15 resorts, grouped by region.
Utah
| Resort | When you need one | Cost | When spots open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Alta, Utah | Reservation needed: Fri–Sun and holidays, 8am–1pm | A reservation costs $25 on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Parking before 8am needs an early-morning reservation every day. | More reservations open every Sunday at 3pm Mountain Time for the following weekend or holiday period. |
| Brighton Brighton, Utah | Reservation needed: Fri–Sun and holidays until noon | On Fridays, weekends and holidays, parking costs $25 for 1–3 people or $10 with 4 or more. It’s free Monday to Thursday and free for everyone after noon. Preferred Parking in the Explorer Lot costs $25 Monday to Thursday and holds your spot until 11am. | A limited number of spots for the coming weekend open every Monday at 6pm. The rest are released the day before at 8am and 2pm, and cancellations are allowed until 8am on the day, so check again the night before and that morning. A pre-season release for the whole winter already happened on Aug 10, 2026. |
| Park City Mountain Park City, Utah | Reservation needed: every day, 8:30am–noon (Mountain Village) | Mountain Village surface lot reservations are free but required until Dec 4, then cost $29 from Dec 5 to Apr 3. The Mountain Village garage costs $50. At Canyons Village, the new garage is set at $29 a day. | Reservations go on sale in early November, and you can book right up to your arrival until a day sells out. |
| Solitude Solitude, Utah | Reservation needed: Fri–Sun and holidays before 11am | A Moonbeam lot reservation costs $35 for 1–3 people on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. It’s free with 4 or more, but you still have to reserve. | More spots for the following weekend open every Sunday at 6pm Mountain Time, and a few more open at 6am on the day as cancellations come in. |
Colorado
| Resort | When you need one | Cost | When spots open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arapahoe Basin Colorado | Reservation needed: weekends Jan 2–May 2 until 1pm | A weekend reservation costs $20 in the Early Riser, High Noon, Last Chance and Upper Last Chance lots. The Admin Lot costs $40 every day, and The Beach (the ski-in, ski-out lot) needs a reservation every day at rates that vary. A season parking pass costs $229. | The first wave of reservations opened Nov 1, 2026 at 10am. During the reservation season, more spots for the coming weekend are released every Monday at 2pm Mountain time. |
Lake Tahoe
| Resort | When you need one | Cost | When spots open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavenly South Lake Tahoe, California | California Base: reservation weekends · Nevada lots free | At the California Base Area lot, a weekend or peak-day reservation costs $20 for 3 or fewer people and is free with 4 or more. The Boulder and Stagecoach lots on the Nevada side are free every day with no reservation. | Reservations for 2026–27 opened Oct 28 at 8am Pacific at parkheavenly.com. While spots remain, you can book right up to the time you arrive, even from the parking lot. |
| Kirkwood Kirkwood, California | Reservation needed: weekends and peak days, mornings | On weekends and peak days from Dec 12 to Apr 4, every lot needs a reservation in the morning. Orange-zone lots cost $20 for 3 or fewer people and are free with 4 or more. Blue-zone lots, such as Lower 7, Kirkwood Inn and the Cross-Country lot, are free but still need a reservation. | Reservations for 2026–27 opened Oct 28 at 8am Pacific at parkkirkwood.com. Kirkwood releases more reservations every Sunday for the upcoming weekend and again on Friday for the following weekend, but doesn’t say at what time. Canceled reservations go back on sale, so keep checking. |
| Northstar Truckee, California | Weekends: $20 reservation near Village, or free lots | On weekends and peak days, a Village View lot reservation costs $20 for 3 or fewer people and is free with 4 or more. The Lower Village Preferred Paid lot costs $25 Monday to Friday and $50 on weekends and peak days, however many people are in the car. The Castle Peak lots are free every day with no reservation. | Reservations for 2026–27 opened Oct 28 at 8am Pacific at parknorthstar.com. You can book or change them all season, right up to when you arrive if spots are left. The resort doesn’t describe a weekly release. |
| Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley, California | Reservation needed: weekends and holidays before 1pm | On Saturdays, Sundays and holiday periods from Dec 5 to Apr 11, every lot at Palisades and Alpine needs a reservation. Most reservations are free, and a limited number of advance paid spots cost $30 per car per day. Monday to Friday outside holidays, parking is free and you don’t need a reservation. | Free reservations open every Tuesday for the coming weekend or holiday period, half at noon and half at 7pm Pacific. Carpool reservations for cars with 4 or more people open Tuesdays at noon. Paid $30 reservations for every date of the season are already on sale. |
| Sierra-at-Tahoe Twin Bridges, California | Reservation needed: weekends and holidays until noon | New this season, every lot needs a reservation until noon on weekends and holiday periods from Dec 19 to Apr 4. A reservation costs $25 a day. It’s free for Sierra-at-Tahoe passholders and for cars with 4 or more people, but Ikon and Powder Alliance passholders pay unless they carpool. | Most of the season’s reservations went on sale Oct 21 at 10am Pacific. More are released every Sunday and every Thursday for the upcoming weekend, though the resort doesn’t give a time, and canceled reservations reappear as they come in. |
California (outside Tahoe)
| Resort | When you need one | Cost | When spots open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Valley Running Springs, California | Parking ticket needed on paid dates: $25–30 | On paid parking dates you need a parking ticket to visit Snow Valley, and it costs $25–30. Buy it ahead, because it can sell out days before. | Day parking tickets went on sale Nov 2, 2026. Each ticket is for one date and one resort. |
Pacific Northwest and Alaska
| Resort | When you need one | Cost | When spots open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Mountain Washington | Reservation needed: weekends and holidays until noon | On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays a reservation is free if you book within 7 days of your visit, or $10 a day if you book further ahead. If you turn up without one and there’s still room, you pay $30 to park that day. Crystal says the 2026–27 plan will stay similar to last season’s, with reservations needed on Saturdays, Sundays and certain holidays, but it hasn’t posted the new details yet. | Last season the reservation system opened at midnight on November 22. Crystal hasn’t posted the 2026–27 opening date yet. Free reservations open on a rolling 7-day window, starting at midnight. Paid $10 reservations are open for the whole season. Reservations aren’t needed after noon. |
| Stevens Pass Washington | Reservation needed: peak weekends and holidays before 10am | On peak days you can book a paid reservation for $20 plus taxes and fees, a free carpool reservation, or one of the free general reservations released each week. Every reservation needs a credit card, and a no-show can cost you $50. On non-peak days parking is free and first come, with no reservation. | Paid and carpool reservations went on sale Nov 1 at noon, and more carpool spots are added weekly. Free reservations for the coming weekend or holiday period open every Tuesday at noon and again at 7pm Pacific, with the same number released at each time. |
Western Canada
| Resort | When you need one | Cost | When spots open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Seymour North Vancouver, British Columbia | Reservation needed: weekends and holidays before 4:30pm | Mt Seymour doesn’t list a separate parking price. On weekends and holidays your parking is booked with your ticket when you choose “Arriving by car,” and on weekdays and after 4:30pm spaces are first come, first served. | — |
| Whistler Blackcomb Whistler, British Columbia | Free, but reserve weekends and holidays before 11am | Whistler Blackcomb’s own lots (Upper Lots 6–8 and the Creekside Parkade) are free all season, reserved spots included. The municipality’s Day Lots in Whistler Village charge C$21 a day in Lots 1–3 and C$13 a day in Lots 4 and 5, with pay parking from 8am to 5pm. | Reservations for 2026–27 opened Nov 3 at 10am Pacific on the Whistler Blackcomb Parking site. You can hold up to two active reservations at a time, and you can cancel or change your plate until 8am on the day. |