE 485 MARKET ST 970-878-5026
RIPPLE CREEK LODGE 39020 CR 8 970-878-4725
dan@ripplecreeklodge.com ripplecreeklodge.com
SLEEPY CAT MOUNTAIN LODGING & RENTAL SLEDS 42112 CR 17 970-878-5258
johnwix@sleepycatmountain.com
WATT’S RANCH MARKET PO BOX 630 970-878-5868
WHITE RIVER ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION PO BOX 958 970-878-5041 tzbrown@wrea.org
WYATT’S SPORTS CENTER PO BOX 1538 970-878-4428
stanwyatt@nctelecom.net
MESA
MESA LAKES LODGE & RESORT PO BOX 230 970-268-5467
MONARCH
MONARCH SNOWMOBILE TOURS & RENTALS 22763 HWY 50 719-539-2573
elliottmh53@yahoo.com snowmobilemonarch.com
MONTE VISTA
67809 E HWY 50 970-249-0101 english@montrose.net
Polaris, Yamaha
J.S. CHIMNEY PEAK RANCH
3838 GRAND MESA DR 435-592-5812 bobcburke@hotmail.com
MONTROSE IMPLEMENT AND MOTORSPORTS
4690 N TOWNSEND 970-240-1720
brian@montroseimplement.com
Skidoo
PROFESSIONAL THERAPY SERVICES, INC. 1543 OGDEN RD 970-252-0888 ptsinc@skybeam.com
TRI RIVER APPLIANCE
333 N TOWNSEND 970-249-1236
NATHROP
MT. PRINCETON HOT SPRINGS RESORT 15870 CR 162 719-395-2447
scott@mtprinceton.com mtprinceton.com/snowmobiling-colorado
NEW CASTLE
NEW CASTLE FAMILY HEALTH, PC
820 CASTLE VALLEY BLVD STE 210 970-984-0651 denniseicher@juno.com
REDNECK EXCAVATING PO BOX 992 970-984-2237
bobbyh41@msn.com
NORTHGLENN
ROCKY MOUNTAIN XTREME, LLC 10789 IRMA DR 303-654-0867
donavon@rmxtreme.com rmxtreme.com
NORWOOD
HI COUNTRY MOTORSPORTS PO BOX 611 970-327-4271
hi-countrymotorsports@centurytel.net hi-countrymotorsports.com
Polaris
SAN JUAN SOUND AND VISION PO BOX 1159 970-327-0431
simonpandrew@yahoo.com telluridesound.com
OLATHE
WDR CAD SERVICE LLC
54414 HICKORY RD 970-323-6742 wdrcad@aol.com
OURAY
MOUNTAIN SKILLZ WITH MATT ENTZ LLC THE CITIZENS STATE BANK OF 559 N CR 1 E OURAY 719-849-3168
matt.663@hotmail.com mountainskillz.com
MONTROSE
AMSOIL LUBRICANTS/DL AUTO SERVICE 59745 KRISTAL DR 970-249-3060
larry.fandrich@gmail.com lubedealer.com/dlautosalesservice
DAVIS SERVICE CENTER 2380 W MAIN ST 970-249-8161 dsc@montrose.net
Yamaha
PO BOX A, 970-318-8481 dennisr364@gmail.com
PAGOSA SPRINGS
ARCHULETA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE OF EMERG. MGMT PO BOX 638 970-731-4799
tmckain@archuletacounty.org acemergency.org
THIRD GENERATION OUTFITTERS
