What does parking cost on your day?
What it costs
On paid parking dates, an upper-lot ticket at Snow Summit or Bear Mountain costs $30–40 and guarantees you a space whenever you arrive. You don’t need one: without it you park free in an offsite lot and ride the free shuttle.
When the rules apply
Selected dates, Dec 4, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027
When spots open
Day parking tickets went on sale Nov 2, 2026. Each ticket is for one date and one resort.
How to park free
- Park free in the offsite lots and take the free shuttle to Snow Summit or Bear Mountain.
Book or pay
If the lots are full
If upper-lot parking is sold out, use the free remote lots and shuttle.
Good to know
- A lift ticket, lesson or tubing reservation doesn’t include parking.
- Daily paid parking is refundable, while Premium Parking Passes aren’t.
- Paid dates are Dec 4–6 and 11–31, Jan 1–10, 15–18, 22–24 and 29–31, Feb 5–7, 12–21 and 26–28, and Mar 5–7, 12–14, 19–21 and 26–28.
Where this comes from
- https://www.bigbearmountainresort.com/transportation/parking/day, checked Nov 11, 2026
Rules change during the season. If the resort’s page says something different from ours, go by the resort.
Other resorts in California (outside Tahoe)
- Snow ValleyReservationParking ticket needed on paid dates: $25–30 · Running Springs, California
- Dodge RidgePaidPaid main lots · free overflow · $40 preferred · Pinecrest, California
- Mountain HighPaidPaid: $30, free lower lot at West · Wrightwood, California
- Mt. BaldyPaidPaid daily parking · free with a season pass · Mt Baldy, California
- Mammoth MountainFreeFree · paid Preferred spots at each lodge · Mammoth Lakes, California
- Mt. Shasta Ski ParkFreeFree parking · McCloud, California
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