What does parking cost on your day?
What it costs
Eldora charges a fee to cars carrying only the driver on Saturdays, Sundays, some holidays and weekdays with 10 or more inches of new snow. The resort’s page doesn’t say how much the fee is, and the 2026–27 fee days haven’t been announced.
How to park free
- On fee days, parking is free if there are 2 or more people in the car.
- Cars with 3 or more people can use the Elk Lot, the up-front HOV section near the Alpenglow chairlift, any day of the week.
- RTD’s NB bus runs from Downtown Boulder Station to the Alpenglow lift, and parking at the city garage next to the station and at the Nederland Park-n-Ride is free on weekends. Riders 19 and under ride free.
Book or pay
If the lots are full
Take RTD’s NB bus from Boulder or the Nederland Park-n-Ride. It drops you right in front of the Alpenglow chairlift, and it only runs while Eldora is open for the winter.
Good to know
- Eldora can add fee days at any time without notice when it needs to cut solo arrivals.
Where this comes from
- https://www.eldora.com/the-mountain/questions/getting-to-eldora/, 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 Colorado
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- Aspen SnowmassPaidPaid: $27–63 · free Brush Creek and Buttermilk lots · Aspen, Colorado
- Beaver CreekPaidPaid: $13 before 1pm, free after · Avon, Colorado
- BreckenridgePaidPaid: $18–45 last season · free lots with bus · Breckenridge, Colorado
- Crested ButtePaidPaid: $20–30 Main Lot · free lots nearby · Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado
- SteamboatPaidPaid Fri–Sun: $15–65 · free Mon–Thu, after 1pm or with 3+ · Steamboat Springs, Colorado