135-F COUNTRY CENTER DR PMB 93 970-219-7523 thirdgenerationoutfitters@aol.com thirdgenerationoutfitters.com
WOLF CREEK SNOWMOBILE TOURS PO BOX 3505 214 601-8626
chiragkpatel@hotmail.com
PALISADE
DREAMCATCHER BED AND BREAKFAST 3694 F RD
commons-j@yahoo.com
PAONIA
COLORADO SLEDSTYLE PO BOX 370 970-379-7799
welchex@sopris.net coloradosledstyle.com
PARKER
DIMENSIONAL FRAMING
6903 E LOOKOUT DR 303-902-8554 rjstone4@comcast.net
PINEDALE WY visitpinedale.org
PO BOX 709, 307-749-1533
info@visitpinedale.org visitpinedale.org/activities/winterrecreation/snowmobiling.html
PUEBLO
DAVE SOLDN NISSAN
1810 TIERRA BERRVENDA 719-545-4145 jeremyhamm@hotmail.com
ODF INC/SNAP ON TOOLS PO BOX 3635 719-542-2353
REDCLIFF
MANGO’S MOUNTAIN GRILL 166 EAGLE ST 970-827-9109
esr@mangosmountaingrill.com mangosmountaingrill.com
RIFLE
6 & 13 QUICK MART PO BOX 868 970-625-1467
kirkswallow@sopris.net
ALPINE BANK RIFLE 100 E 4TH ST 970-625-9610
jayrickstrew@alpinebank.com
AVALANCHE AIR
PO BOX 1238 970-379-4780 avalanche@rof.net
COULTER LAKE GUEST RANCH, INC. 0080 CR 273 970-625-1473
ranch@coulterlake.com coulterlake.com
GARFIELD STEEL & MACHINE, INC. 1815 AIRPORT RD 970-625-3551 gsmi@sopris.net
HOFFMEISTER PAINTING, INC. 0164 BOOMS PL 970-625-2120
scotthoffy@hotmail.com
KUERSTEN CONSTRUCTION, LLC PO BOX 1530 970-625-8210
john@kuerstenconstruction.com
RIFLE INSURANCE AGENCY PO BOX 1700 970-625-1689 jsours@sopris.net
RIFLE PERFORMANCE MOTORSPORTS 1014 ACESS RD 970-625-2041
kyle@rifleperformance.com
Skidoo
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RIFLE TRUCK TRAILER & ARCTIC CAT PO BOX 961 970-625-8884
rifle_trailer@msn.com
SWALLOW OIL CO.
PO BOX 868 970-625-9051
kirkswallow@sopris.net
THE PARTS HOUSE
1000 RAILRD AVE 970-625-2000
thepartshouse@hotmail.com partshousecarquest.com
SALIDA
A-1 AUTO SERVICE
445 W HWY 50 719-539-7251
a1autosalida@yahoo.com
A-1 AUTO SERVICE
1317 ANGELVIEW CIR 719-539-3688 samandchris@yahoo.com
ALL SEASON ADVENTURES, INC. 7345 HWY 50 W 719-530-0651
info@allseasonrentals.com
WAG’N TAILS
10525 CR 120 719-539-9246
SANTA FE NM
SILVER CLIFF
WESTERN TILE SERVICES
STANWOOD MOTOR SPORTS WEST
3600 CERRILLOS RD 970-260-2611
705 OHIO ST 719-783-2880
westerntile71@gmail.com
stanwoodmotorsports.com
SEDALIA
SILVERTHORNE
CIRCUIT CONCEPTS, INC.
