Quebec Snowmobile Trail Pass Permits Permit prices
for 2010-2011 Snowmobile Season
Purchase before December 9, 2010 & Save 60.00
Buy A 2010-2011 Quebec Snowmobile Trail Pass Permit
The club that sells you the trail permit, gets much of that cash to run their groomers, so remember to buy your pass from the region where YOU want to ride. That way, the trails YOU enjoy are supported.
All clubs have received the 2010-2011 Permit prices for trail permit for Quebec 2010-2011season
Permit prices for season 2010-2011
The price of a trail permit includes the cost of the liability insurance, defined as mandatory under article 19 of the Act respecting off-highway vehicles, as well as all applicable taxes.
240 $ for an annual trail permit purchased on or before December 9, 2010
300 $ for an annual trail permit purchased after December 9, 2010
400 $ for an annual trail permit sold on trail*
160 $ for an annual trail permit for antique snowmobiles (1991 and older)
180 $ for a 7-day trail permit
100 $ for a 3-day trail permit
50 $ for a 1-day trail permit (available only for out of Quebec residents)
400 $ for an annual trail permit for a rental snowmobile
More on the Trail Passes sold in Quebec
A valid trail permit is mandatory to ride on the FCMQ snowmobile trail network. Three different kinds of permits are available for the public plus a specific permit for snowmobiles used by rental companies (see permit prices section).
Trail permits are available from your local club representatives. You can also buy them at your snowmobile dealer and at many restaurants and lodging places situated near the trail network.
What you need before you leave
- Your FCMQ trail permit (sticker and blue receipt)
- Your vehicle registration
- Your driver's license (for public road crossings)
- Proof of $500,000 liability insurance coverage
- A proof of age (driver's license is sufficient)
- A rental contract (if the snowmobile is rented)
- A competence certificate (for 16 and 17 year old operators)
The sticker is not sufficient !
You must have the proof of purchase (large blue paper) from your trail permit in your possession at all times and be prepared to display it to a trail warden or peace officer as proof that you are circulating legally on the trails.
Permit placement
The permit is valid only when permanently affixed on the snowmobile. General Rules of the FCMQ (article 11) specify that the permit must be affixed on the left side of the cab.
Buy 2010-2011 Quebec
Trail Permit Pass
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* Purchase your trail permit before hitting the trails!
Extra charges are payable when the annual trail permit is purchased on trails. Note that permits issued for antique sleds, as well as daily or weekly permits, cannot be purchased on trails.
Active members
Active members are snowmobile clubs who meet admission criteria and whose request for membership has been accepted by the FCMQ Board of Directors. They have the right to attend meetings of FCMQ members and their respective regional club meetings . They have the right to vote through their designated representatives, whose numbers vary from two to four, depending on the size of the club.
Individual members
Individual members are Quebec-registered owners of a snowmobile, to whom the FCMQ has issued an annual trail pass, in conformity with the General Regulations.
Associate members
Associate members are commercial enterprises working in the snowmobile area and associations or organisations interested in snowmobiling, and whose request for membership has been accepted by the FCMQ Board of Directors, and who have paid the annual membership fee.
Associate members have the right to attend FCMQ members meetings, but they do not have the right to vote, and their representatives are not eligible for appointment as administrators or officers of the Corporation.
Honorary members
Honorary members are real or legal persons which the Executive Committee has recognised for services rendered to the FCMQ. They have no annual fee to pay. They have the right to attend FCMQ member meetings, but they do not have the right to vote. Individual Honorary members and representatives of Honorary members which are legal persons are not eligible to be appointed as administrators or as officers of the Corporation.
Founded in 1974, the FCMQ is made up of 231 snowmobile clubs, bringing together some 105,000 individual members from all regions of Quebec. Not less than 4,000 volunteers give some 800,000 hours of their time to maintain the trail network.
Most of the sums invested in the purchase of a trail permit are returned directly to the club to fund the trail grooming operations. So if you buy where you ride, your money improves the trails you ride most often.
Distribution of the trail permit fees:
The portion remitted to the FCMQ, that is $26.00 per annual trail permit sold, is redistributed as follows:
- $1.50 is transferred to Motoneige Québec magazine to help cover postage fees;
- $4.50 is paid into a special assistance fund for clubs and into a fund dedicated to the promotion and support of snowmobiling;
- $10.00 goes into a fund dedicated to trails and a fund for environment;
- $ 5.00 goes into a fund dedicated to trail groomer acquisitions;
- $5.00 is used to fund the Federation’s ongoing operations
