A parking lot that has become a paradise for Utah skiers and snowboarders is about to be paved over. Construction of a three-tiered parking structure on the Cabriolet lot at Canyons Village is set to begin Monday, Park City Mountain announced this week. In the short term, the disruption will lead to reduced parking in the dirt lot near State Route 224.
In the long term, the garage could spell the demise of one of the few free, first-come-first-served ski lots left in the Wasatch Mountains. The rudimentary lot has served as the main access to the Canyons Village since long before Vail Resorts bought the mountain and combined it with Park City Mountain, creating the largest lift-accessed ski resort in the United States. Yet even as most other Wasatch ski resorts have turned to both charging for parking and requiring reservations — including around Park City Mountain Village — the Cabriolet lot has remained free and easily accessible.
Parking there will continue to be free — albeit limited to roughly half its current capacity — through the end of this ski season (tentatively set for April 21) and throughout the 2025-26 season. During that time, carpools of four or more will be able to park in Lot 4 in the Upper Village parking, near the lifts and shops. When the Cabriolet lot fills, vehicles will be directed to other lots, some of which require taking a shuttle.
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Vehicles, seen here in Park City on Friday, March 14, 2025, fill the p.