7505 W RAINBOW CREEK RD 303-901-6160 kirk.circuitconcepts@gmail.com
SILT
POWER WORLD SPORTS PO BOX 247
jportinga@powerworldsports.com powerworldsports.com
Skidoo, Arctic Cat
SUMMIT PROPERTY MINTENANCE
CONSTRUCTION SURVEYS
PO BOX 194 970-406-8700
12 SUNRISE BLVD 970-876-1944
kmcbrearty@msn.com summitcountypropertymaintenance.com
FLATOPS ELECTRIC 3720 CR 214 970-876-5520
SILVERTON
flatops@sopris.net
CANYON VIEW MOTEL
31947 HWY 6 970-379-1582
PO BOX 729 970-387-5400
srayc2000@yahoo.com
cheryl@canyonviewmotel.com
GARY MEENACH
GRAND IMPERIAL HOTEL
PO BOX 347 970-876-1949
PO BOX 57 970-387-5527
gpmeenach@yahoo.com
sanjuanservices@yahoo.com
info@dgoicepirates.com dgoicepirates.com
SILVERTON LIQUORS PO BOX 176 970-387-5491
IT’S YOUR PARTY PHOTO BOOTH PO BOX 378 785-458-2005
doitup@hotmail.com
SILVERTON MOUNTAIN
lastockebrand@gmail.com itsyourpartyphotobooth.com
PO BOX 856 970-387-5706
LIFT SERVICES
info@silvertonmountain.com
PO BOX 363 970-387-0700
THE HARDROCK RESTAURANT PO BOX 417 970-387-5754
bill@liftservicesinc.com
LOLAS PLACE
beccyrhoades@yahoo.com
PO BOX 588 970-387-5705
THE PICKLE BARREL PO BOX 196 970-387-5713
shutterbugs@frontier.net
thepicklebarrel@msn.com
SIOUX FALLS SD
pmaisel@thebent.com
silvertonparade@yahoo.com
THE SLED SHED
PO BOX 288 970-387-3462
PO BOX 233 970-247-3706
PO BOX 286 970-759-9291
PO BOX 550 970-387-5630
PO BOX 539 970-876-5696
SAN JUAN SERVICES
MAISEL EXCAVATION
BROWN BEAR CAFE
NATIVE AMERICAN CRANE
ICE PIRATES BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURES
shastanicolef@gmail.com
WORK CONSULTING RED MOUNTAIN CABINS, MOTEL, RV TRAILS 4015 S BRADY CT PARK & JEEP RENTAL 605-371-9799 PO BOX 346 970-387-5512
trailswork@aol.com
info@redmtmotelrvpk.com redmtmotelrvpk.com
SOUTH FORK
SAN JUAN BACKCOUNTRY
DOCS OUTDOOR SPORTS
PO BOX 427 903-288-6745
PO BOX 1215 817-740-9080
lcoombs5276@yahoo.com
jbs76106@yahoo.com
CSA’s Valued Supporters! Donations from our valued supporters 3/1/14-8/31/14 Boondockers: $50-$499
GENERAL FUND DONATIONS: A & E Diemoz Action Adventures Allen Theatres BMCA Colorado Bob Hansen Bonnie Candelaria Brad Danner Bryan McCarty Bud’s Sanitary Service Charlie Shy Christopher Dodge Christopher Tarr Craig Jensen
Dennis Reece Don Kilkey E.W. Dilley Ed Tafoya Ernest Hinkley Excalibur International Limo Frank Smith G.N. Griffith Geoff Inglis George Conrades Gregory Hoffman Hal Meredith Harley Hamilton
Janet Mangum Jeffrey Nissen Jesse Garetson John Macelhaney John Raney Kent Miller Larry Lewark Marguerite Collard Mark Hostetter Martin Cella McBorn Properties Michael Edwards Mike Klebba
Mike Sladdin North Park SnowSnakes Parker Dirtworks Inc. Ralph Hamilton Robert Anderson Robert Watkins Rocky Gentry Roger Beaudoin Ronald Lara Sayler & Sons Skip Harutun Tom Roche Truman Lusk
Joe Tonso Mark Bloomquist
Mike Grattan Mile Hi Snowmobile Club
Pikes Peak High Riders
Justin Griffith K.J. West Lynn Parks
Rod Hepp
RIGHT TO RIDE DONATIONS Brent Miller Gunnison County SnoTrackers
RIGHT TO RIDE AND GENERAL FUND DONATIONS: Alan Staehle Denise Arola Don Dustin
Frank Shepherd Gilbert Carkhuff Joe Swank
Highmarkers: $500-$1499 RIGHT TO RIDE DONATIONS: Darren Jacobson Delta Snokrusers
EBI Services Nicholas Petersen
Routt Powder Riders Russell Higgins
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Business Sponsors Please support those who support our interests! LAZY BEAR CABINS PO BOX 608 719-873-1443
kentwilson@durango.net lazybearcabins.com
RAINBOW LODGE & GROCERY PO BOX 224 719-873-5545
rainbow@rainbowsouthfork.biz
TWIN PINES MOTORSPORTS INC PO BOX 966 719-873-2001
tpms@qwestoffice.net twinpinemotorsports.com
Arctic Cat
UTE BLUFF LODGE
27680 US HWY 160 719-873-5595 stay@uteblufflodge.com uteblufflodge.com
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
AMERICAN CARPET & FLOOR PO BOX 881608 970-879-3282 acc@springsips.com
CROSS SEVEN, INC.
