Winter Recreation Programs

The department manages two winter recreation programs: the winter access program which provides for recreation within state parks and the winter recreational parking pass program which provides for recreation outside of state parks. (3-18-22) 01. Winter Access Program. The purpose of the winter access program is to fund state park services such as maintaining parking areas, providing warming facilities and winter-accessible restroom facilities, regularly grooming trails, signing ski routes, and having ski patrol services available. Any person using winter access program facilities must purchase and properly display a daily or season pass. Winter access program areas are designated by board policy. (3-18-22) 02. Winter Recreational Parking Permits. The purpose of the winter recreational parking permit program, known as “Park N Ski”, is to designate winter recreational parking locations and use the funds from permit sales to maintain the designated parking areas. Winter recreational parking areas are designated by board policy. (3-18-22) a. Designation of Primary Use Area. The purchaser of a permit will be allowed to designate on the appropriate form, a primary winter recreational parking use area. The full portion of fees not allocated to the vendor or the department will be apportioned to the designated use area. Should a purchaser fail to designate a primary use area, those fees will be apportioned to a use area determined by the department. (3-18-22) b. Parking Restrictions. No person may park a vehicle in a designated winter recreational parking location in such a manner as to deprive other users of reasonable access to all or part of the remainder of that parking area. (3-18-22) c. Replacement Permits. No person may file or attempt to file for a duplicate annual winter recreational parking permit unless the original permit was stolen or destroyed. A temporary three (3) day winter recreational parking permit which is lost, stolen, or destroyed will not be reissued. (3-18-22) d. Transfer. No person may transfer or attempt to transfer an annual winter recreational parking permit decal or a temporary three-day permit from the vehicle upon which it was legally permitted and placed. (3-18-22) 205. -- 224. (RESERVED)