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Watch the recording of the September 25th Virtual Meeting to learn more about snowmobile registration and permit fees, how snowmobile program funding is used, and CPW's public input process. Share feedback with CPW using the Survey and Guestbook tools below by the deadline of October 28th. Register for the October 21st State Trails Committeeinformational meeting by noon MT on Friday, October 18th to provide input to CPW staff.
CPW is considering a registration and permit fee increase for snowmobiles in Colorado. Snowmobile registration and permit fees fund snowmobile related projects including trail grooming, maintenance, and construction. Registration and permit fees, which are currently $30.25 for residents and nonresidents, were last increased in 2007. CPW has heard suggestions to increase snowmobile registration and permit fees from some snowmobile users. CPW staff are seeking input from snowmobile users on potentially raising registration and permit fees.
Proposed Timeline
CPW staff are currently seeking input from snowmobile users before any registration and permit fee increase recommendations are developed by staff or considered by the Parks and Wildlife Commission (PWC). The PWC is tentatively scheduled to consider snowmobile registration and permit fees at the January and March 2025 PWC meetings.
How to Learn More and Share Input
CPW wants to hear from you! Complete the polling questions using the Survey tool below to provide feedback on potential registration and permit fee rates. Use the Guestbook tool below to leave input for CPW staff and see what others are saying. Public input will be open through October 28, 2024.
The State Trails Committee is scheduled to discuss this topic at their October 21, 2024 meeting beginning at 9:00am MT. Discussion on snowmobile registration and permit fees will be informational and no formal action will be taken. To provide public input during the meeting for CPW staff consideration please complete the Public Input Sign-Up Form by 12:00 pm MT on Friday, October 18, 2024.
Public input collected through Engage CPW from September-October 2024 will be reviewed and considered by CPW staff. To share comments with the PWC, members of the public should follow the guidance in the Submit Public Comments section of the PWC's webpage.
Watch the recording of the September 25th Virtual Meeting to learn more about snowmobile registration and permit fees, how snowmobile program funding is used, and CPW's public input process. Share feedback with CPW using the Survey and Guestbook tools below by the deadline of October 28th. Register for the October 21st State Trails Committeeinformational meeting by noon MT on Friday, October 18th to provide input to CPW staff.
CPW is considering a registration and permit fee increase for snowmobiles in Colorado. Snowmobile registration and permit fees fund snowmobile related projects including trail grooming, maintenance, and construction. Registration and permit fees, which are currently $30.25 for residents and nonresidents, were last increased in 2007. CPW has heard suggestions to increase snowmobile registration and permit fees from some snowmobile users. CPW staff are seeking input from snowmobile users on potentially raising registration and permit fees.
Proposed Timeline
CPW staff are currently seeking input from snowmobile users before any registration and permit fee increase recommendations are developed by staff or considered by the Parks and Wildlife Commission (PWC). The PWC is tentatively scheduled to consider snowmobile registration and permit fees at the January and March 2025 PWC meetings.
How to Learn More and Share Input
CPW wants to hear from you! Complete the polling questions using the Survey tool below to provide feedback on potential registration and permit fee rates. Use the Guestbook tool below to leave input for CPW staff and see what others are saying. Public input will be open through October 28, 2024.
The State Trails Committee is scheduled to discuss this topic at their October 21, 2024 meeting beginning at 9:00am MT. Discussion on snowmobile registration and permit fees will be informational and no formal action will be taken. To provide public input during the meeting for CPW staff consideration please complete the Public Input Sign-Up Form by 12:00 pm MT on Friday, October 18, 2024.
Public input collected through Engage CPW from September-October 2024 will be reviewed and considered by CPW staff. To share comments with the PWC, members of the public should follow the guidance in the Submit Public Comments section of the PWC's webpage.
Share your input with CPW staff about snowmobile registration and permit fees and see what others are saying. Public input will be open through October 28, 2024. (All comments are public and subject to review. See the Moderation Policy for more information)
*NOTE* In order to submit your input, you will need to first register for an Engage CPW account - you can register for an account here. Once you have created an account, you must then sign in to your account to submit input.
CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.
If CPW wouldn't waste and mismanage the already excessive fees that Colorado outdoors men and women already contribute, this would not be an issue.
KJH
about 2 months ago
I travel 1600 miles to Colorado every year to snowmobile with 10 others and have for 30 plus years ,I believe raising the fees would be detrimental to our annual visit and will probably go to another state,the fees went up in 2007 from 15.00 to 30.25 with no additional benefits,this is the opinion of all 10 people in our group
Ray French
about 2 months ago
Why not just charge non residents an astronomical amount for registration kind of like hunting tags.
