South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 41 - Department of Game, Fish And Parks
Article 41:03 - Parks and public lands
Chapter 41:03:05 - George S Mickelson Trail user service fees
Section 41:03:05:02 - Trail user service fee exemptions

(1) Any person using the George S. Mickelson Trail within the posted city limits of the communities of Deadwood, Lead, Rochford, Hill City, Custer, Pringle, and Edgemont;

(2) Any person who enters the George S. Mickelson Trail area in volunteer service to the trail or as a volunteer worker with an assigned role at an event requiring a special permit pursuant to § 41:03:01:04 if the person has received a special free trail user pass from a department representative;

(3) Any adjoining landowner or lessee on those portions of the George S. Mickelson Trail fronting the landowner's or lessee's property; and

(4) Any member of a resident nonprofit youth group if the group obtains written permission from a department representative before using the trail.

(5) Members and guests of a South Dakota veterans organization or group, South Dakota National Guard or military reserve unit and guests, or patients currently admitted to a veterans hospital in South Dakota and their attendants who enter the George S. Mickelson Trail area for a special event that is hosted by the organization, group, unit or hospital if an approved special event permit has been obtained from the park manger at least five days before the special event. The park manager shall issue special free trail user passes to participants of the special event.