Utah Ski Resort Parking

All You Need to Know About Parking at the Utah Resorts, 2026–27 Edition

To help you avoid spending hours driving in circles around the resort base area looking for a parking spot, we've assembled all the info you need to know about parking at all 16 Utah resorts during the 2026–27 winter season. A few other rules of thumb to keep in mind when driving to any of the Utah resorts this winter: visit udottraffic.utah.gov for the latest traffic and road conditions; canyon driving is safest in a four-wheel or all-wheel drive vehicle with snow tires or, at the very least, a car stocked with tire chains (more on safe canyon travel here); and to avoid end-of-the-day congestion, consider ending your day by 3 p.m.

PARKING INFO AT A GLANCE

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Alta Ski Area—reservations required Friday-Sunday and holidays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., altaparking.com; early morning reservations are required Monday-Thursday, 6 to 8 a.m., Friday-Sunday and holidays, 6 a.m. to 1 p.m., altaearlyparking.com. NEW for 2026-27: Missed a parking reservation? Your first no-show is free. After that, $100 fee applies for each unused reservation.
Beaver Mountain—no reservations required, no fee for parking
Brian Head—no reservations required, no fee for parking
Brighton—reservations are required Friday-Sunday and holidays in all Brighton lots with a discounted rate for vehicles with 4+ passengers (excluding vans, trucks, campers and other oversized vehicles). Preferred parking reservations available. brightonresort.com/parking. NEW for 2026-27: the holiday periods where reservations are required have been expanded.
Cherry Peak—no reservations required, no fee for parking.
Deer Valley—no reservations required, no fee for parking, except for day ticket holders arriving at the Jordanelle Base. Vehicles with 3+ passengers get priority parking on the weekends at the Snow Park Base in Lot 2.
Eagle Point—closed for the 2026-27 season.
Nordic Valley—no reservations required, no fee for parking.
Park City Mountain Village—parking reservations are required daily at all Mountain Village parking areas (the Mountain Village Parking Garage and the Main, First Time, and Silver King surface lots) until 12 p.m. Free carpool parking is available with reservation in the First Time Lot for vehicles with 4+ passengers. parkatparkcitymountain.com
Park City Mountain Canyons Village—NEW for 2026-27: The Canyons Village Parking Garage is scheduled to open in early December 2026. Parking there remains free until the parking garage opens. parkcitymountain.com
Powder Mountain—no reservations required, but there is a fee to park at Powder Mountain on Saturdays, Sundays and during holiday periods. Parking remains free for all vehicles arriving on weekends and holidays after 1 p.m., for vehicles with 3+ passengers arriving anytime, and on non-holiday weekdays (Monday-Friday).
Snowbasin—no reservations required, no fee for parking. Earl's Lot A parking is reserved for carpoolers with three or more people. NEW: vehicles arriving at Snowbasin with 3+ passengers will be allowed express access to Earl's Lot A.
Snowbird—parking options include free, no reservation required; day-of paid parking (on a space-available basis); pre-reserved paid parking; paid valet parking; and free carpool parking for vehicles with 3+ passengers. NEW for 2026-27: Eligible Snowbird passholders will receive 1 free rolling parking reservation for the Upper Gad Valley Lot. Once the first reservation is used, you'll be able to make another, as space allows. snowbird.com/parking
Snowland—parking is limited. Please carpool with 3+ people whenever possible.
Solitude—parking reservations are required prior to 11 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and during holiday periods. Parking is free, no reservation required, Monday-Thursday, outside of the holidays. Parking is also free anytime for vehicles with 4 or more passengers, but a reservation is required for carpoolers arriving weekends and holidays before 11 a.m. NEW for 2026-27: After 11 a.m. all parking is free, every day. parksolitude.com
Sundance—Advance reservation parking and on-demand parking (space allowing) is available in Lot A (parksundanceresort.com). In Sundance's Mountain Camp Lots (C, D and E) parking is free Monday thorugh Thursday; fee-based on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and free to all vehicles with 4+ passengers anytime.
Woodward —no reservations required, no fee for parking,

