Do you need a reservation on your day?
What it costs
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.
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.
Book or pay
If the lots are full
There’s no backup. Snow Valley has no remote lots or shuttle, and Running Springs has no public parking for resort visitors, so once parking sells out you can’t park.
Good to know
- A lift ticket, lesson or tubing reservation doesn’t include parking.
- Without a valid parking ticket you may be turned away at the gate.
- Paid dates are the same as at Snow Summit and Bear Mountain: 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)
- Big Bear Mountain Resort (Snow Summit and Bear Mountain)PaidPaid upper lots $30–40 · free remote lots + shuttle · Big Bear Lake, 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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