YOU HAVE TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE,
There is so much miss-understanding of our snowmobile program . We pay to play, All of our money goes into OUR dedicated MOTORIZED winter account, State parks over see's it but a panel of Snowmbilers sit on the board and get to say when where why and how much , they watch every dime of your money you pay in. For crying out loud we've had no registration increase in how many years ??? almost 8-10 years ?>>??? You dont think it cost more now to PLOW, GROOM, SANICANS, LAND USE PERMITS, SNOPARK EXPANTION, ect ect ect than it did back in 2003 or 2004??? Have you seen the price of diesel ??? Everything cost a HELL of a lot more than it did back than. We are taking in nearly the same amount to do what was expected back than NOW. It just doesnt work, I'm so tired of hearing these people say the STATE is going to get all this increased money and rip us off, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, you have very dedicated bunch of people from WSSA and the Grooming Council that will fight to the death to control this. It's mostly our own people looking out for us. You guys and gals who bitch about the grooming or the plowing, You know why, ?? because we have had to take cuts in all area's of the state, we are close to a Million dollars short of where we need to be to sustain what we used to have. And you people bashing WSSA, guess what , with out them you might not have Lake Ann, Baker, and many other area's you ride open to you. They have fought so many battles and spent Hundredes of thousands on land use battles and legal fee's and your going to stop paying your $ 20 a year to support them,,,,??? You have got to be kidding right. Do you have any idea what they have done for the snowmobilers or our state ??? Obviously not. So for any extra $ 40 a year you are going to ride in Oregon, Idaho , Montana ? One trip there will cost you a ton more than $ 40 reg fee increase, This is a state wide program with over 100 snoparks to maintain and miles and miles of trailer to groome and keep open. I have 6 sleds in my family and I'm not a rich guy by any means. but I will save up and cough up the extra $ 240 a year to ride on groomed trails and drive on plowed roads. AND ALSO, THIS INCREASE WOULD MOST LIKELY TAKE 2 YEARS before it will even happen. For every negative comment on here I can probably give 3 positives and clear up some OUT RIGHT LIES that are going around. I can see that a lot of you are really miss-informed as to how it all works. No grooming or no plowing , now thats really intesting, I wonder how the majority of the riders in the state would feel about that,??? In the state parks survey almost 60% said they wanted an increase of $ 25 or MORE, Not trying to bash anybody but some of these comments make no sense when you look at the big picture. I've got lot more info to share if anyone needs it, 8 to 10 years with out any increase and people still expect what we had a few years back, I guess in your world inflation hasnt happened. ?? Sorry , dont mean to sound "" Growly" on this but it really upsets me reading some of these comments. I know I'm probably going to get chastized for this but I feel very strongly we need a increase in fee's. The majority of this money will go driectly back onto the snow where we need it most.
There is so much miss-understanding of our snowmobile program . We pay to play, All of our money goes into OUR dedicated MOTORIZED winter account, State parks over see's it but a panel of Snowmbilers sit on the board and get to say when where why and how much , they watch every dime of your money you pay in. For crying out loud we've had no registration increase in how many years ??? almost 8-10 years ?>>??? You dont think it cost more now to PLOW, GROOM, SANICANS, LAND USE PERMITS, SNOPARK EXPANTION, ect ect ect than it did back in 2003 or 2004??? Have you seen the price of diesel ??? Everything cost a HELL of a lot more than it did back than. We are taking in nearly the same amount to do what was expected back than NOW. It just doesnt work, I'm so tired of hearing these people say the STATE is going to get all this increased money and rip us off, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, you have very dedicated bunch of people from WSSA and the Grooming Council that will fight to the death to control this. It's mostly our own people looking out for us. You guys and gals who bitch about the grooming or the plowing, You know why, ?? because we have had to take cuts in all area's of the state, we are close to a Million dollars short of where we need to be to sustain what we used to have. And you people bashing WSSA, guess what , with out them you might not have Lake Ann, Baker, and many other area's you ride open to you. They have fought so many battles and spent Hundredes of thousands on land use battles and legal fee's and your going to stop paying your $ 20 a year to support them,,,,??? You have got to be kidding right. Do you have any idea what they have done for the snowmobilers or our state ??? Obviously not. So for any extra $ 40 a year you are going to ride in Oregon, Idaho , Montana ? One trip there will cost you a ton more than $ 40 reg fee increase, This is a state wide program with over 100 snoparks to maintain and miles and miles of trailer to groome and keep open. I have 6 sleds in my family and I'm not a rich guy by any means. but I will save up and cough up the extra $ 240 a year to ride on groomed trails and drive on plowed roads. AND ALSO, THIS INCREASE WOULD MOST LIKELY TAKE 2 YEARS before it will even happen. For every negative comment on here I can probably give 3 positives and clear up some OUT RIGHT LIES that are going around. I can see that a lot of you are really miss-informed as to how it all works. No grooming or no plowing , now thats really intesting, I wonder how the majority of the riders in the state would feel about that,??? In the state parks survey almost 60% said they wanted an increase of $ 25 or MORE, Not trying to bash anybody but some of these comments make no sense when you look at the big picture. I've got lot more info to share if anyone needs it, 8 to 10 years with out any increase and people still expect what we had a few years back, I guess in your world inflation hasnt happened. ?? Sorry , dont mean to sound "" Growly" on this but it really upsets me reading some of these comments. I know I'm probably going to get chastized for this but I feel very strongly we need a increase in fee's. The majority of this money will go driectly back onto the snow where we need it most.
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Dump the state's management and collect money at the trail head for grooming and parking lot clearing. My speculation in high use areas, you coasties (an old term for "people from Seattle...meaning ANYONE on the West side of the mountains..AKA "206ers"... I am kidding here
enough of the beatings) there would be more than enough money... in smaller areas (like ours) there would be little to no interest and it would be (like the old days) on your own to get to the mountains and ride... which was pretty cool because you could go all day and not see anyone.. and yea we dragged our kids along back then too.. and they followed in the big sled's tracks... got stuck a lot.. but still had fun. 
way!
