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Where is parking free if I carpool?

Bring enough friends and these resorts let you park free or give you a carpool-only lot.

27 resorts, grouped by region.

Utah

ResortPeople neededHow it works
Park City Mountain
Park City, Utah
4+Reservations are free for cars with 4 or more people.
Solitude
Solitude, Utah
4+Cars with 4 or more people park free every day.
Powder Mountain
Eden, Utah
3+Cars with 3 or more people park free. Check in with the parking attendant.
Sundance
Sundance, Utah
4+A car with 4 or more people parks free in the Mountain Camp lots once the carpool is verified.
Deer Valley
Park City, Utah
3+On weekends and busy holiday periods, cars with 3 or more people skiing together can park in Lot 2. Smaller groups use Lots 3, 4 and 5.
Snowbasin
Huntsville, Utah
3+On weekends and holidays, Earl’s lots A to E are saved for cars with 3 or more people until 11am.
Snowbird
Snowbird, Utah
3+Cars with 3 or more people get carpool-only spots, which you can’t reserve ahead.

Colorado

ResortPeople neededHow it works
Arapahoe Basin
Colorado
4+Come with 4 or more people and your weekend reservation is free, though you still have to book it.
Aspen Snowmass
Aspen, Colorado
4+Cars with 4 or more people park free at Two Creeks (pick up a voucher at the booth between 8am and noon) and at the Aspen Highlands garage before 10:30am.
Eldora
Nederland, Colorado
2+On fee days, parking is free if there are 2 or more people in the car.
Steamboat
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
3+Bring 3 or more people, counting the driver and children, and the Meadows Lot is free with no reservation. Upper Knoll is free for a carpool too, but only with an advance carpool reservation.

Lake Tahoe

ResortPeople neededHow it works
Heavenly
South Lake Tahoe, California
4+Bring 4 or more people and your California Base Area reservation is free.
Kirkwood
Kirkwood, California
4+Bring 4 or more people and park free in an orange-zone lot, with a reservation.
Northstar
Truckee, California
4+Bring 4 or more people for a free Village View reservation. Everyone has to be in the car when you check in, from 7am.
Palisades Tahoe
Olympic Valley, California
4+Bring 4 or more people: carpool reservations are free and the driver gets a $20 resort credit. You still need the reservation and must check in with everyone in the car.
Sierra-at-Tahoe
Twin Bridges, California
4+Bring 4 or more people and your reservation is free. It’s checked when you arrive.
Sugar Bowl
Norden, California
—Carpools park free in the $35 Upper Lot area on weekends and holidays. The page gives different minimums (3 passengers in one place, 4 in another), so check before you count on it.

Pacific Northwest and Alaska

ResortPeople neededHow it works
Crystal Mountain
Washington
—Carpools park free in the Premier Carpool Section of Lot C, but you still need to make a reservation.
Stevens Pass
Washington
4+Bring 4 or more people, or one adult with at least two kids 12 or younger, and the carpool reservation is free.
The Summit at Snoqualmie
Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
4+Come with 4 or more people and you may park free in the marked carpool lots, first come, until the lot fills or 10am.

Idaho, Montana and Wyoming

ResortPeople neededHow it works
Jackson Hole
Teton Village, Wyoming
4+The Ranch Lot is free for cars with 4 or more people, and $5 ($10 on peak days) with 3. Stop at the booth so an attendant can check.
Whitefish Mountain
Whitefish, Montana
3+Dogwood and Spruce/Pine are free if you have 3 or more people in the car.
Big Sky
Big Sky, Montana
—The resort lists a free Carpool Lot and free parking at the Madison Base Lot.
Bogus Basin
Boise, Idaho
3+On peak weekends and holidays, cars with 3 or more people can park in the priority carpool area at the front of Lot #1 from 9am until early afternoon.
Bridger Bowl
Bozeman, Montana
3+Lot A is saved for cars with 3 or more people, youth ski school families and skiers with a disability.

New England

ResortPeople neededHow it works
Stowe
Stowe, Vermont
4+Come with 4 or more people in the car and you park free any day. Register your plate with the QR code or at a kiosk.

Western Canada

ResortPeople neededHow it works
Whistler Blackcomb
Whistler, British Columbia
4+Cars with 4 or more people can use the free carpool spots in Upper Lot 6 and Creekside P1, either reserved or first come.

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