Detailed Utah Resort Parking Information

Goldminers Daughter Parking at Alta Ski Area

Alta Ski Area

Beginning December 11, 2026, advance parking reservations are required at Alta Ski Area every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and during holiday periods (December 18th through January 3rd, January 18th and February 15th), through Sunday, April 4, 2026, and on Closing Day, April 25, 2027, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Qualifying Alta season passholders are eligible for free parking with an emailed code. Parking with online purchase of a daily lift ticket is $10. All other skiers, including Ikon and Mountain Collective passholders, can purchase a $25 parking reservation without a parking code. Make and manage Alta parking reservations at altaparking.com. During the ski season, parking reservations are released every Sunday at 3 p.m. NEW: Missed a parking reservation? Your first no-show is free. After that, a $100 fee applies for each unused reservation.

Parking is free at Alta from Opening Day to December 10, 2026 and every Monday through Thursday thereafter, beginning at 8 a.m.

Early-morning backcountry skiers and riders launching from Alta Ski Area and the Town of Alta may park in the South Flagstaff lot (located between the Alta Lodge and Rustler Lodge on the south side of Highway 210) with a reservation beginning at 6 a.m., daily, from December 11, 2026 through April 4, 2027. Early morning reservations Monday through Thursday are $15 per vehicle. Reservations are not required midweek after 8 a.m. On Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and during holiday periods, early-morning reservations cost $25 per vehicle and are required until 1 p.m. Those with an early-morning reservation may occupy that spot for the day. For more details and to book an early-morning reservation, visit altaearlyparking.com.

The fine for parking at Alta Ski Area or within the Town of Alta without a reservation or for illegal parking is $150 per violation.

Another option is to leave your car at home or in a valley park and ride lot and take public transit to Alta. The UTA Ski Bus (Routes 994) services Alta via Snowbird and several points in the Salt Lake Valley at 30-minute intervals during peak hours from mid-November 2026 to mid-April, 2027, depending on the resorts opening and closing dates. In addition to these regular service routes, Little Cottonwood Canyon is also serviced by the Canyon Service 1 (CS1) and Canyon Service 2 (CS2) buses early-December, 2026 to mid-April 2027. Riding the UTA Ski Bus, CS1 and CS2 to is free for Snowbird, Alta, Solitude and Brighton season passholders and Ikon passholders and is $5 per ride for all other riders. More info on how to ride the UTA Ski Bus, CS1, and CS2 is available here.

Local Tip: Park on the west end of the Wildcat lot and ski Westward Ho back to your car, or park at the east end of Albion and ski down Crooked Mile back to your car.

Beaver Mountain

Parking is free at Beaver Mountain; no reservations required. Carpooling is always encouraged, particularly on the weekends.

Local Tip: For an easy glide back down to your car at the end of the day, park along the snow on the west side of the Upper Lot.

Brian Head Parking Area

Brian Head

All parking at Brian Head is free; no reservations required. Leave the canyon driving (and parking) to someone else by taking the Brian Head Shuttle, which offers daily round-trip shuttles from Cedar City/Parowan to Brian Head Resort, as well as charter transportation to area hotels, cabins and condos. The shuttle runs from early November 2026 through early May 2027 and costs $35-$40, round-trip. The free Brian Head Town Shuttle services Brian Head Resort, Brian Head Town and area lodging properties Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, Saturday and holidays, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Local Tip: Beginners and those taking ski lessons should park at Navajo Lodge, while more advanced skiers should park at Giant Steps Lodge.

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Brighton

Parking reservations are required at Brighton on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and during a NEWLY expanded holiday-period schedule: December 18, 2026 to January 3, 2027 (excluding Christmas day); January 16-19; and February 13-16, 2027. Brighton reservations cover all of the resort's main and secondary lots, including snow ramps, from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. When reservations are required, they are free for qualified Brighton Season Passholders and cost $25 per car with 1-3 passengers or $10 per car with 4+ passengers, per day ticket and Ikon passholders. Please note that Brighton's parking lots are closed every day, 12 a.m. to 7 a.m. for snow clearing/grooming. For details and parking reservations, visit brighton.com/parking.

