(1) Where are snowmobiles permitted to travel on department-managed land?
- (a) Persons may operate snowmobiles on department managed lands only when there is adequate snow cover to prevent resource damage.
(b) Persons operating snowmobiles may only travel over the snow:
- (i) On roads, cut banks, fill slopes, ditches, and trails.
- (ii) On designated roads that are part of a groomed snowmobile trail.
- (iii) Off of designated roads and trails unless the area is designated or posted closed to snowmobile use.
- (c) Persons shall not operate snowmobiles on department-managed lands under any other conditions or in any other locations.
- (d) No other motorized vehicle is allowed on a groomed snowmobile trail without prior written authorization from the department.
- (2) Any violation of this section is an infraction under chapter 7.84 RCW.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.30 RCW and RCW 43.12.065. WSR 09-05-034, § 332-52-420, filed 2/11/09, effective 3/14/09.]