Riding your ATV on Trails

ATVs are amazing off-road vehicles and a ton of fun to ride along nature trails and local OHV roads. However, you can’t just hop onto your quad and hit the trails. There are a few rules and exceptions you’ll need to be aware of first—thankfully, we’ve listed them below.

Stay on Trail

The most basic rule you can follow to help keep yourself and other riders safe and protect the areas you ride in is: Stay on the trail. Riding off-trail isn’t just illegal, it’s generally just a stupid idea. Often a trail will skirt around a serious geographic hazard (like a ravine or hill) that you can’t see through brush, so if you decide to go charging off you could be on the wrong end of a rescue mission in short order. Staying on the trail also helps to maintain your favorite riding areas so they can stay open. It’s not uncommon for ‘short-cut’ trails to pop up in a riding area, and then that same area is shut down for restoration the next year. If you want to keep riding, be kind to the areas you ride.

Take Care of Your Trails

Taking care of trails is everyone’s responsibility, but since some folks just never get the message, it’s good that responsible riders like you are willing to pick up some slack! Micro-trash piles up pretty quickly in a riding season as people discard wrappers, bottle caps, and cans, so do your part and pack your own garbage out, and scoop up some of the trash you find as well. This sets a good example for other riders (especially the younger generation) and helps to make everyone’s ride more pleasant.

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