b'Enemy Withinsubjects quite often, to the point ourprivate land are most vulnerable. readers should be well-educated asThe landowners do not want to hear to the hazards and risks. Out westthe stupid-loud sleds all day long, or the more common cause of deathall night long. They dont want their is avalanche, and while we havehorses or cattle exposed to the non-made great strides in rider educationstop barrage. Often times it amounts and carrying the right gear the pastto knowing when to keep quiet. Like, several years, we continue to hear ofif youre in a residential area keep multiple deaths each year involvingyour noise down, dont be a damn hot experienced riders, those who diddog. But no, some snowmobilers want take the training, those who wereto be the tough guy and show off how carrying the right gear. While manymuch noise they can make.slides are being avoided, sometimesOr, when the trail gets bumpy they riders are in the wrong place at theride outside of the groomed trail wrong time, or make poor decisions.and onto the fresh snow with no And sometimes it just gets the best oftracks, smooth and virgin. There are their judgment and they get caught.often multiple signs indicating this Sometimes referred to as theis PRIVATE LAND and to STAY ON victimless offenses, we come backTRAIL, but snowmobilers seemingly to the subjects of loud pipes andare not capable of reading English. trespassing on private land. TheseReally? You know what we mean. two are closing trails and causingThey all see and read the signsand snowmobile clubs major headachesthey ignore them. Snowmobilerslaws and speed limits, or increased in having to re-route trails to lessignore the signs put up by the hard- public pressure to get our act together suitable locationsroadsides, roadworking club members, disrespectingto stop the killing, it will happen. ditches, railroad grades, or worsethe clubs, the trails, the landownersAgain, the choice is ours. Speak up yetall out closure. All it takes is oneand the sport. Quite frankly, they doand shut down those you ride with landowner who has been disrespectednot care if that trail is open or closedwho are offendersdrinking, crazy one too many times to revoke theirnext year. Idiots? Clearly. speeding in the wrong place, stupid permission and that trail could foreverAs they say, united we stand - dividedloud pipes, trespassing. Were being be closed. Sometimes it takes yearswe fall.If we, as a user group, dontwatched and our future depends on to secure a new route, clear the path,clean up our act then others will stephow or if we can handle this on our sign it and make it a viable option.in and clean it up for us, and it wontown, or not.Sometimes it never does reopen. be in a good way. Be it the private Areas where the groomed traillandowners, increased enforcement,Editors note: Thanks to Kevin Beilke, network relies on large amounts ofgovernment regulators passing neweditor of Snowtech Magazine, for allowing us to reprint this article and MAKEshare this very important message. GOOD CHOICESJust 5 issuesper yearSLOWDOWN.15$ 3 yr / $35RIDESOBER. for a 1 year subscription to the most technical magazine in snowmobiling!www.snowtechmagazine.comOr call 320-763-5411(9am-4pm C.T.)This message brought to you by the American Council of Snowmobile Associationswww.snowmobilers.orgSummer 2019 | 17'