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)
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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. Permit. Any person parking a vehicle in a designated winter recreation parking location must purchase and properly display a winter recreation parking permit, except, snowmobilers may park their transportation vehicles in a designated parking area without displaying a parking permit when a current snowmobile validation sticker is affixed to the snowmobile. (3-18-22)
b. 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)
c. 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)
d. Permit Location. An annual winter recreational parking permit must be permanently affixed on the front window of the vehicle nearest the driver's seat. A temporary three-day permit must be displayed on the vehicle's dashboard with the dated side displayed to the front of the vehicle in such a manner that it is completely visible and kept in legible condition. (3-18-22)
e. 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)
f. 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)
g. Permit Expiration. The annual winter recreational parking permit is valid until the expiration date printed on the decal. The temporary winter recreational parking permit is valid for only the three (3) consecutive days written on the permit. (3-18-22)
