Which vehicles are permitted to operate on a designated Maine snowmobile trail?

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The rule is built around protecting snow conditions and rider safety on designated snowmobile trails. Snowmobile trails are intended for snow machines, and only vehicles that can move over snow in a way similar to a snowmobile are allowed. Track-equipped ATVs fit that need because their tracks distribute weight and grip the snow without the same wheel-sinking and trail-damaging effects that wheeled vehicles have.

That’s why the best choice is that only snowmobiles and track-equipped ATVs may operate on these designated trails. Conventional wheeled vehicles aren’t allowed on standard snowmobile trails unless a specific trail is posted as multi-use. In those cases, the designation would be clear on signs, and only then would other vehicles be permitted. So, on typical designated snowmobile trails, the permitted traffic is snowmobiles and track-equipped ATVs.