Public transit options to Brighton include: the UTA Ski Bus, (Route 972), operating daily between Brighton and multiple valley locations daily with 30-minute frequency during peak hours, mid-November 2026 to mid-April, 2026, depending on the resorts' opening and closing dates. In addition to these regular service routes, Big Cottonwood Canyon is also serviced by the Canyon Service 3 (CS3) bus from early-December, 2026 to mid-April 2027. Both the UTA Ski Bus and CS3 Bus are free to Snowbird, Alta, Solitude and Brighton season passholders and Ikon passholders and is $5 per ride for all other riders. More info about how to ride the UTA Ski Bus and CS3 can be found here.

The Town of Brighton also requires parking reservations along the Big Cottonwood Canyon Road/S.R.190 from a quarter-mile above Willow Heights trailhead, located west of Solitude, to the Guardsman Pass Road intersection, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and during holiday periods. For details and to make a reservation, check out parkbcc.com. Roadside parking in Big Cottonwood Canyon must always be to the right of the white line with the vehicle facing the same direction as traffic flow.

Local Tip: Back up your vehicle onto one of the Brighton parking lot's peripheral snow ramps to set up a nice tailgate patio.

Cherry Peak

Parking at Cherry Peak Resort is plentiful, spanning the main paved lot and a gravel-surface overflow lot, both of which are located within walking distance of the Main Lodge. All parking at Cherry Peak is free of charge, no reservations required.

Local Tip: Park on the southeast end of the lot to gain easy access to the Gateway Lift.

Deer Valley Resort

Reservations are not required to park at Deer Valley's Snow Park, Jordanelle or East Village base areas. Parking at Deer Valley's Snow Park (1,300+ spaces) and East Village (1,200 spaces) lots is free and available on a first-come, first-served basis. At Snow Park, carpoolers (3+ passengers) get priority parking in Lot 2. At the Jordanelle Base, day ticket holders with 2 or fewer passengers in the car will be charged a parking fee of $25 on weekdays and $40 on weekends. Parking in this area remains complimentary for Deer Valley Unlimited and Midweek Season Pass holders, as well as carpools of 3+ guests. Guests who do not qualify for free access can pay for parking on-site using a QR code. Deer Valley guests may also park for free at the Richardson Flat Park & Ride, serviced by express buses every 15 minutes to and from Snow Park Lodge from December 5, 2026 through March 31, 2027. To access live parking info across all Deer Valley lots, download the free Deer Valley app.

An alternative means of getting to Deer Valley from points in Park City proper and Kimball Junction is Park City Transit, the town's extensive and free bus system. NEW: Bobsled Express bus, offering quick service between Kimball Junction and the Old Town Transit Center. High Valley Transit augments Park City's in-town buses with service to outlying areas like the Canyons Village, Kimball Junction, Jeremy Ranch and the Pinebrook neighborhoods, offering on-demand micro-transit rides from anywhere in the area to bus transit hubs. For the latest transit info, download the free Park City Transit app or High Valley Transit's app.

Local Tip: Before you hit the road, check UDOT's Wasatch Back Road to Recreation road conditions page, with regularly updated road conditions for Interstate 80 (Parleys Canyon), SR-224 (Kimball Junction into Park City), SR-248 (Quinns Junction into Park City) and Highway 40 (Silver Creek Junction to Deer Valley's East Village).

Parking With Family

Eagle Point Resort

Due to the Cottonwood fire, Eagle Point Resort will remain closed for the 2026–27 winter season.

Nordic Valley Ski Resort

Reservations are not required, and all parking at Nordic Valley is available free of charge. There is currently no public transit to Nordic Valley.

