Snowmobile Trails Program

The Snowmobile Trails Program provides reimbursable, matching grant funds for trail easement acquisition, development and maintenance of trails and trail-related facilities for snowmobile use. The program also provides funds for snowmobile safety and educational programs. Matching funds are not required for safety and educational grant programs.

Snowmobile trail grooming activities are only provided through the program’s Grooming Pool. The Grooming Pool is a program that distributes grant funds for grooming, marking and signing snowmobile trail systems. The program offers the flexibility to use funds where trail grooming is needed around the state. If you are interested in applying for Grooming Pool funds contact your local Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation office. Trails being added to the existing pool will be subject to a review process. For more information regarding the Grooming Pool visit the following web site: Grooming Pool

The Snowmobile Trails Advisory Council (SnowTRAC) is responsible for reviewing and recommending funding for the Snowmobile Trails Program. For additional information regarding SnowTRAC visit the following web site: SnowTRAC

If you are interested in applying for a Snowmobile Trails Program grant, please review the program instructions and application form, which are located below. For additional questions please contact the following:

For general grant questions regarding the program please contact the Grants Administrator at (907) 269-8709

For project development questions please contact the State Trails Coordinator at (907) 269-8699

Address:

Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation
550 W 7th Ave., Suite 1380
Anchorage AK 99501-3561
Fax: (907) 269-8907

Annual Program Schedule

April 1, Current year application available
June 1, Due date for posting the Public Notice
July 1, Application due date and the last day for applications to be postmarked
September, Tentative announcement of grant awards
September, State Agency Review
October, Grant Agreements

Grant instructions and applications are available as .doc, .rtf, or .pdf files. A sample application and trail guidelines are available as a .pdf file. To open pdf files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or higher, on your computer. Acrobat Reader is available for free off the Internet. Click the Get Acrobat button to go to the Adobe Acrobat web site, follow their instructions and choose the appropriate type of Acrobat Reader for your computer. Copies of the Score Sheets that are used to evaluate the applications are provided below for your review and information. Please make certain that the score sheet type matches the application type that you are using