Illegal snowmobiling at Bow Summit, Banff Nat'l Park

[themoresnowthebetter]

There were reports of an illegal snowmobiling incident last week between March 15 to 17 at Bow Summit. The vehicle associated with this incident is a black Dodge pick-up with a red fuel tank pulling a trailer with Saskatchewan plates. If anyone can offer any information, it would be appreciated.

 

[tex78]

haaaaaaaaaaa some one had the balls to do it............

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee look at me.............. ha ha ha

always thought it would be cool but the wrath of goverenment would suck....

 

[Cat401]

There were reports of an illegal snowmobiling incident last week between March 15 to 17 at Bow Summit. The vehicle associated with this incident is a black Dodge pick-up with a red fuel tank pulling a trailer with Saskatchewan plates. If anyone can offer any information, it would be appreciated.

Would that be "farm plates".....or maybe all plates in Saskabush "farm plates":d

 

[Bogger]

haaaaaaaaaaa some one had the balls to do it............

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee look at me.............. ha ha ha

always thought it would be cool but the wrath of goverenment would suck....

the balls to what ??????

Confirm joe publics opinion of sledders as being rogue, inconsiderate, law breaking, rednecks......

balls is standing up for a cause you believe in.... stupidity is undermining all those who continue to stand up even when azzhats make you wonder why bother......

 

[oler1234]

There were reports of an illegal snowmobiling incident last week between March 15 to 17 at Bow Summit. The vehicle associated with this incident is a black Dodge pick-up with a red fuel tank pulling a trailer with Saskatchewan plates. If anyone can offer any information, it would be appreciated.

banff isnt that a federal offense or something? i dont think the government will back down on this one till they catch someone, but gatta say if there was no park there sure is alot of nice hills/bowls to hit up

 

[maierch]

banff isnt that a federal offense or something? i dont think the government will back down on this one till they catch someone, but gatta say if there was no park there sure is alot of nice hills/bowls to hit up

It's a National Park so the same offence as riding in Glacier National Park around Golden. Which interestingly enough there was a Parks Canada Rig parked at the Quartz Parking lot yesterday. I assume they were up patrolling the boundaries. I couldn't help but wonder whether or not they had to pay trail fees.

 

[tex78]

ya i seen the parks truck there yesterday too....

no i meant the balls to ride there..................... cause its a big fine and jail time......

like i said... thought about it but don't have the ball to do it.....

 

[magnet]

It's a National Park so the same offence as riding in Glacier National Park around Golden. Which interestingly enough there was a Parks Canada Rig parked at the Quartz Parking lot yesterday. I assume they were up patrolling the boundaries. I couldn't help but wonder whether or not they had to pay trail fees.

and which side of the boundarys they ride on.

 

[imdoo'n]

and which side of the boundarys they ride on.

law enforcement can pretty much ride anywhere they want as far as i see. especially if they are following tracks. what are you getting at?

 

[magnet]

law enforcement can pretty much ride anywhere they want as far as i see. especially if they are following tracks. what are you getting at?

nothin just sayin giving the pot a stir.
was a rather boring thread.:d

 

[2manykids]

 

[Bogger]

nothin just sayin giving the pot a stir.
was a rather boring thread.:d

as much as I condone, even encourage pot stirring, I think this is a situation that demands the serious side of us to ring true....

Sure the parks would offer some awesome terrain but like it or not everyone knows that OHV's are off limits inside park boundarys. to ride within a know park boundary undermines all the good work done by clubs and volunteers and we as a community need to treat it as a serious threat against a sport we all love. Newspapers will run with this and those who want to shut us down will ensure Joe public hears about it..... ironically when an organized club invests $10-15K into a staging area providing washroom facilities, fire pit and a plowed lot, the county can take the complaints of a few locals and force the club to remove thier sign informing users that an ASA membership or trailpass is required.

every walk of life has it's morons, problem is ours are loud, obnoxious and extremely fast.....

 

[sledderdoc]

I just don't like talking to cops ........ not the best experiences lately. This thread should be closed.

 

[Teth-Air]

The mandate of Parks Canada is to protect the parks and the Canadian heritage. In my opinion snowmobiling is part of our Canadian heritage. How is Parks Canada protecting snowmobiling? And this may give sledders a bad image but really there should be places in OUR parks for sleds when there are places for skiers, towns, highways, railroad tracks etc.

We should all be working to make sledding in the parks possible, not just rolling over and think that it is such holy land we should just pass it by.

 

[imdoo'n]

The mandate of Parks Canada is to protect the parks and the Canadian heritage. In my opinion snowmobiling is part of our Canadian heritage. How is Parks Canada protecting snowmobiling? And this may give sledders a bad image but really there should be places in OUR parks for sleds when there are places for skiers, towns, highways, railroad tracks etc.

We should all be working to make sledding in the parks possible, not just rolling over and think that it is such holy land we should just pass it by.

wow, you think that is going to fly. banff and jasper have been non motorized from day one, can't see that changing anytime soon.

 

[OOC ZigZag]

I just don't like talking to cops ........ not the best experiences lately. This thread should be closed.

I agree
:ddon't like talkin to them either or is that ether ah what he said

 

[Bogger]

The mandate of Parks Canada is to protect the parks and the Canadian heritage. In my opinion snowmobiling is part of our Canadian heritage. How is Parks Canada protecting snowmobiling? And this may give sledders a bad image but really there should be places in OUR parks for sleds when there are places for skiers, towns, highways, railroad tracks etc.

We should all be working to make sledding in the parks possible, not just rolling over and think that it is such holy land we should just pass it by.

wow, you think that is going to fly. banff and jasper have been non motorized from day one, can't see that changing anytime soon.

Whether it changes or not is not the issue... issue is as of right now it is not allowed and this is widely publicised yet someone within our community blatantly broke the rules which reflects poorly on us all

Teth-air, I agree it's not right, but if we want to change it there are proper avenues to follow... these events make that possibility even more unlikely and difficult to persue....

 

[tex78]

ok were from alberta... we all know its a big no no......

but i just thought about it.... is there any signs saying no motorized vehicles????????????????????

i know , i know but it sounds like they were from sask [ and that means that there not allways there ] ..... which isn't a excuse but there is no signs....

 

[Roy Maxwell]

wow, you think that is going to fly. banff and jasper have been non motorized from day one, can't see that changing anytime soon.

Actually remember sledding on Signal Mountain in the late 70's just outside the Jasper Townsite on my dad's 1971 Olympic 335. That was a designated area within Jasper National Park for sledding and it was perfectly legal then. Not sure what year the rules changed but it was a long time ago. I do agree with Teth Air that it should be legal in the National Parks for the reasons Teth Air mentioned. Having said that what was done at Bow Summit was not the way to make that statement. As Bogger says actions like that set our cause back in ways we cannot measure. The press grabs onto those tidbits which only reinforces the opinion of the greenies that sledders are all a bunch of redneck, macho, polluting, speed freaks with a death wish and no respect for the law. Not true of course but thanks to those sledders at Bow Summit another point for the greenies.

 

[Rescue Pilot]

Snowmobiling in a National Park, unbelievable...... What kind of Country would allow that