CCSA owns and maintains the Beartooth Safety Shelter. Each year, the club prepares the shelter for use by maintaining the interior, stocking it with necessary supplies, purchasing insurance, paying for emergency cell service, and paying for other pertinent expenses that arise due to the use and upkeep of the shelter. While we gladly take donations throughout the year, we also welcome any donations from our members to help offset the costs of the shelter.

Each year, CCSA accepts applications for scholarships from individuals seeking higher education. The scholarships are usually awarded in $500 increments. The Board of Directors reviews the applications and selects the applicant with the best application. The application can be found here.

Snowmobiling in Wyoming today is possible largely due to the Wyoming State Snowmobile Association’s work over the past 50 years to build snowmobile trails and promote snowmobiling access. State snowmobile associations like WSSA are the only organizations working hard full-time for snowmobiling access.

Access to all public land is more difficult today than ever! It takes money, volunteer resources, and partnerships to make sure we have a voice at the table. Without such resources and efforts, we would not have the snowmobiling access and trails we enjoy today. Thanks to the foresight and long-standing work by WSSA, we have a funding program in Wyoming, based upon snowmobile registrations and user fees that pays our way and helps facilitate our access.

WSSA established the ACCESS WYOMING Program in 2005 to respond to a growing number of attacks on snowmobiling and entered into an agreement with Trails Work Consulting to provide professional assistance to help navigate the numerous Forest Service, BLM, and National Park Service planning efforts across the state. These planning processes are complex and revolve around the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The good news is that agencies like the Forest Service can’t just close riding areas without first following NEPA. This generally requires that agencies must complete an Environmental Assessment (EA) or an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) – both which are complex and time-consuming – before they can make their decisions about closing access. The bad news is that environmental groups are extremely skilled at working these processes and have many fulltime employees to work against us – so we must be effective against their attacks. Consider supporting ACCESS WYOMING by contributing to help WSSA protect your access. Watch the WSSA Wrangler or visit www.snowmobilewyoming.org to stay in touch with WSSA’s public lands access issues.

If you would like to be part of the team that makes the success of the Beartooth Safety Shelter a reality, put your name on the sponsorship board on the outside of the Shelter! The cost is just $50 per year and significantly helps support the shelter. CCSA will make sure the signage remains professional grade and in showroom perfect condition. We welcome and appreciate your support! ***Please note that if you subscribe to this in a year that the Shelter is already on the mountain, we will credit your payment to the following year and make sure your name is added when the shelter is taken off the mountain.