WAC 332-52-420
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:29 am
One of the deputies that we chatted with during our 'educational oppurtunity' Saturday called me Monday to follow up by giving me the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) that was at the heart of our trouble. He says it was passed 15Mar2009, but the website shows it updated 11Feb2009. Edit: .
WAC 332-52-420
Snowmobiles.
(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.
Note that there is no date restriction, nor can I find a definition of a groomed trail. For example, if the trail is groomed on Apr 15 is it still a groomed trail on the 16th.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=332-52-420
Either way, the section it is in: Title 332 has to do with 'Natural Resources, Board and Department of.' The chapter: 52 Public access and recreation. The section: 420 Snowmobiles. It reads as follows... [Pay careful attention to (d)][ Filed February 11, 2009, 9:32 a.m. , effective March 14, 2009 ]
WAC 332-52-420
Snowmobiles.
(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.
Note that there is no date restriction, nor can I find a definition of a groomed trail. For example, if the trail is groomed on Apr 15 is it still a groomed trail on the 16th.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=332-52-420