Richele
about 2 months ago
Why not just charge non residents an astronomical amount for registration kind of like hunting tags.
Richele
about 2 months ago
I also only use snowmobiles for ice fishing, no groomed trails and also already pay for atv's, boats, ANU fee, hunting & fishing license along with required small game fee even though i don't hunt small game. Parking in some areas is non-existent unless you are there by 6am. Disagree with the increase!! Don't need more taxes to enjoy our state.
paul2505
about 2 months ago
I also only use snowmobiles for ice fishing, no groomed trails and also already pay for atv's, boats, ANU fee, hunting & fishing license along with required small game fee even though i don't hunt small game. Parking in some areas is non-existent unless you are there by 6am. Disagree with the increase!! Don't need more taxes to enjoy our state.
paul2505
about 2 months ago
I also only use snowmobiles for ice fishing, no groomed trails and also already pay for atv's, boats, ANU fee, hunting & fishing license along with required small game fee even though i don't hunt small game. Parking in some areas is non-existent unless you are there by 6am. Disagree with the increase!! Don't need more taxes to enjoy our state.
paul2505
about 2 months ago
It’s time to start requiring permits for mountain bikes etc and implementing for day use passes for hikers vs handicapping a Powersports hobby that is only enjoyed a handful of months per year. Along with the aforementioned mtbs Jeeps and other 4x4 vehicles, regardless of street plate should be required to have permits as well. Again dirt bikes, ATVs and SxS have the burden of funding trail maintenance whereas the others use the trails freely. So no, I am not in favor of any fee increase when I barely see any trail maintenance as it is
Bullitt
about 2 months ago
Absolutely no more increase! We pay a stupid amount of taxes to live in this state and also get charged at every angle and want to increase snowmobile registration to "groom the trail" so much greed when it comes to the government they are literally never satisfied! They have more then enough money coming in not only from the trail riders but also from all us back country riders that don't even use the trail 95% of the time. So no I do not support putting the cost up!!!!
Darwin
about 2 months ago
Absolutely no way should the cost of registration be increased. Cpw wastes so much money on staff and trucks. Get rid of some staff, stop buying 80k trucks, that should free up lots of money. Paying officers to sit in parking lots harassing people only going to have fun is a huge waste of money and resources.
Mikeg
about 2 months ago
I’d like to see a big enough increase not only to keep up with inflation, but enough to do more and better things
John martin
about 2 months ago
I live out of state but own land in CO where the snowmobile lives. Twice a year I drive it to and from my cabin on an ungroomed trail that has terrible parking (Even offered to fix parking lot at my expense but denied). I have been diligently buying the permit to lug my stuff in and out, but $50 might convince me to walk instead or risk getting caught without a permit. Agree with many of the comments about transparency on spending. Would gladly pay more even if no benefit to me if i knew it was being used wisely. I have also ridden a mt. bike all over the state and have never seen a fee which I would argue has more impact. For ungroomed trails it seems like year round parking is really where the fee should be allocated.
carve200
about 2 months ago
I live out of state but own land in CO where the snowmobile lives. Twice a year I drive it to and from my cabin on an ungroomed trail that has terrible parking (Even offered to fix parking lot at my expense but denied). I have been diligently buying the permit to lug my stuff in and out, but $50 might convince me to walk instead or risk getting caught without a permit. Agree with many of the comments about transparency on spending. Would gladly pay more even if no benefit to me if i knew it was being used wisely. I have also ridden a mt. bike all over the state and have never seen a fee. For ungroomed trails it seems like year round parking is really where the fee should be allocated.
carve200
about 2 months ago
I live out of state but own land in CO where the snowmobile lives. Twice a year I drive it to and from my cabin on an ungroomed trail that has terrible parking (Even offered to fix parking lot at my expense but denied). I have been diligently buying the permit to lug my stuff in and out, but $50 might convince me to walk instead or risk getting caught without a permit. Agree with many of the comments about transparency on spending. Would gladly pay more even if no benefit to me if i knew it was being used wisely. I have also ridden a mt. bike all over the state and have never seen a fee. For ungroomed trails it seems like year round parking is really where the fee should be allocated.
carve200
about 2 months ago
I am not in favor of increase for snowmobile registration fees. Bikers on e-bikes and hikers that do nothing but complain do not pay anything and want to close our lands to Motorsports. And as an outdoorsman, I do not believe that our fees should be increasing with many public lands being closed to motorsports. This also applies to hunting and fishing registration fees.
