Snow Northwest
Discover your next winter adventure in Washington, Idaho & Oregon.
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Snow NW
Your source for all of the information you need to plan and navigate your next winter adventure. Snowmobile, Nordic and Fat Bike trails in Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
Use the web map that you can access from any browser. GeoPDFs and print maps of selected areas allow you to navigate off-line.
More than 15,000 miles of winter trails and 400+ trailheads, Sno-Parks, and winter recreation facilities in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. Snowmobiling | Tracked ATVs | Nordic & Alpine Skiing | Snowshoeing | Snowboarding | Sledding | Fat Tire Biking | Dog Sledding
The Snow NW App will be discontinued 1/31/2025. The web map will continue to be available and Northwest Portal is publishing an expanded set of GeoPDFs for people who want to access the maps off-line.
GeoPDFs
Navigate off-line with a GeoPDF designed specifically for use with Avenza and similar apps.
Northwest Portal has created a set of GeoPDFs covering all groomed snowmobile trails in Washington and southwest Oregon. These maps are designed for navigation, where you zoom in to see your location. They have all groomed snowmobile trails, un-groomed routes identified by local snowmobile clubs, Nordic and snowshoe trails (although they are not optimized for that use), recreation roads, mountain peaks, contour lines and more. Recreation lands are symbolized to show what the rules are for snowmobiles (allowed off trail, on road or trail only, and no-motorized use.) The maps are designed to capture complete riding areas (where possible) and have a print size of 30x30, 22x40 or 40x22 (depending on the layout of the trails) with scales ranging from 1:80,000 to 1:150,000. The maps are currently available on Avenza for $4.99 each or $19.99 for a bundle with all of the Washington State maps. Contact us if you would like to purchase a map for use outside of Avenza or if you would like to request a map for a different area: we can map any trail system in Washington, Idaho or Oregon.Find all of the GeoPDF winter recreation maps in the Northwest Portal Avenza store or purchase directly from Northwest Portal.
Want a different area: Use the CONTACT US form to tell us what are you want and we will send you a link once the map is in the store.
If you buy through Avenza it will not county towards your map limit. If you buy direct you will be able to download the GeoPDF and use on any platform.
Purchase a GeoPDF map directly from Northwest Portal
Promotional Print Maps
Northwest Portal offers letter and poster sized print maps for each area where we have a business or club supporter. These maps are available in letter and 18x24” poster size and are free to use or distribute.
If you like the maps, please thank the clubs and businesses that help support this project.
Central Cascades: Kittitas and Yakima Counties
Available free thanks to our business sponsor Central Powersports, club sponsors Cascade Drift Skippers and Sno-Jammers and Motor Toys Rental and Tours
18” x 24” GeoPDF Posters
Southwest Washington: Junco Snowmobile Club
18” x 24” GeoPDF Posters
Northeast Washington & Priest Lake Idaho: Selkirk Sun News
18” x 24” GeoPDF Posters
Southwest Oregon: Klamath Basin Snowdrifters & Chiloquin Ridge Riders
Letter sized
18” x 24” GeoPDF Posters
SW Oregon No Contor / With Contour
Chiloquin Ridge: No Contor / With Contour
Klamath Basin: No Contour / With Contour
Lake Chelan: Chelan Chamber of Commerce
18” x 24” GeoPDF Posters
Northwest Portal’s Snow NW Blog Posts
Support Snow NW
Get maps of your riding area and events
And Keep It Free For Users
The Snow NW maps is a public service of Northwest Portal. We need your support to keep them available for users. Join one of our supporting clubs and let them know you saw it on Northwest Portal or encourage your club to becoming a supporting member. Stop by one of the businesses that are on the map and let them know you saw them on Northwest Portal, add your business (as low as $225/year), or let your favorite businesses know about the project. Tell your friends about the web maps and apps—the more users we have, the easier it is to get business support. Consider making a donation to help keep the apps free for users.
