Snowmobiles in the Wilderness: You can help W a s h i n g t o n S t a t e P a r k s A necessary prohibition Join us in safeguarding winter recreation: Each year, more and more people are riding snowmobiles • When riding in a new area, obtain a map. into designated Wilderness areas, which is a concern for • Familiarize yourself with Wilderness land managers, the public and many snowmobile groups. boundaries, and don’t cross them. This may be happening for a variety of reasons: many • Carry the message to clubs, groups and friends. snowmobilers may not know where the Wilderness boundaries are or may not realize the area is closed. For more information about snowmobiling opportunities or Wilderness areas, please contact: Wilderness…a special place Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (360) 902-8500 Established by Congress through the Wilderness Washington State Snowmobile Association (800) 784-9772 Act of 1964, “Wilderness” is a special land designation North Cascades National Park (360) 854-7245 within national forests and certain other federal lands. Colville National Forest (509) 684-7000 These areas were designated so that an untouched Gifford Pinchot National Forest (360) 891-5000 area of our wild lands could be maintained in a natural Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (425) 783-6000 state. Also, they were set aside as places where people Mt. Rainier National Park (877) 270-7155 could get away from the sights and sounds of modern Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest (509) 664-9200 civilization and where elements of our cultural history Olympic National Forest (360) 956-2402 could be preserved. Wilderness, as defined by the Umatilla National Forest (541) 278-3716 Act, “has outstanding opportunities for solitude or This information made available through the U.S.D.A. a primitive and unconfined type of recreation.” Forest Service, Washington State Parks and Recreation The law prohibits the use of mechanized or motorized Commission and Washington State Snowmobile Association. equipment, including snowmobiles, in Wilderness washington state areas (36CFR261.16a). Local managers have no ON STA GT TE N P I A latitude in this matter, except in emergencies. H R S K

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W equipment in Wilderness areas is punishable by up to m i a n r t g e o $500 and/or six months in jail (36CFR261.1b). r r R P ecreatio n Yakima Nation Restrictions Off-road vehicles, including snowmobiles are prohibited in all areas of the Yakama Nation Mount Adams Recreation Area. Snowmobiling on the sacred Pahto not only violates Yakama Nation laws, it shows disrespect to religious and cultural beliefs of Tribal members. Those who violate the rules will be subject to prosecution under the Revised Yakama Tribal Code, Commission members: Sections 10.01.181, 10.01.183, and 10.07.109. All Mark O. Brown Rodger Schmitt vehicles are subject to search per Section 50.54.01. Russ Cahill Joe Taller Patricia T. Lantz Lucinda S. Whaley Steve S. Milner Agency director: Don Hoch Follow rules to protect opportunities Respecting Wilderness boundaries helps everyone. When recreationists take responsibility, they help ensure continued support of snowmobile programs and opportunities rather than potential closures and stronger enforcement. P&R 16100-06 (12/12) Designated Wilderness Areas in Washington 31 • Mt. Baker North Lynden Wilderness Cascades Pasayten National Park Wilderness Colville Salmo-Priest Stephen Mather Wilderness B•ellingham National Wilderness Okanogan Forest 20 20 National 5 North Stephen Mather Republic• Forest 97 Colville Friday Harbor Noisy-Diobsud Cascades Wilderness • • Wilderness National S•edro Wooley Park 20 • Colville Mount Vernon Lake Chelan-Sawtooth • 21 National Wilderness Okanogan Forest Glacier •Coupeville Peak 17 25 newport• Wilderness Port Angeles 395 Olympic • ! Boulder River National I0I 5 Wilderness Park 2 Buckhorn • Wenatchee Wilderness Everett Henry M. Jackson National 2 Wilderness Forest BE PREPARED Olympic 2 •Chelan I0I National The Brothers You may want to obtain a Park Wilderness 2 • Waterville •mapDave nfromport the landownerSpokane I0I • Seattle • Mt. Skokomish Alpine Lakes in the area you will be Wilderness 90 Wilderness • Wonder Mt. recreating. If Cyouhene yhave Colonel Bob 5 Wilderness Wenatchee 90 Wilderness • 28 questions, check 19with5 the Ephrata Olympic 97 • landowner on locations of National Forest •Tacoma 21 Shelton Wilderness boundaries. • Ritzville I0I Clearwater Moses Lake Wilderness Norse Peak 90 • 90 • 8 Wilderness Aberdeen • 7 395 • •Montesano Olympia Ellensburg •Hoquiam • Colfax Mt. Rainier 410 17 5 • National William O. Douglas 26 I2 Glacier View Othello Park Wilderness 26 Wilderness 82 • Pullman • Centralia I2 • Tatoosh •South Bend •Chehalis Wilderness Yakima I0I 6 • Pomeroy I2 • Clarkston • CHECK YOUR MAPS Gifford Pinchot Goat Rocks 395 National Wilderness Asotin• Mt. St. Helens Toppenish• Dayton Forest Sunnyside • On some maps you may National • Grandview Richland 124 82 Pasco Umatilla National Cathlamet Monument Mt. Adams • • • see the term “wilderness”• • Wenaha-Tucannon Forest Wilderness • Kennewick Kelso Prosser Wilderness used loosely to describe •• 97 Walla Walla I2 Longview • undeveloped, roadless areas 5 where there are no groomed Indian Heaven Wilderness 14 snowmobile routes. This may Trapper Creek Wilderness •Goldendale cause some confusion because 0 10 •Stevenson the term is not being used in Vancouver Miles • 14 the same way as the technical definition of Wilderness as = Wilderness Areas where Snowmobiles are Prohibited described in this brochure.