{"id":140234,"date":"2026-02-20T18:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/140234\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T18:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:14:12","slug":"new-york-offers-free-snowmobile-weekends-for-out-of-state-riders-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/140234\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Offers Free Snowmobile Weekends for Out-of-State Riders | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ALBANY, N.Y. (WKTV) — Out-of-state and Canadian snowmobilers can ride New York\u2019s trails for free during two special weekends in 2026.<\/p>\n

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced that registration fees will be waived from Feb. 27-March 1 and March 6-8, 2026, as part of Governor Kathy Hochul\u2019s \u201cUnplug and Play\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n

During these weekends, snowmobilers must have their machines registered in their home state or province and carry any required insurance.<\/p>\n

Outside of these dates, out-of-state and Canadian riders must register with New York State before using the trails.<\/p>\n

Officials said these free weekends support tourism and help local economies while showing New York\u2019s commitment to snowmobiling.<\/p>\n

The State uses registration fees to fund trail maintenance grants, which are distributed to about 230 snowmobile clubs that groom and maintain trails.<\/p>\n

Riders are reminded to check trail conditions, follow safety procedures and use extreme caution on ice- or snow-covered bodies of water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBANY, N.Y. (WKTV) — Out-of-state and Canadian snowmobilers can ride New York\u2019s trails for free during two special…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4241,10585,1984,9,11,10,49,51,50,59254,32612,59253,2352],"class_list":{"0":"post-140234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-albany","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-hochul","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-new-york-state","15":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","16":"tag-new-york-state-news","17":"tag-out-of-state","18":"tag-snowmobile","19":"tag-unplug-and-play","20":"tag-utica"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}