Park City Mountain skiers and snowboarders rejoice: Free parking will return to Canyons Village for the 2025-26 season.
Visitors will not be charged to park in numerous lots around the resort’s northernmost base, the resort announced Thursday. Free options include:
Additionally, carpools of four people or more will be able to park for free from 8:30 a.m. until noon in Lot 4, which is within walking distance of the restaurants, shops and ski lifts. After noon, that lot opens to all parking.
The Cabriolet lot, situated just off of State Route 224 near Kimball Junction, has become a safe harbor for skiers and snowboarders in recent years as more and more Utah resorts have instituted paid parking and reservation systems. In 2022, Park City Mountain implemented a daily paid reservation system at its other base, Mountain Village.
So, almost immediately after Park City Mountain announced plans for a five-story parking garage on the dirt lot in March, speculation swirled that the days of free parking at the nation’s largest ski area were over. (Only the first two levels of the garage have been completed.)
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Vehicles, seen here in Park City on Friday, March 14, 2025, fill the parking lot at Canyons Village ahead of construction of a new, three-story parking structure to be built in the Cabriolet lot.
For now, those remain unfounded. John Kanaly, a spokesperson for Park City Mountain, said that after looking at all the factors, resort officials determined that visitors would have the best “arrival experience” if the Canyons Village base continued to offer free parking. The total number of free parking spaces at that base this season, he said, will be on par with seasons past.
Just because the parking is free — or maybe more accurately because it is free — doesn’t mean spots will be available, especially on weekends and powder days. For those willing to pay, parking in Lot 4 is available from 8:30 a.m. until noon daily for $29 plus fees. Alternatively, Park City High offers free parking and a shuttle service to both the Canyons and Mountain bases on weekends and holidays.
The free High Valley Transit service also makes stops at Canyons Village. In addition to its Summit County routes, it offers a free bus between the Salt Lake Central Station, 325 S. 600 West, and Kimball Junction. The 107 runs every 90 minutes daily, with the first bus leaving Salt Lake City at 6:11 a.m. and the last bus leaving Kimball Junction at 7:51 p.m. It also makes stops at the University of Utah and on Foothill Drive.
Parking at the Mountain Village base, meanwhile, remains mostly unchanged.
There, reservations are required daily throughout the season until noon — an hour earlier than in previous years. From Dec. 5 to April 5, they cost $29 for surface lots and $50 for the parking garage, fees not included. Prior to and after those dates, parking will be free everywhere except the garage, though reservations will still be required.
The reservations system on the resort’s website is not yet open. Once it is, each account can make up to five advanced reservations.
No-shows and people who don’t make a reservation could be subject to a fine of at least $125.
Park City Mountain has announced it expects its first day of the 2025-26 season to be Nov. 21.
Update: Oct. 13, 2025, 10:35 a.m. • A free High Valley Transit but is scheduled to run between Salt Lake Central Station and Kimball Junction several times daily.