Feel like we shouldn`t have to tell everyone this but there are problems/concerns, so here it is.
Traffic on the trails is two way, there is traffic heading up and down at all times. You are to travel at a safe speed on the right hand side half of the trail and be in control of your machine at all times. There was very recently a head on collision at a managed snowmobile area, one rider left the scene and the other was hospitalized in a coma.
If you get to the Boulder or Frisby cabin first thing in the morning and it has snowed, do you have a couple minutes to remove the snow from the deck so snow doesn`t fill the doorways and the doors won`t close. Shovels and brooms are hanging on the buildings.
The basements are full of firewood volunteers brought in this fall. It doesn`t take a lot of time with help from your buddies to head downstairs chop some firewood, fill the woodbox and start a fire. The cabins are emergency shelters, many times people are brought to the cabins while emergency help is coming. Did you know there is wifi at the Boulder cabin to text for help (password is sidewinder) and there are first aid kits at both the cabins.
If you bring it in, pack it out, that is just plain and simple backcountry etiquette. The groomer operators should not have to spend close to an hour some evenings cleaning up your mess and garbage. If there is anything at the cabins you feel needs to be addressed please contact our outdoor supervisor.
We are asking that our members and guests take some pride and help with responsibilities at the shelters that are provided by the club for everyone to use.
Here is the big one.
Foul language, drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes and marijuana or using other drugs is not permitted in the cabins, signs are posted.
Urinating off the cabins`s emergency exit or around the cabins is non permitted. There are outhouses provided.
The cabins are meant for everyone to use. Pretty sad when families don`t want to come in because of behavior. We encourage families to ride. We need those children to love the sport as much as we do and hopefully become ambassadors.
Riding your snowmobile under the influence of alcohol or drugs is against the law, you are operating a motor vehicle. The same laws apply as if you were driving a vehicle on a road.
The RCMP do have snowmobiles and do ride up to the cabins. You will also see them in the staging areas throughout the season and they do roadside checks leaving the staging areas.
Hopefully we all as snowmobilers can manage these problems by ourselves.