32950 HWY 131 970-879-1774 cross7@zirkel.us
EXTREME POWER SPORTS PO BOX 776389 970-879-9175 eps@resortband.com
Arctic Cat
NORTHWESTERN SUPPLIES, INC. 39770 RCR 33 970-879-9235 jh@nwsupplies.net
RWR ENTERPRISES-COLORADO GROUP REALTY PO BOX 882500 970-870-8800
ron@mybrokers.com steamboatcommercialproperties.com
SCHERER BUILDING CORPORATION PO BOX 880581 970-819-6768 scott@sbc-us.com sbc-us.com
SLEEPING GIANT ELECTRIC 1810 HUNTERS DR 970-846-5522
sleepinggiantchris@yahoo.com
STATE FARM INSURANCE PO BOX 773957 970-879-1756
Debbie.aragon.g95b@statefarm.com debbiearagon.com
STEAMBOAT POWERSPORTS
2989 RIVERSIDE PLAZA 970-879-5138
jasonstanhope@steamboatpowersports.com
Skidoo, Polaris, Yamaha
STEAMBOAT SNOWMOBILE TOURS PO BOX 882805 970-879-6500
jasoncobb914@yahoo.com
SUPERIOR CARPENTRY, INC. PO BOX 774003 970-871-7836
superiorcarpentry@hotmail.com superiorcarpentryinc.com
STERLING
JACKSON INSURANCE AGENCY 330 W MAIN 970-522-3502
rick@jackson-agency.com
SUNDANCE WY
THE SUNDANCE TIMES PO BOX 400 307-283-3411
jeff@sundancetimes.com sundancetimes.com
TAYLORVILLE IL ZACHS REPAIR
2118 W SPRESSER ST 217-824-3545 zachs07@live.com
TELLURIDE
TELLURIDE OUTFITTERS PO BOX 785 970-728-4475
info@telluridesnowmobile.net telluridesnowmobile.net
TELLURIDE OUTSIDE
121W COLORADO AVE 970-728-3895 fun@tellurideoutside.com tellurideoutside.com
TWIN LAKES
BLACK WOLF LODGING 250 REVA RIDGE 719-486-1830 tldkwlv3@hotmail.com blackwolflodging.com
TWIN LAKES GENERAL STORE 6451 E HWY 82 719-486-2196
info@twinlakesgs.com twinlakesgs.com
WALDEN
ANTLERS INN/RIVER ROCK CAFE PO BOX 1007 970-723-4521
CORKLE OIL COMPANY PO BOX 278 970-723-4455
GOULETTE CONSTRUCTION PO BOX 1062 970-723-4958
mgoulette@centurytel.net
MOOSE CREEK CAFE PO BOX 578 970-723-8272
jhcarothers@moosecreekcafe.net
NORTH PARK ENGINEERING & CONSULTING PO BOX 395 970-723-3725 randy@npeng.com
NORTH PARK INN & SUITES PO BOX 55 970-723-4271
north014@centurytel.net northparkinnandsuites.com
PARADISE LANES
PO BOX 1014 970-723-8616 RAY RANCH 21536 STATE HWY 14
STINTON ENTERPRISES PO BOX 62 970-819-6416
dcjstinton@aol.com
THE CABINS & GIFT SHOPS 55862 HWY 14 970-723-3750 keyfir@keyfir.com
THE POWDERHORN CABINS 35336 CR 21 970-723-4359
WYATT REDI MIX
PO BOX 1052 970-723-4471
WESTCLIFFE
BATSON PLUMBING, INC. 3820 CR 271 719-371-4540
batsonplumbing@netzero.com
NORDYKE SANITATION LLC PO BOX 29 719-783-2747
nordykeus@yahoo.com
WESTMINSTER
EXCALIBUR INTERNATIONAL LIMOUSINE 10451 HOLLAND CT 303-243-3900
WICHITA KS
SKYDIVE EL DORADO, INC.
