More like some bureaucrats are shutting the province down to snowmobiling. At a snowmobile tourism trade show in Alberta recently, BC had two booths to tell Albertan’s to stay away, as we are now closed to snowmobile tourism.

I heard they were out at the Torpy recently and were handing out thousands of dollars of tickets for things like unsecured fuel cans… what ever they could get anyone with.

Word is the caribou population has seen big declines since the snowmobiling ban went into effect, because they no longer have the trails they can move through the deep snow with. So it looks like some do gooder environmentalists having the opposite effects they intended, and in doing so harming a great past time and huge tourism draw in mountain snowmobiling.

Be assured once the gov’t gets involved there will be additional fees, and new rules based on some executive decision from someone sitting on the 10th floor of a downtown Victoria office building who has no knowledge of and has never been in the back country.

“Word is the caribou population has seen big declines since the snowmobiling ban went into effect, because they no longer have the trails they can move through the deep snow with” .. what a load of hogwash, what do you think they did before snowmobiles could get up into their area?
Isn’t there enough room up in the McGregors for both? Give them some room, what is the big deal?

I’m not saying to not give them room. I’m not sure that’s the problem though.

Snowmobiles are an easy target to try and blame by those that hate snowmobiles and think they alone should have access to the mountains. Maybe there is a jackazz out their that ruins it for everyone, and its no different than a poacher, but do we shut down all access to the back country then?

So why are all the mountain caribou in Southern BC found in the river valleys, and up north they are found in the mountain tops? I don’t know, but maybe someone else does?

there not their… for the spell checkers lol.

I’d be happy if they shut City Limits to snowmobilers. I’m getting kind of sick of listening to snow mobiles buzzing around in people’s backyards. Are these people too lazy to load their machines up and drive them out of town or what?

Here has been my direct observation. When on foot the Caribou will move. When on a sled and moving the Caribou will just watch you go by. If you stop they will then start moving. Also applies to moose, wolves and deer. A cougar will move period.

“Word is the caribou population has seen big declines since the snowmobiling ban went into effect, because they no longer have the trails they can move through the deep snow with”
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LMAO! That’s a gooder Eagle. What did they use for trails before snowmobiles were invented?

I can see the packed trails making it easier for them to move about

Sure, but do you think the lack of trails is contributing to their demise?

I can see the packed trails making it easier for predators too.