Apply for an Annual Winter Permit

Winter

The Winter Permit System goes into effect annually from November 15 until the end of the avalanche control season.

Apply now for your 2025-2026 Annual Winter Permit.

Please plan ahead! Turn-around times for Annual Winter Permits can be up to a week or more depending on the volume of applications received.

How to apply

  •  Take the online 30 minute Winter Permit Quiz below and score 100% correct.
  •  When you achieve 100%, you will be given access to the application form.
  •  Fill out the application form:
    • Input your contact information
    • Read and agree to the privacy statement and the terms and conditions
  •  If you are under 19 years of age, written approval from a legal parent or guardian is required to complete and submit your application.
  •  Press submit.

Winter permit terms, conditions, and privacy statement.

Winter Permit Quiz

Winter permit terms, conditions, and privacy statement.

Terms and conditions for Annual Winter Permits
  • Permits are valid only for those Winter Restricted Areas, and their designated parking locations, which have been posted as open for entry and travel that day and until midnight of that day.
  • Annual Winter Permits are valid from the effective date until May 31, 2026.
  • Permits are not transferable.
  • Entry and travel in the Winter Restricted Areas are inherently risky given the potential for injury to person or property from, among other things, avalanches, artillery from avalanche control, mud slides, water crossings, and wildlife. Permits do not indicate that entry and travel is safe. Permit holders willingly assume and consent to all risks.
  • Permits do not allow access to Canadian Pacific Railway property, and permit holders must follow designated access routes to avoid trespassing on Canadian Pacific property.
  • Permit holders waive any claim against Canada, including Parks Canada, and their employees resulting from the permit holders’ entry and travel in Winter Restricted Areas, Winter Unrestricted Areas, Winter Prohibited Areas, and/or any land or track of Canadian Pacific.
  • Permit holders entering Winter Restricted Areas must be in possession of a Daily or Annual Winter Permit. They must present that permit along with a valid government-issued photo identification to a Park Warden or Peace Officer upon request.
  • Permit holders parked in a designated parking area must prominently display on the dash of the parked vehicle:
    • an Annual Winter Parking Permit with the permit number and licence plate visible for inspection, and
    • a valid National Parks Pass.
  • Permit holders must comply with the Canada National Parks Act and its regulations, as well as all elements of the Winter Permit System. Non-compliance with permit conditions may result in fines up to $25,000 and/or permit suspension or cancellation.
  • Parks Canada excludes any duty of care to the Applicant under the Occupiers Liability Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 337 and the Applicant acknowledges this exclusion.

Privacy statement: Annual Winter Permit

The information you provide is collected under the authority of Section 7 of the General Regulations of the Canada National Parks Act for the purposes of administering the Winter Permit System, including enforcement activities in Glacier National Park. Parks Canada Agency may also use aggregate (anonymous) information for research and statistical purposes.

Participation in the Winter Permit System is voluntary. Refusal to provide personal information will result in the denial of your application for an Annual Winter Permit.

Your personal information is administered in accordance with the Canada National Parks Act and the Privacy Act. You have the right to the protection of, access to, and correction of your personal information, which is described in Personal Information Bank PC PPU 067. Instructions for obtaining this information are outlined in the government publication entitled Info Source.

Info Source may also be accessed on-line at any Service Canada Centre. You have the right to file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding the institution’s handling of your personal information.

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