1349 N CRESTLINE ST 316-648-2981
skydiveeldoradoinc@yahoo.com
WINDSOR
AC/DC APPLIANCE SERVICE 11316 WELD CR 70 970-481-0230 rexford.bill@gmail.com
C & C OILFIELD SERVICES
2002 BAYFRONT DR 970-618-3431 hookedupak@yahoo.com
WINTER PARK GRAND ADVENTURES
PO BOX 1329, 79303 US HWY 40 970-726-9247 info@grandadventures.com grandadventures.com
WOODLAND PARK ANDERSEN ENTERPRISES, INC. 455 DOUGLAS FIR DR 719-687-1179
WOODY CREEK
SUMMERS PROPERTIES WEST, INC. PO BOX 590 970-925-4446
summersproperties@comcast.net
WESTERN ADVENTURES INC PO BOX 900 970-923-3337
pinionspring@rof.net
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2014 Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Expo
Workshops Saturday
Expo Lodging Looking for a hotel room for the Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Expo? We have a GROUP RATE of $89 a night, plus tax! Click on the link: doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/R/RLDV-DT-ROS-20141010/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG or you can call in to make your reservations at 303-321-3333, ask for Reservations and mention the Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Expo.
Swap Meet
SUnday
RMSR Getting Started with Racing in Colorado Erik Woog Clutch Tuning 101 Phelan/ From GoPro to YouTudizzle Tube - Video Editing/ Getting the Shot Rasmussen Backcountry Riding Clinic Burandt Backcountry Riding Clinic Z-Broz Suspension Tuning 101 Tyler’s TBD Backcountry Matt Entz Jumping 101 - Introduction to Jumping and Dropping KLIM Clothing Technology Matt Entz and Women’s Riding Clinic Kim Long’s Women’s Clinic CSA Quarterly Quarterly Meeting for Meeting CSA - Public WELCOME!! Mike Duffy Intro to Avalanche Awareness Backcountry Dale Petefish Presents Survival Backcountry Survival
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Yellowstone Announces Lottery for New Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program
Applications are now being accepted for those interested in obtaining a permit to take a noncommercially guided
snowmobile trip into Yellowstone National Park this winter. A permit is required for all non-commercial-
ly guided snowmobile groups to enter the park. The program to allocate permits will be run as a lottery with applications being accepted online at recreation. gov through October 3, 2014. If there are multiple applications for the same entrance for the same time period, one application will be selected by chance and awarded the permit. After the conclusion of the lottery, any remaining or cancelled permits will be available on a first-come, first-served basis through the same webpage starting in November, 2014. The Non-commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program was authorized in the 2013 final Winter Use Rule. The program allows
one non-commercially guided group per day to enter Yellowstone from each of its four winter entrances. Trips can range in length from one to three days. A maximum of five snowmobiles is permitted in each group and all snowmobiles must meet the Best Available Technology standard in effect at the time of entry. Permit holders are considered guides and must be at least 18 years old by the first day of the trip. All snowmobile operators in a non-commercially guided trip must possess a stateissued driver’s license and have successfully completed the online Yellowstone Snowmobile Education Certification program, which
will be available starting in November 2014. The development of the Non-commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program has had significant stakeholder involvement. In particular, the State of Wyoming, through Governor’s Office and the State Trails Program, has provided critical support for the development of the required online snowmobile education course. Additional details regarding the program can be found at www.nps.gov/yell/parkmgmt/ngsap.htm or by contacting Alicia Murphy, Non-commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program Coordinator, at alicia_murphy@nps.gov or 307-344-2627.