CM
about 2 months ago
Im opposed to increasing the registration fee’s, the grooming in the Meeker area is a joke, I ride quite a bit, very seldom are the roads groomed. the parking areas are mud holes in the spring. Im wondering if the money is going to be used for wolf management . After all CPW hasn’t been very honest about this subject.
scottkracht
about 2 months ago
when a snowmobile registration was good in every state I would not care how much is charged, but now that you'll charge another fee for every state and some areas even more it is already way too much.. when a person travels and not usually spend a week in a certain area or at most two weeks totally unfair to have to pay hundreds of dollars in fees a year, but that what have to do now.. and your colorado agents even want to check sleds not being used in state when you have one sled you using in colorado your agents want ones not even being used in a trailer just being driven through state to have registrations for colorado, this is not okay-how do you justify making me pay 2 or 3 fees in colorado when I only going to use one sled there?
Bairdh
about 2 months ago
I would support a modest ($20) annual increase for registration of my primary snowmobile with the caveat that any such increase strictly goes towards trail and parking area maintenance and expansion. I would not support an increase in registration fees used for administrative purposes.
I do own multiple sleds which are at most used once or twice per season for guests or single season activities like vintage rides. I would like CPW to consider a one-time “classic “ registration for older (>20 yr) sleds and a reduced fee single and 2-7 day permit system for guest usage. Without any such tiered options, I believe a blanket increase will only encourage a “take a chance“ attitude on unregistered vehicles which in the end would negate a fee increase entirely.
Timwelden
about 2 months ago
I am against such a steep raise in fees. Being that I use my snowmobiles for the sole purpose of ice fishing and not trail riding. I already pay day use/ parking fees on top fishing combo license and trailer registration. Why would you not charge all trail "users", be it motorized or not, similar day use/ parking fees at trail head parking areas. I agree with others comments that all people using trails should contribute to the maintenance and up keep of said trails..
Matt A
about 2 months ago
I am against such a steep raise in fees. Being that I use my snowmobiles for the sole purpose of ice fishing and not trail riding. I already pay day use/ parking fees on top fishing combo license and trailer registration. Why would you not charge all trail "users", be it motorized or not, similar day use/ parking fees at trail head parking areas. I agree with others comments that all people using trails should contribute to the maintenance and up keep of said trails..
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If CPW wouldn't waste and mismanage the already excessive fees that Colorado outdoors men and women already contribute, this would not be an issue.
I travel 1600 miles to Colorado every year to snowmobile with 10 others and have for 30 plus years ,I believe raising the fees would be detrimental to our annual visit and will probably go to another state,the fees went up in 2007 from 15.00 to 30.25 with no additional benefits,this is the opinion of all 10 people in our group
Why not just charge non residents an astronomical amount for registration kind of like hunting tags.
Why not just charge non residents an astronomical amount for registration kind of like hunting tags.
I also only use snowmobiles for ice fishing, no groomed trails and also already pay for atv's, boats, ANU fee, hunting & fishing license along with required small game fee even though i don't hunt small game. Parking in some areas is non-existent unless you are there by 6am. Disagree with the increase!! Don't need more taxes to enjoy our state.
I also only use snowmobiles for ice fishing, no groomed trails and also already pay for atv's, boats, ANU fee, hunting & fishing license along with required small game fee even though i don't hunt small game. Parking in some areas is non-existent unless you are there by 6am. Disagree with the increase!! Don't need more taxes to enjoy our state.
I also only use snowmobiles for ice fishing, no groomed trails and also already pay for atv's, boats, ANU fee, hunting & fishing license along with required small game fee even though i don't hunt small game. Parking in some areas is non-existent unless you are there by 6am. Disagree with the increase!! Don't need more taxes to enjoy our state.
It’s time to start requiring permits for mountain bikes etc and implementing for day use passes for hikers vs handicapping a Powersports hobby that is only enjoyed a handful of months per year. Along with the aforementioned mtbs Jeeps and other 4x4 vehicles, regardless of street plate should be required to have permits as well. Again dirt bikes, ATVs and SxS have the burden of funding trail maintenance whereas the others use the trails freely. So no, I am not in favor of any fee increase when I barely see any trail maintenance as it is
Absolutely no more increase! We pay a stupid amount of taxes to live in this state and also get charged at every angle and want to increase snowmobile registration to "groom the trail" so much greed when it comes to the government they are literally never satisfied! They have more then enough money coming in not only from the trail riders but also from all us back country riders that don't even use the trail 95% of the time. So no I do not support putting the cost up!!!!
