Mountain Caribou Stewardship Programs

The Revelstoke Snowmobile Club and the Snowmobile Revelstoke Society continue to work with Government to keep our snowmobiling areas open to snowmobiling.

Please observe and respect the restricted areas by not going out of bounds during the closure period (January 1 to April 15).

Only through your cooperation will these areas continue to remain open.

For more information on Mountain Caribou and their decline see the Mountain Caribou Information Sheet provided by the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology.

How to care for caribou

  • If caribou tracks are observed, do not follow them
  • If you see caribou, do not approach
  • Only take photographs from a safe distance
  • If caribou are close, turn off your snowmobile and allow the animals to calmly move away.
    Make every effort to minimize disturbance.

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 Mountain Caribou - On the Edge

This 90-second video from Parks Canada highlights issues related to dwindling populations of southern BC’s Mountain Caribou. Click here to view the video.

 

Frisby Ridge Snowmobile Agreement

This Snowmobile Agreement has been co-developed by the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club, the Snowmobile Revelstoke Society the Ministry of Environment and the B.C. Snowmobile Federation.

The closure is designed to reduce activity in important feeding and habitat areas. Signs are posted at the trail head and along the ridge.  Please respect all boundaries.




 


 

FRISBY RIDGE TRAIL DESCRIPTION
1.  Access along the ridge is by the top trail only.

2.  The large meadow at the SOUTH of the ridge is open to snowmobiling; adjacent timber stands are closed. 

3.  The FIRE PIT is closed. 

4.  All the bowls' on the EAST side of the ridge, to the Green Tower are closed.

5.  The trail through the timber near the NORTH end of the ridge is open. Please stay on the trail. 

6.  Trail through the burnt timber stand at the NORTH end of the ridge is open. Please stay on the trail. 

7.  NORTH end of the ridge is open; area on the lake side is closed.

8.  Please note that there is a licensed trapline owner on Frisby.  Trapline trail is open only to the licensed owner of the trapline. Do not follow the snowmobile track.
  

A few simple guidlines:

 
  1. Respect the animals and their habitat, do not approach them or follow tracks. If you come upon animals, try to go around at a safe distance or shut your machine down until they leave the area. 
     
  2. Stay out of restricted areas and use only the trails marked in the open areas. This allows the animals to avoid or adapt to the use areas and the travel corridor. The club had worked hard to keep this mountain open and depends upon your cooperation for it to remain open for snowmobiling. 
     
  3. The trap line trail through the Fire Pit area is for use only by the registered trapper who owns the line. Do not follow any tracks into this area.

All snowmobilers must comply with the recommended guidelines if this program is to continue to be successful and the areas to remain open.

  

Sale Mountain Snowmobile Agreement

The Revelstoke Snowmobile Club entered into an agreement with other users of Sale Mountain, for a closure by agreement of areas used by them.

SALE MOUNTAIN TRAIL DESCRIPTION

The cabin area is used by a group of Nordic Skiers and the cabin is privately owned. 

The tenure area on the map is leased by Selkirk Tangiers Heli-skiing and we ask snowmobilers to respect that area. 

National Park's boundary is at the height of the land south of the bowl below the cabin. Snowmobiling in Mt. Revelstoke National Park is not permitted.

Sale is a wintering area for caribou and the same guidlines apply as on Frisby and Keystone, respect the animals and their habitat. Do not follow tracks or approach animals.

The club asks that you respect the efforts made to keep this area open to snowmobiling.

Only through your cooperation will it remain open.


MISSION STATEMENT:
 
TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE A POSITIVE SNOWMOBILING EXPERIENCE IN REVELSTOKE, IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER.