Rocky Mountain National Park Site Pass
Rocky Mountain National Park
During peak (summer) season, please first determine if you require a vehicle reservation before you purchase a site pass. The park also accepts payment in person during Operating Hours and honors valid Interagency Passes (Annual, Senior, Access, Military, etc.). If you already own one of these, you do not need to purchase a site pass. For more information, visit the park's Fees & Passes page.
Do NOT purchase a digital site pass now if:
Planning to visit Rocky Mountain National Park between May 24 through Mid-October?
- Rocky Mountain National Park may require a timed entry permit reservation system during certain hours of the day during peak season (Starting around the beginning of May through mid-October).
- This requirement applies to all areas of the park. There are two different timed entry permit options to choose from: Timed Entry or Timed Entry + Bear Lake Road. visitors will need two things to enter Rocky Mountain National Park: a timed entry reservation and a valid park entrance pass. When the park requires timed entry reservations, you may book them on Recreation.gov.
- For current information, visit the timed entry reservation page on the park's website.
A park entrance fee is required to enter Rocky Mountain National Park.
- Only one park entrance pass is required per private vehicle (not per person). There are several options available to choose from. Park entrance passes are connected to the passholder, not the vehicle. The person whose name is on the park pass must be present inside the vehicle.
You are required to show proof of this pass at the park's entrance gate. It is strongly recommended to print out or download this pass on your mobile device before reaching the park's entrance. Cell phone connectivity in many areas of the park is unreliable and very limited.
Be ready to present the passholder's ID must each time you pass through the park's entrance station. The passholder must be present in the vehicle.
Over 4 million people visit Rocky Mountain National Park each year. Be prepared for and expect long lines when entering Rocky Mountain National Park. Purchasing this pass does not expedite entry into the park.
Site Passes purchased on Recreation.gov are non-refundable and non-transferable.
- Are you interested in upgrading your 1-day vehicle pass, 7-day vehicle pass, 1-day motorcycle, 7-day motorcycle, 1-day individual or 7-day individual pass to an annual or lifetime pass? Park entrance passes can be upgraded in person at the park's entrance stations.
Planning to drive through Rocky Mountain National Park Planning between late Fall and early Spring?
- Please be aware that Trail Ridge Road is closed to thru travel during the winter/early spring season. Trail Ridge Road is closed on the east side of RMMP at Many Parks Curve and at the Colorado River Trailhead on the west side of the park.
- Closure points on the road may fluctuate - For the most current information on Trail Ridge Road, visit the Park Roads web page or call the Trail Ridge Road recorded phone line at 970-586-1222.
- Trail Ridge Road is not designed to be an all-season road, with 11 miles above 11,500 feet, few guard rails and no shoulders. Winter conditions of drifting snow, high winds and below-freezing temperatures occur above 10,000 feet.
- Trail Ridge Road normally opens the last week in May, weather permitting.
Rocky Mountain National Park requires credit/debit cards or digital forms of payment at entrances and campgrounds.
- Most credit/debit cards and digital forms of payment are accepted.
- Traveling only with cash? No problem! Visitors with cash can purchase most park entrance passes from the Rocky Mountain Conservancy Nature Store located at Beaver Meadows, Fall River, or Kawuneeche Visitor Centers.
For more information visit Rocky Mountain National Park's Fees & Passes web page.