Absolutely no way should the cost of registration be increased. Cpw wastes so much money on staff and trucks. Get rid of some staff, stop buying 80k trucks, that should free up lots of money. Paying officers to sit in parking lots harassing people only going to have fun is a huge waste of money and resources.
I’d like to see a big enough increase not only to keep up with inflation, but enough to do more and better things
I live out of state but own land in CO where the snowmobile lives. Twice a year I drive it to and from my cabin on an ungroomed trail that has terrible parking (Even offered to fix parking lot at my expense but denied). I have been diligently buying the permit to lug my stuff in and out, but $50 might convince me to walk instead or risk getting caught without a permit. Agree with many of the comments about transparency on spending. Would gladly pay more even if no benefit to me if i knew it was being used wisely. I have also ridden a mt. bike all over the state and have never seen a fee which I would argue has more impact. For ungroomed trails it seems like year round parking is really where the fee should be allocated.
I live out of state but own land in CO where the snowmobile lives. Twice a year I drive it to and from my cabin on an ungroomed trail that has terrible parking (Even offered to fix parking lot at my expense but denied). I have been diligently buying the permit to lug my stuff in and out, but $50 might convince me to walk instead or risk getting caught without a permit. Agree with many of the comments about transparency on spending. Would gladly pay more even if no benefit to me if i knew it was being used wisely. I have also ridden a mt. bike all over the state and have never seen a fee. For ungroomed trails it seems like year round parking is really where the fee should be allocated.
I live out of state but own land in CO where the snowmobile lives. Twice a year I drive it to and from my cabin on an ungroomed trail that has terrible parking (Even offered to fix parking lot at my expense but denied). I have been diligently buying the permit to lug my stuff in and out, but $50 might convince me to walk instead or risk getting caught without a permit. Agree with many of the comments about transparency on spending. Would gladly pay more even if no benefit to me if i knew it was being used wisely. I have also ridden a mt. bike all over the state and have never seen a fee. For ungroomed trails it seems like year round parking is really where the fee should be allocated.
I am not in favor of increase for snowmobile registration fees. Bikers on e-bikes and hikers that do nothing but complain do not pay anything and want to close our lands to Motorsports. And as an outdoorsman, I do not believe that our fees should be increasing with many public lands being closed to motorsports. This also applies to hunting and fishing registration fees.
Im opposed to increasing the registration fee’s, the grooming in the Meeker area is a joke, I ride quite a bit, very seldom are the roads groomed. the parking areas are mud holes in the spring. Im wondering if the money is going to be used for wolf management . After all CPW hasn’t been very honest about this subject.
when a snowmobile registration was good in every state I would not care how much is charged, but now that you'll charge another fee for every state and some areas even more it is already way too much.. when a person travels and not usually spend a week in a certain area or at most two weeks totally unfair to have to pay hundreds of dollars in fees a year, but that what have to do now.. and your colorado agents even want to check sleds not being used in state when you have one sled you using in colorado your agents want ones not even being used in a trailer just being driven through state to have registrations for colorado, this is not okay-how do you justify making me pay 2 or 3 fees in colorado when I only going to use one sled there?
I would support a modest ($20) annual increase for registration of my primary snowmobile with the caveat that any such increase strictly goes towards trail and parking area maintenance and expansion. I would not support an increase in registration fees used for administrative purposes.
I do own multiple sleds which are at most used once or twice per season for guests or single season activities like vintage rides. I would like CPW to consider a one-time “classic “ registration for older (>20 yr) sleds and a reduced fee single and 2-7 day permit system for guest usage. Without any such tiered options, I believe a blanket increase will only encourage a “take a chance“ attitude on unregistered vehicles which in the end would negate a fee increase entirely.
I am against such a steep raise in fees. Being that I use my snowmobiles for the sole purpose of ice fishing and not trail riding. I already pay day use/ parking fees on top fishing combo license and trailer registration. Why would you not charge all trail "users", be it motorized or not, similar day use/ parking fees at trail head parking areas. I agree with others comments that all people using trails should contribute to the maintenance and up keep of said trails..
I am against such a steep raise in fees. Being that I use my snowmobiles for the sole purpose of ice fishing and not trail riding. I already pay day use/ parking fees on top fishing combo license and trailer registration. Why would you not charge all trail "users", be it motorized or not, similar day use/ parking fees at trail head parking areas. I agree with others comments that all people using trails should contribute to the maintenance and up keep of said trails..