2025 Columbia County Scholarship

The Columbia County Association of Snowmobile Clubs is offering a $500.00 Scholarship to a high school senior planning to pursue further education in an accredited two or four year institution of higher education.

Fill out this form to be considered.

2025 Scholarship Form

Trail Passes

To order your new trail pass online, go to Online Trail Pass Order

The following information will be required to mail order the $10 Trail Pass (Current AWSC Members):

• Your AWSC member number - you can look it up here
• The trail pass order form
• Your check for payment
• WI registration numbers (Example: SN 4300 AB) for all your sleds. You can find your numbers at Go Wild - DNR

The options for ordering the $10 trail pass if you are a current AWSC member:

• Order online through this website (tab at the top WI Trail Passes) with a credit card
• Walk into the AWSC office during business hours (8:00-4:00) and order with a check or credit/debit card.
• Mail your trail pass form along with your check to the AWSC office through the US Post Office.

Not a member of a club and the AWSC - then you need to order your $30 Trail Pass through the WI DNR.

Remember, trails are hard to get but easy to lose!

Please stay off the trails if they are closed, and if they open, please follow them. If you come up to a closed gate do not go around the gate. If you do you are trespassing, could get a fine & also could cause a trail to be closed.

Safety Tips

Zero Alcohol Keeps You Safe on the Trail

Drinking alcohol before snowmobiling or during your ride slows your reactions, impairs your judgment, and is a leading contributor to snowmobiling deaths. Last winter, alcohol was involved in 70 percent of the 23 snowmobiling fatalities.

Join DNR in the international Zero Alcohol campaign that urges every snowmobiler to take personal responsibility for reducing alcohol-related crashes. Wisconsin conservation wardens will be handing out Zero Alcohol stickers to snowmobilers and asking you to display it.

Here's what you can do to help:

• Display the sticker on your helmet, snowmobile, trailer, or vehicle
• Choose to be 100 percent alcohol-free until after your ride is over and you're safely home
• Commit to riding only with other snowmobilers who are alcohol-free

More Safety Tips

Wisconsin's recreation safety specialists recommend you take these other precautions to stay safe on the trails this winter:

• Slow down. Speed is a contributing factor in nearly all fatal snowmobiling accidents. Drivers should proceed at a pace that will allow ample reaction time for any situation. Drive at moderate speeds, and drive defensively, especially after sunset.
• Carry a first-aid kit and dress appropriately, Your first-aid kit should include a flashlight, knife, compass, map, and waterproof matches. Always wear a helmet with goggles or a face shield to prevent injuries from twigs and flying debris. Wear layers of water-repellent clothing and make sure you have no loose ends that might catch in the machine or tangle in equipment.
• Avoid traveling across bodies of water when uncertain of ice thickness or water currents. Rapidly changing weather and moving water in streams and lake inlets also affect the thickness and strength of ice on lakes and ponds. Snow cover can act as a blanket and prevents thick strong ice from forming.
• Stay on marked trails or, where allowed, on the right shoulder of the road. Be alert for fences, tree stumps and stretched wire that may be concealed by snow.
• Never travel alone. Most snowmobile accidents result in personal injury. The most dangerous situations occur when a person is injured and alone. If you must travel alone, tell someone your destination, planned route, and when you will return. You can make a difference!

DNR Safety Link
DNR Snowmobile Safety Requirements Link
AWSC Trail Signing Handbook
Snowmobile Laws (DNR)