Transfer BLM Snowmobile Travel Restriction in Effect

Snowmobile restrictions in the Wolford Mountain area have gone into effect according to the Bureau of Land Management Kremmling Field Office.

The annual restriction, which went into effect on December 15 of last year, will remain until April 30 for the BLM lands between Highway 40, Grand County Road 22 (Back Troublesome Road) and Grand County Road 25 (Antelope Pass Road).

“The restrictions are in place to help alleviate conflicts between snowmobiles and winter stressed antelope, elk, and mule deer,” said John Ruhs, Kremmling Office Field Manager.

According to the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the current snowpack in the area has limited the winter habitat available to these animals and their survival this winter could depend on the Wolford Mountain area remaining an undisturbed sanctuary for them.

“Snowmobile travel in the closed areas could cause additional stress on the big game animals and cause them to move from public land to private land where they may cause damage to haystacks, fences or other facilities,” said Ruhs.

Snowmobilers may still recreate on Grand County Road 224, the Cow Gulch Road, which provides a trail to the open area north of the Antelope Pass Road. The 130 acres of public land between the Kremmling City water storage tanks and Highway 40 also remain open to snowmobile travel.

BLM land snowmobile travel restrictions are mapped and posted at the major access points to the restricted area. Trails open to snowmobile travel in the restricted area are marked with arrows and signs.

Further information regarding the snowmobile travel restrictions is available at the Kremmling Field Office, 2103 E. Park Ave., 970-724-3000.

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