Snowmobilers May Not Have Groomed Trails
More than 50,000 snowmobilers who have been used to riding groomed national forest trails near Lake Tahoe may have to find their own way this winter.
A state commission this week rejected more than $400,000 for winter recreation programs in the Lake Tahoe Basin and along California Highway 88 both east and west of the Kirkwood ski resort and Carson Pass.
Commissioners also delayed until December a decision on funding for 300 miles of Sequoia National Forest trails east of Fresno and east of Bakersfield.
U.S. Forest Service spokesmen said the decisions could mean more snowmobilers will get lost or run into avalanche danger, cross into prohibited wilderness areas that won’t be patrolled with overflights, and disturb wildlife or the environment.
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