Safe ORV and snowmobile riding

Speed is a major contributing factor for snowmobile and ORV accidents, serious injuries and death.

Follow these important safety tips:

Ride at a safe speed.
Be aware of two-way traffic and "Ride Right" by keeping on the right side of the trail.
Ride sober.
Always wear a helmet.
Operate within the limits of your ORV/snowmobile and yourself.
When approaching an intersection, come to a complete stop, raise off the seat and look both ways for traffic.
Stay on the trail and be prepared to adjust for changing environmental conditions.
Create a ride plan (times, locations you and check-in points) and share it with others.
If you stop on the trail, use designated stop areas and remove your helmet. Never stop side-by-side, in the middle, at the crest of a hill, on a corner or in the intersection of a trail.
Always yield to uphill motorized traffic. Uphill traffic may have difficulty starting again if stopped.
If you see nonmotorized trail users coming from the opposite direction, pull over and yield the right-of-way.

Keep lights on when riding.
Only transport a passenger when the ORV has been manufactured to carry a passenger.
During snowmobile season it is preferred that ORV riders use trails/roads not open to snowmobiles.

Anticipate and yield to groomers.
Don’t use modified exhausts.
Share the trail. Some designated snowmobile trails are also open to ORVs and other (nonmotorized) users.