Beginning July 1, 2015 snowmobile registrations will cost $30 and last for 3 years. New for the winter of 2015, all snowmobiles will be required to display a Wisconsin Trail Pass sticker to operate on public trails and corridors. The annual trail passes are separate from registrations and will need to be purchased each year. The cost of a trail pass is $30 for snowmobilers who are not members of a snowmobile club and the Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs (AWSC) and may be purchased through the DNR online or at any DNR license sales agent. A $10 discounted trail pass will be available to those who currently belong to both a Wisconsin snowmobile club and the AWSC. The discounted pass will be available for each of your Wisconsin registered snowmobiles through the AWSC. All trail pass stickers will be delivered by U.S. mail.
Trail pass fees for non-residents will increase from $35 per year to $50 per year and may be purchased through the DNR. There is no discounted option for non-resident trail passes.
Revenue generated from the sale of snowmobile registrations and trail passes goes into the segregated snowmobile account which is used to maintain and develop the more than 22,000 miles of trails that make up Wisconsin’s snowmobile trail system. Wisconsin snowmobile trails are made possible by snowmobile club volunteers who provide the labor to brush, sign and groom the trails, and the landowners who allow the trails to cross their property.
To find a club to join or for more information about the trail pass please visit www.awsc.org or go to dnr.wi.gov.
For more information on the trail pass or club membership, call Willie Schult, AWCS Director for Lincoln County, Merrill, at 715-536-6458, or Gary Hilgendorf, AWCS Lincoln County Rep., Tomahawk, at 715-453-2629.