Northwest Portal makes letter and poster sized printable maps for every area where we have supporters. These maps have the logos and information about the supporting clubs or businesses, businesses are on the map, and supporters get free printed maps (50 for a, 100 for Snow NW only and essentials businesses, 150 for premium business and 200 for sponsors.)
All supporters are on the Northwest portal web maps, promotional print maps and GeoPDFs.
Northwest Portal publishes letter and poster sized promotional maps for each area where we have supporters, plus GeoPDFs for all major recreation areas in Washington State and in parts of Oregon and Idaho where we have one supporter. All supporters are on the promotional and GeoPDF maps. GeoPDF maps are sold through Avenza, but all supporters get a file that they can share with members and website visitors. All supporters also have a link to their page from the Northwest portal web site.
Help people connect to your club and get maps for your club members.
Link to club from the pop-up from up to 10 locations selected by the club,
50 printed maps.
Club logo on all promotional maps and GeoPDFs of the club area.
Custom maps of club rides, including printable maps and adding ride route to the web map.
Club location on the map if there is an address to be mapped.
Put yourself on the map
Full size icon visible when you zoom into the county level.
Business on all GeoPDF and promotional maps of the area.
100 letter sized printed maps/year.
Business mentioned in at least one blog post/year.
Custom map for one special event/year
Be a larger part of the story
Icon visible at the region level and above Essentials businesses.
Business on all GeoPDF & promotional maps in your area and adjacent areas.
Option for one white-label version of the promotional maps with only your business/year. You select the topic, size and area.
150 printed maps/year.
Featured in at least one blog post/year.
Custom maps for up to two special events/year.
Maximum visibility
Logo and link on the information bar of the sponsored map and app and on all printable branded maps for that topic.
Icon larger than all other logos and visible at all levels on sponsored map and app and at premium level on all other maps and apps.
Business on all promotional and GeoPDF maps for the sponsored topic, with logo and icon to show location.
On all other maps at a Premium level
Up to four white label maps per year.
200 printed maps/year. Featured in at least two blog posts/year.
Custom maps for up to four special events/year and event information shared via the Northwest Portal social media accounts.
Sponsor a second topic for just $250 more.
Sponsors
The Snow NW App is entirely free to users - thanks to these supporting Sponsors, Clubs, and Advertisers
Participating Communities
Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce
Participating Clubs
Cascade Drift Skippers, Sno-Jammers, North Central ATV Club, Junco Snowmoible Club, Klamath Basin Snowdrifters, Chiloquin Ridge Riders
Participating Businesses
Using the Map
Snow NW Legend
Snow NW Filters
Filters let you find the perfect destination by highlighting places that meet all of your conditions.
Filters are organized in groups to make them easier to find, but you can select from more than one group. Most groups highlight places that meet all of the conditions, but a few (Land Manager, Pass, and Days Open) let you see places that have any of the options you select.
On the app, use the Filter button in the upper right to open the filter menu; on the web map, use the Filter button to access the filter groups. Once you are done, use Clear (on the web map) or Reset (on the app).
Other Map Functions
Plot your location with your phone GPS.
Use the search function to highlight places by name. Hints: You can also search by the name of the water body and use search to highlight places written up in Northwest Portal Blogs and partner blogs. If you want to use search to find a city and only want to highlight the city, add “City of” to the search name (City of Ellensburg will give you just the city, Ellensburg will give you the city and any places with Ellensburg in the name).
Use the maps even when offline: On the apps, you can download regions for offline navigation. Hint: Make sure to update your downloads regularly to get the latest updates. Once you have downloaded a region, you will not see changes until you update. (Ending 12/31/2025).
Use Avenza maps to navigate off-line.
You can share the web maps with filters or search applied. You can also embed the maps on a page, with a specific location highlighted.
If you dream of riding through a winter wonderland in Washington’s Cascade mountains or want to trying snowmobiling before you invest in the equipment, treat yourself to a guided snowmobile tour or, if you have some experience, rent a snowmobile and explore on your own. Snowmobile Winthrop and Motor Toys Rental and Tours in Cle Elum will help you get out on the snow.