Parking at Crested Butte: where to park to ski

OpenStreetMap lists 4 car parks within 1.5 km of a lift base at Crested Butte. The closest to the slopes is Main Lot, 400 m from the Spruce Conveyor lift.

Charges: 0 free, 1 paid and 3 with no data on the map.

Car parks at Crested Butte, closest to the lifts first

Distances are in a straight line to the nearest lift base, not by road. Spaces, price and type are those recorded in OpenStreetMap; where there is no data, we say so.

Is there free parking at Crested Butte?

None of the 4 car parks at Crested Butte is marked as free in OpenStreetMap and 1 are marked as paid. That does not mean there are none: 3 have no data. To avoid paying, look at the ones further from the lifts and those served by a shuttle.

How much does parking cost at Crested Butte?

We do not publish tariffs: no open source keeps them up to date, and a figure from memory is exactly the one that is wrong on the day you drive up. What we do know is which ones charge: 1 of the 4 car parks at Crested Butte are marked as paid. If they charge, the price is on the resort’s or the town’s website.

Tips for parking at Crested Butte

• On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays the car parks by the main lifts fill up early: arrive before the lifts open or use the outer car parks and ride the shuttle or gondola.
• If you park at the foot of the slopes, leave the car facing downhill with the handbrake on lightly: in a hard frost the brakes can freeze on.
• Carry snow chains or fit winter tyres: in snow the access road can be closed to cars without them.
• Motorhome and coach parks are separate: overnight stays in car parks are not allowed unless signposted.

What about going without a car?

If you would rather skip the parking, see how to reach Crested Butte by public transport or transfer, and where to stay at the foot of the slopes.

• Crested Butte piste map
• Crested Butte webcams

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