Local Tip: Bring some chairs, extra layers and your portable grill for a tailgate lunch. Either bring your own noshables or get lunch from the Nordic Valley Snack Shack and various food trucks parked at Nordic Valley on the weekends.

Park City Mountain

At Park City Mountain's in-town Mountain Village surface lots (Main, First Time and Silver King) parking reservations are required daily before noon from December 5, 2026 to April 3, 2027. Reservations for these lots is free from opening day until December 4, 2026. Paid reservations are $29 per vehicle, per day. Vehicles with four or more passengers and a reservation may park for free in the Mountain Village's First Time lots. After noon, there is no charge for parking and no reservations are required within all three Mountain Village surface lots. Reservations to park in the Mountain Village Parking Garage (available 72 hours in advance) cost $50 per day and are required every day of the season. Reservations can be made and edited at parkatparkcitymountain.com. Early morning uphill skiers, allowed from the Mountain Village only, may park for free in the row adjacent to and facing Lowell Ave from 6 a.m. to 8:20 a.m.

NEW: At Park City Mountain's Canyons Village, the new parking garage is scheduled to open in early December 2026. Parking will remain free in Surface Lots 2, 3 and 4 while the parking garage is under construction. Once the garage is open, Lots 2, 3 and 4 will be closed and first-come, first-served parking will be available in the garage for $29 per vehicle, per day or free for vehicles with 4+ passengers. Parking is free in the garage for all after noon.

Express access (every 15 minutes) to both Park City Mountain base areas is available from three satellite park-and-ride lots: Park City High School (1750 Kearn Blvd, available weekends and holidays only, the Ecker Hill Park-and-Ride Lot (8424 Kilby Rd), and Richardson Flat Park-and-Ride Lot (3345 E. Richardson Flat Rd).

Local Tip: Easily get to Park City Mountain, and all over Park City, by using Park City's free bus system, Park City Transit, or High Valley Transit, servicing in-town areas as well as outlying areas like Kimball Junction, Jeremy Ranch, Pinebrook, etc. Both also offer on-demand micro-transit rides from anywhere in their respective service areas to bus transit hubs. NEW: Canyons Village Transit Center and the Bobsled Express bus, which runs in dedicated bus lanes between Kimball Junction and Park City proper. For the latest transit info, download the free Park City Transit app or High Valley Transit's app. Traveling to Park City from Salt Lake City or Heber City? Check out the latest road conditions on Interstate 80 (Parleys Canyon), SR-224 (Kimball Junction into Park City), SR-248 (Quinns Junction into Park City) and Highway 40 (Silver Creek Junction to Mayflower).

Parking maps for Mountain Village and for Canyons Village.

Powder Mountain

Parking at Powder Mountain is available on a first-come, first-served basis, no reservations required, for $12 per vehicle on Saturdays, Sundays and during holiday periods (December 24, 2026-January 3, 2027; January 18 and February 15, 2027). Parking remains free for vehicles arriving on weekends and holidays after 1 p.m., for vehicles with three or more passengers arriving anytime, and on non-holiday weekdays (Monday-Friday).

First time guests are advised to park at the Timberline Lodge, the resort's main lodge with services including the cafeteria with breakfast and lunch options, Guest Services Center, ticket pickup boxes, and Pro Shop with rental, tuning and retail. Guests may also park at the Hidden Lake Lodge, located higher up on the mountain (with a ticket office but no rental shop). Powder Mountain also offers a free Powder Mountain Transit program traveling from Eden to Powder Mountain and between the resort's three lodges (Hidden Lake, Timberline and Sundown.)

The UTA Ski Bus (Routes 674) runs from the Ogden Transit Center and several points in Ogden to Powder Mountain with stops along the way at the Eden Park-N-Ride, Moose Hollow and Bower Lodge. More info about how to ride the UTA Ski Bus can be found here.

