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2009 Permit Prices

Revenue generated from permit sales goes directly back into your parks and open lands to pay for:

  • operating expenses (for example, trash collection, restroom supplies, picnic tables)
  • personnel expense (for example, the rangers and maintenance staff out in the parks and open lands)

Do your part to support your parks and open lands!

Permits are required for all park use, whether you drive in, walk in, bike in, or ride a horse!

Park entrance permits are required at Carter Lake, Flatiron Reservoir, Hermit Park Open Space, Horsetooth Mountain Open Space (including Soderberg Open Space), Horsetooth Reservoir, Pinewood Reservoir, and Ramsay-Shockey Open Space. Annual park entrance permits are available at the entrance stations prior to entering the parks, from rangers in the parks, at The Bison Visitor Center, at the Citizen Information Center, at nearby retail outlets, and online. Daily park entrance permits are available at The Bison Visitor Center and at entrance stations and self-serve stations prior to entering the parks, and at nearby retail outlets. Camping permits are available from rangers and camp hosts. Please call us at (970) 679-4570 if you have questions.

Daily Park Entrance Permits

(Valid date of purchase through noon of the next day)

Reservoirs Only (Horsetooth, Carter, Flatiron, Pinewood):
January-December$7 per vehicle, $7 per boat
All Other Areas:
January - December$6 per vehicle

Annual Permits

(Valid through December 31, 2009)

Annual Vehicle (Larimer County Resident)$65.00
Annual Vehicle (Non-resident)$85.00
2nd Vehicle Permit (for vehicles registered to the same address, 1 for each full-priced permit)$40.00
Annual Boat (Larimer County Resident)$65.00
Annual Boat (Non-resident)$85.00
Senior Annual Vehicle (65 and over, turning 65 in year of permit)$35.00
Paddling Permit (available for non-motorized, non-registered boats such as canoes, kayaks, rafts, racing shells, sailboards) A "family" permit which allows 3 boats from the same household on the lake at the same time.$35.00
Permit for Persons with Disabilities (available to those persons who already have the State Parks Columbine Pass, or the National Parks Golden Access Card)$10.00

Camping Permits

(Required in addition to park entrance permit, one per campsite; valid date of purchase through noon the next day)

Reservoirs
Non-electric Campsite (January-December)$15 per night
Electric Campsite (April-September)$20 per night
Electric Campsite (October-March)$15 per night
Full Hookups Campsite - Horsetooth Reservoir (April-September)$25 per night
Full Hookups Campsite - Horsetooth Reservoir (October - March)$20 per night
2nd Camping Unit (January-December)$10 per night
Boat-in Camping - Horsetooth Reservoir (May to September)$15 per night
Camper Cabins$60 per night for up to 5 people in the cabin & 3 people in one tent (April - September), $30 per night for up to 5 people & 3 people in one tent (October - March)
Hermit Park Open Space
Non-electric Campsite (January-December)$20 per night
2nd Camping Unit (January-December)$10 per night
Camper Cabins (April-September)$80 per night
Camper Cabins (October-March)$60 per night
Gated Camper Cabins (May-September)$100 per night
Group Campground (May-September)$150 per night