The Outdoors are for Everyone
For only $29, get a Keep Colorado Wild Pass with your next vehicle registration and share your love of Colorado’s outdoors. The pass gives you entry to all state parks and helps fund outdoor education opportunities in local communities.
The Outdoors are for Everyone
For only $29, get a Keep Colorado Wild Pass with your next vehicle registration and share your love of Colorado’s outdoors. The pass gives you entry to all state parks and helps fund outdoor education opportunities in local communities.
Parks Pass
Keep Colorado Wild Pass
Let your vehicle registration card become a state parks pass! No additional sticker needed.
- Save 60% on a traditional ($80) Annual State Parks Pass.
- The pass is valid for one year or until the current vehicle registration expires.
- Get car, bike and foot entry into all Colorado state parks.
- Residents age 64 and older get a $3 per night discount on Primitive, Basic, Electric and Full Hookup sites, Sunday through Thursday, excluding holidays.
- This pass does not grant access to National or local parks, state wildlife areas or state trust lands. Activities such as camping, fishing or hunting still require the appropriate reservations or licenses.
More than a Parks Pass
State Parks and Recreation
Your pass helps manage Colorado’s state parks, which includes keeping them clean and building new trails and facilities.
Wildlife Conservation
Additional money raised not used for state parks and outdoor safety will be used to support the State Wildlife Action Plan, which helps fund wildlife and habitat conservation work for the 960 species that CPW manages.
Local Communities
Your pass supports our natural resources and helps grow outdoor accessibility and educational programs in local communities.
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Search and Rescue
Your pass supports Colorado search and rescue teams, which makes our outdoors a safer place to play.
Avalanche Safety
Your pass supports avalanche forecasting and safety programs managed by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
About the Pass
- How to Purchase the Pass
- How to Opt In or Out of the Pass
- Your Registration is Your Pass
- Using the Pass for Another Vehicle
- Senior Camping Discount
- Requesting a Refund
- Request a Refund for Your Annual State Park Pass
How to Purchase the Pass
Colorado residents can buy the Keep Colorado Wild Pass through the DMV when they register a motorcycle, recreational vehicle, motor vehicle or light truck. You can only buy the pass during your vehicle registration through the DMV; it cannot be purchased at CPW locations.
How to Use the Pass at a Colorado State Park
Your registration is your pass! When visiting a state park, show your registration card to enter the park or have your pass digitally on your phone.
Simply show your vehicle registration card with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife logo to enter a park. The logo will appear on the card that does not have your address printed on it. If the park entrance is not staffed, you can enter the park but may be asked to show your pass at any time.
*You will not receive a window sticker or other receipt in the mail. Do not display your vehicle registration on your dashboard.
Centennial Pass
Colorado Parks and Wildlife offers a $14 Centennial State Parks Pass to income-eligible residents. Residents can opt out of the Keep Colorado Wild Pass during their vehicle registration and visit a CPW state park or office to purchase a Centennial State Parks Pass instead.
Campaign Toolkit
Help us spread the word about how the Keep Colorado Wild Pass benefits Colorado! Use this online toolkit to easily download and share our Keep Colorado Wild Pass campaign materials.
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