Post by: birdshooter1189 on December 14, 2022, 06:36:33 AM
-Not a national park
-Not a wilderness area
-Not a designated snow park
-Not in one of the seasonally closed wildlife sensitive areas
Does this mean I can park my truck on the side of the road(with a national forest parking pass), and then ride a snowmobile on all the forest service roads?
Are other permits required? Is there something I'm not aware of that prohibits snowmobiles from this entire area?
Post by: KFhunter on December 14, 2022, 06:59:59 AM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on December 14, 2022, 07:02:23 AM
If you don't get an answer here, you could try the ranger stations.
Post by: KFhunter on December 14, 2022, 07:03:52 AM
Post by: birddogdad on December 14, 2022, 07:09:09 AM
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/giffordpinchot/news-events/?cid=fsbdev3_004949
Post by: CP on December 14, 2022, 07:37:44 AM
Each NF is different but roads are usually open for snowmobiles. In some places they aren't even limited to the road.
Post by: birdshooter1189 on December 14, 2022, 08:27:43 AM
"national forest parking pass" - Never heard of that.
"Northwest Forest pass" is what I meant to say.
Thanks for the input guys!
Post by: Russ McDonald on December 14, 2022, 10:43:44 AM
If you can ride ATV there you should be able to ride snowmobile too.I can tell you that there is not where that I know of on the Olympic NF that you can ride an ATV/UTV on
Post by: birddogdad on December 14, 2022, 11:59:04 AM
If you can ride ATV there you should be able to ride snowmobile too.I can tell you that there is not where that I know of on the Olympic NF that you can ride an ATV/UTV on
https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/olympic/recreation/ohv yup pretty clearly written in RED
Post by: Bob33 on December 14, 2022, 12:25:07 PM
I'll bet those are very similar to designated trails.If you can ride ATV there you should be able to ride snowmobile too.I can tell you that there is not where that I know of on the Olympic NF that you can ride an ATV/UTV on
https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/olympic/recreation/ohv yup pretty clearly written in RED
"The only off-road motorized riding use allowed on the Olympic National Forest are e-bikes or registered dirt bikes, on desiganted trails."
Post by: birdshooter1189 on December 14, 2022, 04:45:34 PM
Olympic national forest service roads are closed to snowmobiles.....unless they have so much snow that they are impassible for vehicles. So if you drive your truck about as far as you possibly can, you can unload and ride a snowmobile beyond that. But can't go racing up and down the side of a road where vehicles are driving.
The guidance on this page:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/giffordpinchot/learning/safety-ethics/?cid=fsbdev3_004949
applies to Olympic national forest service roads:
"Where can snowmobiles be operated legally on Forest roads?
Roads not formally closed by forest order are made legal for snowmobile use by the forest’s “closed by snow” convention. This convention states, “A road is considered closed to wheeled motorized use when there is one foot of snow.” "
Post by: Fidelk on December 14, 2022, 06:16:42 PM
If you can ride ATV there you should be able to ride snowmobile too.I can tell you that there is not where that I know of on the Olympic NF that you can ride an ATV/UTV on
https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/olympic/recreation/ohv yup pretty clearly written in RED
"other forms of four wheeled OHV's".......said wheeled not tracked.
Post by: Russ McDonald on December 14, 2022, 06:40:16 PM
When you track your atv/ UTV you ha e to get a snowmobile tag on it in order to ride on snowmobile trails. Otherwise it is still an ATV/UTV and not authorized.If you can ride ATV there you should be able to ride snowmobile too.I can tell you that there is not where that I know of on the Olympic NF that you can ride an ATV/UTV on
https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/olympic/recreation/ohv yup pretty clearly written in RED
"other forms of four wheeled OHV's".......said wheeled not tracked.
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