The Keep Colorado Wild Pass delivers $41 million to CPW

For a second year in a row, sales of the Keep Colorado Wild Pass have surpassed initial projections.

Sales of the pass in its second year exceeded $41 million, with an estimated 1.5 million Colorado drivers choosing not to opt out of the $29 fee included in their vehicle registrations. That is about 203,000 more drivers than the debut year of Keep Colorado Wild Pass sales in 2023 , which generated $39.7 million for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

When CPW first planned the Keep Colorado Wild Pass, the agency set a goal to raise at least $36 million a year. The plan was to funnel $32.5 million a year into Colorado’s 42 state parks while directing $2.5 million toward the Colorado Search and Rescue Fund as well as individual county rescue teams and $1 million for the Colorado Avalanche Inf