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Iron Mountain SNO-Park
Iron Mountain SNO-Park is located at
the intersection of Highway 88 and the
USFS Mormon Emigrant Trail near the
Carson Pass in Amador County. Iron
Mountain SNO-Park offers Californians
opportunities for snow play and winter fun
with cleared parking areas and sanitary
restroom facilities. The SNO-Park also
serves as a trailhead to access the Silver
Bear Snowmobile Groomed Trail system.
The groomed trails provide opportunities
for snowmobiles as well as non-motorized trail uses like cross-county skiing and snowshoeing.
In the winter months, the Mormon Emigrant Trail is not cleared of snow for normal vehicular
travel and is, in some instances, made available by the USFS for Wheeled Over the Snow
Vehicles. Access to the USFS Mormon Emigrant Trail in the winter months is provided off of
Highway 50.
This combination of SNO-Park snow play, groomed snowmobile trails, and Wheeled Over the
Snow Vehicles is a recipe for possible conflicts of use. These conflicts of use are mitigated
through a snow berm created by the USFS contracted snow grooming tractor. The snow berm
keeps the Wheeled Over the Snow Vehicles on the Mormon Emigrant Trail side away from the
groomed snowmobile trails and the SNO-Park.
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California State Parks, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission