Backcountry Permit
Permit Rules and Regluations:
- ONE PERMIT PER PERSON – Each person in the group must have a permit.
- Visitor’s must have this permit in possession during their visit to the Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area
- Carry this permit with you
- Snowmobiles must have resident or nonresident Calif. Off Highway Vehicle Registration or current home state registration
- OBEY BOUNDARIES- Stay in designated snowmobile areas — PCT Crossing Route – Stay on marked route
- Pack Out Trash
- Do Not Approach Wildlife! Keep Wildlife Wild!
Before you go
- Get the Gear – Carry avalanche safety gear including a beacon, shovel, probe, and airbag backpack
- Get the Training – Take a Level 1 Avalanche Class
- Get the Forecast – Check the snow and avalanche conditions at bridgeportavalanchecenter.org
While you are riding:
- Get the Picture – Look for obvious clues to snowpack instability like recent avalanche activity, shooting cracks/whumphing, recent new snow, recent wind-loading, and rapid warming
- Get out of Harms Way – Only expose one person at a time to avalanche terrain and regroup in safe areas out of avalanche terrain and out of avalanche runout zones.
BE SAFE! BE PREPARED! BE AWARE!
For the Humboldt-Toiyabe (east 108) road, be aware that the area is used by the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center for winter warfare training activities