Personally, I'm more concerned about the price of fuel than I am the price of trail permits. When I started riding in 1993, trail permits were $10 for four months. Now they're $45 for four months. Yes, I know it's a four-fold increase, but it's over the course of four months. The price of fuel since then has skyrocketed, and that's every time I fill a tank on a sledding trip -- be it in my truck or my sled. I guarantee that the $35 increase in trail permit fees pales in comparison to how much more I'm paying for fuel. And I'm getting nothing more for my money (if anything, we're getting crappier gasoline and our roads are even crappier yet). I can at least honestly say that trail quality has improved significantly since the days when I was paying $10 for a permit.
Sorry, but even if you're buying two permits (as I do) at $90, I still think it's a bargain considering you could easily spend that in a few hours on a night out on the town.
Sorry, but even if you're buying two permits (as I do) at $90, I still think it's a bargain considering you could easily spend that in a few hours on a night out on the town.