Local Tip: Free shuttle rides to the resort are available from the Eden Park-N-Ride, the Bristlecone Route of Powder Mountain Transit. The Juniper Route is also free and travels around the Wolf Creek neighborhood for local guests to leave the vehicle at home and allow Powder to do the driving.

Snowbasin

Snowbasin offers complimentary parking in all five of its lots with no reservations required: Earl's Lot, Maples Lot, Canyon Rim Lot, Wildcat Lot, and Green Pond Lot. Earl's parking lots A through E are reserved for carpool vehicles (3+ passengers) on weekends until 11 a.m. NEW: Traffic arriving at Snowbasin will be separated, with priority access for vehicles with 3+ passengers into Earl's Lot. Vehicles with 2 or fewer passengers will be directed to the Maples or Canyon Rim parking lots.

Street parking along the Snowbasin Road, managed by Weber County, is permitted on the right side of the white lines, except within the 'No Parking Zone' located near the Wildcat Parking Lot.

The UTA Ski Bus (Routes 675 & 677) operates service between both Ogden and Layton to Snowbasin daily from late November 2026 to mid-April 2027. Snowbasin season pass holders have free access to the UTA Ski Bus; fares for non-passholders are $5 each way. More info about how to ride the UTA Ski Bus can be found here.

Local Tip: If you park in Earl's Lot, Maples Lot or Wildcat Lot, you can ski back to your vehicle.

Snowbird

Parking at Snowbird is a hybrid format of free first-come, first-served options, payment on arrival or paid advance reservations--the two latter of which both begin at $30 per vehicle. You can make advance parking reservations through the ParkWhiz App. Free parking for carpoolers (vehicles with 3+ passengers per vehicle) is available in the up-front carpool parking spots in Snowbird's Main Lot, Upper Gad Valley Lot, Entry 1 Lot and Superior Lot, indicated by signage. Carpool parking cannot be reserved in advance. When conditions allow, free parking is available along the Snowbird side of the Little Cottonwood Canyon Road, SR-210, between Entry 1 and 4. (Availability of highway parking is determined daily by the Utah Department of Transportation and will be communicated via Snowbird's daily Mountain Report by 7 a.m.) Roadside parking in Little Cottonwood Canyon must always be to the right of the white line with the vehicle facing the same direction as traffic flow. Check out the Snowbird Mobile App for real-time parking updates and road and mountain alerts.

NEW: Eligible Snowbird Passholders will receive one free rolling parking reservation for the Upper Gad Valley Lot. Once the first reservation is used, passholders will be able to make another, on repeat as space allows.

Leave your car at home or at your lodging property and ride the UTA Ski Bus (Route 994) to Snowbird, running at 30-minute intervals during peak hours, from mid-November 2026 to mid-April 2027, depending on resort opening and closing dates. Little Cottonwood Canyon is also serviced by the Canyon Service 1 (CS1) and Canyon Service 2 (CS2) buses early-December, 2026 to mid-April 2027. Riding the UTA Ski Bus, CS1 and CS2 buses is free to Snowbird, Alta, Solitude and Brighton season passholders and Ikon passholders and is $5 per ride for all other riders.

Local Tip: Download the Snowbird App to take advantage of the Canyon Carpool Club incentives and perks for the 2026–27 winter season like discounted food, apparel and lift tickets.

Snowland

Reservations are not required, and all parking at Snowland is available free of charge, though parking is limited and carpooling with 3+ passengers per vehicle is encouraged. There is currently no public transit to Snowland.

Local Tip: Make sure to bring real leather gloves or rubber-coated work gloves when you go, which are required to use Snowland's rope tow.

Solitude Mountain Resort

Parking at Solitude is a combination of reservations-based parking and first-come, first-served parking. Reservations are required to park at Solitude from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and on holidays (December 25, 2026—January 3, 2027; January 18 and February 15, 2027) from December 18, 2026 to March 28, 2027. Vehicles arriving with four or more passengers may park for free anytime but still need to make a reservation for weekend or holiday parking via the Solitude Carpool app. Parking is free, no reservations required, Monday through Thursday, except on holidays, throughout the season.

