Anyone hear about the three guys getting busted in lassen volcanic national park?We ride close to the area where they got busted but never in the park boundry.I havent heard an excact location and details.I was wondering if they followed our tracks and went in too far.
busted sledding in lassen national park
- Thread starter cranktwister
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Here is more, I love the part about "possible resource damage".
Tuesday, Mar 31, 2009
Rangers responded to a call last Saturday from a park volunteer ski patroller who observed illegal snowmobile use in the park’s wilderness. Rangers swept access points on the park’s northern boundary and located an unattended vehicle with a snowmobile trailer parked in an area directly adjacent to the boundary. Snowmobile tracks were observed leading south from the trailer. Rangers also swept the southern boundary and responded on park snowmobiles, riding approximately 20 miles north in an attempt to locate and apprehend the renegade riders. Ski patrollers radioed in descriptions of the snowmobiles several times and reported that the three riders had high-marked several peaks in the wilderness. A CHP helicopter responded to help locate and track the snowmobiles. Several hours later, three riders matching eyewitness descriptions rode out to the vehicle and trailer and were met by rangers. The riders were identified as Andrew Pratt of Fall River Mills and Andrew and Timothy Pratt from Eureka. All three men were issued mandatory appearance citations for using a snowmobile in an area not designated for use (36 CFR 2.18(c)). Possible resource damage is being assessed by rangers.
Tuesday, Mar 31, 2009
Rangers responded to a call last Saturday from a park volunteer ski patroller who observed illegal snowmobile use in the park’s wilderness. Rangers swept access points on the park’s northern boundary and located an unattended vehicle with a snowmobile trailer parked in an area directly adjacent to the boundary. Snowmobile tracks were observed leading south from the trailer. Rangers also swept the southern boundary and responded on park snowmobiles, riding approximately 20 miles north in an attempt to locate and apprehend the renegade riders. Ski patrollers radioed in descriptions of the snowmobiles several times and reported that the three riders had high-marked several peaks in the wilderness. A CHP helicopter responded to help locate and track the snowmobiles. Several hours later, three riders matching eyewitness descriptions rode out to the vehicle and trailer and were met by rangers. The riders were identified as Andrew Pratt of Fall River Mills and Andrew and Timothy Pratt from Eureka. All three men were issued mandatory appearance citations for using a snowmobile in an area not designated for use (36 CFR 2.18(c)). Possible resource damage is being assessed by rangers.
I was under the impression that all the "resources" were locked up and unuseable in "wilderness" areas.
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