Carrying skis from the car is the least glamorous part of skiing and the one that wears thin fastest. Winter Park has several ways to avoid it, and they solve different problems.
Details below are from Winter Park Resort's lockers and storage page, checked in September 2026.
The three kinds of storage
| Option | Where | What fits | How you get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily lockers | Balcony House, Village Rentals, West Portal Station basement, Mary Jane base | Boots, helmet, bag; not skis | Walk up on the day |
| Oversized bag storage | Group Ticketing desk, Balcony House | Bags too big for a locker | Drop off from 8am, collect by 4pm |
| Seasonal lockers | Winter Park and Mary Jane bases | Rated for four pairs of skis and their equipment | Waitlist form at either base |
Daily lockers
The daily lockers come in three sizes:
- Small
- 10.5 × 16.5 × 14 in
- Medium
- 13.5 × 16.5 × 17.5 in
- Large
- 17 × 25.5 × 22.5 in
Balcony House and West Portal Station have all three; Village Rentals has medium only. At the Mary Jane base, lockers run on tokens: $2 a token, one token each time you open it.
Even the large locker is well short of a pair of skis, so daily lockers solve the boots-and-bag problem, not the skis problem. Skis still ride in the car or on your shoulder.
Seasonal lockers
Seasonal lockers are the resort's answer for regulars. Each is rated to hold four pairs of skis and the equipment that goes with them, at either the Winter Park or the Mary Jane base.
Two things to know before counting on one:
- They run on a waitlist. You fill in a form at the base. Getting one in a given season isn't guaranteed.
- The price isn't published. Ask when you apply, and decide with the number in front of you.
Overnight storage
The resort's bag storage closes at 4pm and holds nothing overnight. For skis that stay on the mountain between trips, the options are a seasonal locker, the storage at wherever you are staying, or a rental shop that stores gear for its own customers. Ask when you rent.
Hotels sometimes offer lockers by the night. Gravity Haus Winter Park, for example, lists nine ski lockers at $15 a night, first come, first served (Gravity Haus).
Boots, helmets and wet gloves
A locker solves storage. It doesn't solve the rest of the transition: somewhere warm to put boots on, somewhere for gloves to dry, and somewhere to sit down that isn't the tailgate. Parents with young children feel this most, because every transition is a place a day can fall apart.
That is the gap a club fills.
A locker, and a room to change in
Annual and seasonal members of the U9200 Alpine Club get a private locker for the season, big enough for a couple's skis, two pairs of boots and extra gear, in a clubhouse at the Corridor trail between Winter Park and Mary Jane. Around it: showers with towels and toiletries, a lounge with fireplaces, a slope-side hot tub and a reserved parking space.
| Membership | Monthly | Contract total |
|---|---|---|
| Annual Membership12-month contract | $1,000 | $12,000 |
| Seasonal Membership7-month contract | $1,500 | $10,500 |
| Corporate MembershipAnnual or seasonal | On request | — |
Lockers are included with annual and seasonal memberships, not day passes. Whether that bundle is worth it for how often you ski is worked through in is a private ski club worth it?