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Snowmobiles in the : 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 , 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 State Parks and Recreation Commission (360) 902-8500 Established by Congress through the Wilderness Washington State Snowmobile Association (800) 783-9772 WHERE Act of 1964, “Wilderness” is a special land designation North National Park (360) 854-7245 within national forests and certain other federal lands. (509) 684-7000 These areas were designated so that an untouched National Forest (360) 891-5000 SNOWMOBILES 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 ARE 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 (360) 956-2402 could be preserved. Wilderness, as defined by the (541) 278-3716 PROHIBITED 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 Nation Restrictions Off-road vehicles, including snowmobiles and winter Washington State public use are prohibited in all areas of the Yakama Parks and Recreation Commission Nation Recreation Area. Snowmobiling P.O. Box 42650 on the sacred Pahto not only violates Yakama Nation Olympia, WA 98504-2650 laws, it shows disrespect to religious and cultural beliefs (360) 902-8500 of Tribal members. Those who violate the rules will be www.parks.wa.gov • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • subject to prosecution under the Revised Yakama Tribal ON STA Commission members: GT TE Code. All vehicles are subject to search per tribal code. N P Ken Bounds Mark O. Brown I A H R Patricia T. Lantz Steve S. Milner S K A S

Douglas Peters Rodger Schmitt W Follow rules to protect opportunities Lucinda S. Whaley Respecting Wilderness boundaries helps everyone. When Agency director: Don Hoch W recreationists take responsibility, they help ensure continued All Washington state parks are developed and maintained m i a for the enjoyment of all people. n r t g support of snowmobile programs and opportunities rather e o r r than potential closures and stronger enforcement. To request this brochure in an alternative format, please call R P ecr o n (360) 902-8844 or the Washington Telecommunications eati Relay Service at (800) 833-6388. P&R 16100-06 (11/17) Designated Wilderness Areas in Washington State 31 • Mt. Baker North Lynden Wilderness Cascades Pasayten National Park Wilderness Colville Salmo-Priest Stephen Mather Wilderness Bellingham• National Wilderness Okanogan Forest 20 20 National 5 North Stephen Mather Republic• Forest 97 Colville •Frriday Noisy-Diobsud Cascades Wilderness • • Wilderness National Sedro Wooley Park 20 • Colville -Sawtooth 21 National •Okanogan Wilderness Forest •Coupeville Peak 17 25 newport• Port Angeles Wilderness 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 •mapDavenport from the landownerSpokane I0I • • Mt. Skokomish Alpine Lakes in the area you will be Wilderness Wilderness 90 •Cheney Wonder Mt. recreating. If you have Colonel Bob 5 Wilderness Wenatchee 90 Wilderness • 28 questions, check1 9with5 the Ephrata Olympic 97 • landowner on locations of National Forest •Tacoma 21 Shelton Wilderness boundaries. • Ritzville I0I Clearwater • Wilderness Norse Peak 90 • 90 8 Wilderness Aberdeen • 7 395 • •Montesano Olympia Ellensburg •Hoquiam • Colfax Mt. Rainier 410 17 5 26 • I2 National William O. Douglas Glacier View Othello 26 Park Wilderness 82 • Pullman Wilderness • Centralia I2 • Tatoosh •South Bend •Chehalis Wilderness Yakima I0I 6 • Pomeroy I2 • Clarkston • Gifford Pinchot 395 CHECK YOUR MAPS Asotin National Wilderness • Mt. St. Helens Toppenish• Sunnyside Dayton Forest • On some maps you may National • Grandview Richland 124 Yakama Nation 82 Pasco Umatilla National Cathlamet Monument Mt. Adams • • • see the term “wilderness”• Mt. Adams Recreation Area • • Wenaha-Tucannon Forest Prosser Kennewick Kelso Wilderness Wilderness used loosely to describe •• Yakama Nation 97 Walla Walla I2 Longview Closed to the public • undeveloped, roadless areas 5 where there are no groomed010 Wilderness 14 snowmobile routes. ThisMiles may Trapper Creek •Goldendale cause some confusion because Wilderness Wilderness or Tribal Areas where •Stevenson the term is not being used in Vancouver snowmobiles are prohibited • 14 the same way as the technical definition of Wilderness as National Forest/Monument described in this brochure.