Coquihalla Summitt Snowmobile Club

BC MANAGES OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

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Comment on latest call to ban snowmobiles on Crown land in British Columbia

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Contrary to misleading information being promoted in the news media-

"Snowmobilers are Responsible Recreationists"!

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Government announces NEW Snowmobile closures for Mountain Caribou recovery

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"IMPORTANT OASIS INSURANCE ANNOUNCEMENT"

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 BC Trails Strategy

In 2006, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts (MTCA), in partnership with BC Parks and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, undertook the development of a Recreation Trail Strategy for British Columbia.

For more information on the British Columbia Trails Strategy visit the government website here.

The following information is being posted by the Coquihalla Summit Snowmobile Club in our continued effort to promote the safe and responsible use of snowmobiles, thus insuring our continued opportunities to recreate in the backcountry.

SNOWMOBILE USE ON FOREST SERVICE ROADS

FOREST SERVICE ROAD USE REGULATION

B.C. Reg. 70/2004

effective February 27, 2004

Consolidated to July 23, 2004

Includes B.C. Reg. 354/2004 amendments

Snowmobiles

 3 (1) Despite the requirements of sections 2 (c) and 12, a person is not required to hold a subsisting driver's licence issued under the Motor Vehicle Act or a valid and subsisting contract of third party liability insurance while operating a snowmobile on a forest service road in compliance with subsection (3).

      (2) Subject to compliance with subsection (3) and with the Motor Vehicle (All Terrain) Act and the regulations under that Act, a person may operate a snowmobile on a forest service road.

      (3) A person must not operate a snowmobile on a forest service road if it appears that the road has been snowplowed, or that the road is otherwise fit for travel by motor vehicles other than snowmobiles.

      (4) Despite subsections (1) to (3), snowmobiles that operate on the Gold Rush Snowmobile Trail may use plowed forest roads, subject to:
          (a) the drivers licence and insurance provisions in this regulation for motor vehicles,

          (b) the implementation of the safety and risk management plan for the trail, and

          (c) the use of a helmet by the driver and passengers of the snowmobile.