KING COUNTY, Wash. — Crystal Mountain Ski Resort is set to open for the 2025-26 season with limited operations starting Saturday, Crystal Mountain announced Thursday.

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Access to the resort has been complicated by significant damage to Highway 410, caused by recent historic precipitation.

To ensure traveler safety and road integrity, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has requested limited access until repairs are completed, which is expected to last at least through January.

In response, Crystal Mountain has capped the number of parking reservations to reduce traffic on Highway 410.

Guests are required to have a parking reservation to visit the resort, and those without one will be turned away.

Reservations are mandatory seven days a week, including afternoons, during this interim period. Parking reservations are free within a seven-day window and cost $10 for bookings made outside of this period.

Guests who have already purchased mid-week or weekend daily tickets but lack a parking reservation must secure one or carpool with someone who has a reservation via the SP+ Carpool App.

Skiers will have access to the Green Valley Express via the Mount Rainier Gondola, with a required download, as well as the Chinook Express and Discovery lifts, resort officials said.

The upper mountain has received over a foot of snow in the past two days, and more snowfall is expected through the weekend, according to Crystal Mountain.

The Enumclaw Expo Center parking lot will continue to serve as a park-and-ride location.

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Once daily tickets are sold out online, guests with a parking reservation, or those carpooling with someone who has one, can purchase tickets on-site at Guest Services, the resort said.