Three Rivers Park District to require snowmobile trailer permits

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Contact:

Tom Knisely

Media Relations Specialist

763/694-7617

tknisely@threeriversparkdistrict.org

THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT

SNOWMOBILE TRAILER PARKING FEES

Three Rivers Park District will now require a parking permit for snowmobile trailer parking in designated snowmobile trailer parking areas. A daily permit will cost $5 and a season pass will cost $35. Daily fees can be paid on-site via drop box and season passes can be purchased online at ThreeRiversParks.org.

The permit, which is similar to the boat trailer parking permit that is required of boaters in the summer, will allow snowmobilers to park at four designated parking areas. They are:

  1. the Elm Creek horse trailhead located on County Road 121;
  2. the Elm Creek Chipmunk picnic site parking lot;
  3. the Crow-Hassan off-leash area parking lot on County Road 116; and
  4. the Baker boat trailer parking lot on Lake Independence.

Snowmobiling is permitted within Three Rivers Park District in order to provide links in state Grant-in-Aid snowmobile trails within Baker, Carver, Crow-Hassan, Elm Creek, Lake Rebecca and Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserves, as well as Cleary Lake, Spring Lake and Lake Minnetonka Regional Parks.

About Three Rivers Park District

Three Rivers Park District is a natural resources-based park system that manages park reserves, regional parks, regional trails and special-use facilities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The Park District offers facilities for every season, including picnicking, swimming, creative play, boating, fishing, downhill skiing,

snowboarding, golf, camping and sledding; extensive trails for hiking, biking, in-line skating, horseback riding, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, as well as program sites for nature, recreation, historic and farm education.

Three Rivers Park Districts mission is to promote environmental stewardship through recreation and education in a natural resources-based park system. The Park District owns and operates more than 27,000 acres and serves more than 9.5 million visitors a year.

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