TMA and Club memberships will be available Oct 1st, 2022 via the VAST website Clik here to be redirected.
Please contact Mary Beth Daniels at snobustersvt@aol.com for additional maps, patches or special instructions.
What’s Needed to Ride in Vermont?
You MUST have Snowmobile Liability Insurance, Trails Maintenance Assessment (TMA) decal and Club Membership to ride the VAST trail system in Vermont.
If you already have a TMA with another club and would like to support Woodford Snobusters click here.
How Do I Proceed?
Snowmobiles must display a valid motor vehicle registration decal. Vermont is reciprocal of other states and provinces motor vehicle registrations.
To obtain a registered in Vermont TMA, you must have your snowmobile currently registered in the State of Vermont.
All snowmobiles operating on the VAST trail system are required to display a valid Trails Maintenance Assessment (TMA) decal.
The TMA is assigned to the snowmobile and allows you to ride the entire VAST trail system throughout the state. Club membership decals are required with most fees at $20.00. Each season, clubs obtain written permission for the use of the property owned by private landowners located on the VAST trail system and maintained my the local clubs.
Once you have completed all the above requirements, you will be able to enjoy the VAST Trail System state wide. Please remember that a portion of your registration fee goes directly to the maintenance of the VAST Trail System. This includes grooming, bridges, culverts, excavation, etc.
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Enforcement of Vermont Trails
The Vermont State Police, Bennington Sheriff’s Department, Vermont State Fish and Game Wardens, and the US Forest Service patrol Woodford’s trail system.Tickets will be written for expired registration and lack of TMA and club membership.The fine for each offense is much more than a TMA and club membership.
Minors Riding in Vermont – Changes In The Law
Legislation was passed during the fall of 2002 defining the necessary requirements for children 8 – 16 years of age to operate a snowmobile in Vermont:
- A child 8 years of age may take the Safety Course, however, they are not required to take the course until they are 12 years of age.
- A child must be at least 8 years of age to operate a snowmobile on the VAST Trail System. Between the ages of 8 and 11, they must be under the direct supervision of a parent or legal guardian and they are not required to have passed a certified safety course.
- Children between the ages of 12 – 15 must have completed and passed a certified Safety Course and they may operate a snowmobile on the VAST Trail System without direct supervision as long as they do not cross a public right-of-way. When crossing or traveling upon a public right-of-way, they must be under the direct supervision of an adult at least 18 years of age.
- Those individuals 16 years of age and older, born after July 1, 1983, must have completed and passed a certified Safety Course prior to operating a snowmobile on the VAST Trail System and they may do so without adult supervision.