NEW for 2026-27: After 11 a.m., all parking at Solitude is free every day, no reservations required.

Public transit options to Solitude include the UTA Ski Bus (Route 972) and Canyon Service 3 (CS3), each offering service from several points in the Salt Lake Valley at 30-minute intervals during peak periods. Riding the UTA Ski Bus and CS3 Bus is free to Snowbird, Alta, Solitude and Brighton season passholders and Ikon passholders and is $5 per ride for all other riders.

The Town of Brighton also requires parking reservations along the Big Cottonwood Canyon Road/S.R.190 from a quarter-mile above Willow Heights trailhead, located west of Solitude, to the Guardsman Pass Road intersection, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and during holiday periods. For details and to make a reservation, go to parkbcc.com. Roadside parking in Big Cottonwood Canyon must always be to the right of the white line with the vehicle facing the same direction as traffic flow.

Local Tip: If you will be driving a rental car to Solitude and don't know what your vehicle’s license plate information will be when you're making a parking reservation, enter your personal vehicle's license plate number to make the reservation. Then when you pick up your rental car, make sure to log in to your account to update the plate number on your reservation.

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Sundance Mountain Resort

From December 4, 2026 to April 4, 2027, parking at Sundance is a combination of pre-paid reservations, day-of paid access, and free parking. Within Sundance's Mountain Camp Lots (Lots C, D & E), parking is free Monday through Thursday, free every day for vehicles with 4+ passengers, and $10 per vehicle with 3 or fewer passengers on weekends (Friday through Sunday) and during holidays (December 28-31, 2026; January 18 and February 15, 2027). Parking in Lot A is available 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through reservation at parksundanceresort.com for $55. Reservation holders must arrive before 11 a.m. to claim their space. Guests may also park on-demand in Lot A, when space allows, for $45 per vehicle, paid through on-site Tap N Ski kiosks.

The UTA Ski Bus (UTA 880) runs from Provo to Sundance daily, from early-December 2026 to early-March 2027, providing complimentary transit for Sundance season pass holders. The fare for non-passholders is $5 each way.

Local Tip: Avoid late afternoon canyon congestion AND parking fees by visiting Sundance on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday for night skiing and riding. Simply shift your itinerary to begin at 4:30 p.m., take a break for dinner at one of Sundance's stellar evening restaurants, and then finish up when the lifts stop running at 9 p.m.

Woodward Park City

The 300-stall parking lot at Woodward rarely fills to capacity and is available free of charge, no reservations required, whenever Woodward is open. Street parking along Kilby Road is strictly prohibited. During winter weekends and holidays, off-site parking with shuttle service is available at Jeremy Ranch Elementary (3050 Rasmussen Rd). Shuttles run every 15 minutes from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. High Valley Transit’s free public buses arrive every 30 minutes and get you from the Ecker Hill Park & Ride to Woodward Park City in just 6 minutes.

Local Tip: Free EV charging stations are located on the northwest end of the parking lot. Once your vehicle is charged, please move it to a general spot to allow others access.

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Town Of Brighton

The Town of Brighton also requires parking reservations on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and holidays (December 19, 2026 to January 3, 2027, except Christmas Day; January 19 and February 15, 2027), for vehicles parking along the Big Cottonwood Canyon Road/S.R.190 from a quarter-mile above Willow Heights trailhead, located west of Solitude, to the Guardsman Pass Road intersection from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. A limited number of early-morning reservations are available for backcountry skiers and riders to park along S.R. 190 near trailheads to Silver Fork and USA Bowl starting at 6 a.m. On weekdays (Monday through Thursday), all parking along S.R. 190 (outside of avalanche slide paths marked with No Parking Zone signage) is free, no reservations required, conditions permitting. Roadside parking in Big Cottonwood Canyon must always be to the right of the white line with the vehicle facing the same direction as traffic flow. For more details and to make a reservation, visit parkbcc.com.

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