Utah State Park Pass changes

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Good to hear they are going back to the old system. Now that they have made the change, I'll wait until January to get my pass, that way I can keep jumping a month per year, until I get a whole year free. Of course that will take 12 years

They actually went back to the rolling calendar almost immediately, the 2024 pass is good for 365 days from the day you purchased it. it is just going to be an administrative nightmare for enforcement purposes, not much of an issue, if your entering a park through a manned gate, they can scan it when you enter, but when people enter through unmanned gates they will have to try and scan them through your windshield in the parking lot to check if the pass is still valid. Some parks started writing the month of purchase on the corner of the pass in sharpie when they sold them for just this purpose. Another example of where a state agency made a change and the legislature said we don't like that, you cant do it, change it back.

 Well, not exactly what is posted on the the state park website where it states that the annual day-use pass is just that until registered on line. 

The Utah State Park Annual Day-Use Pass is valid until Dec. 31, 2024 unless registered online in the Utah State Parks app.

I called state office last year and was informed that once registered online enforcement could scan licence plate to check, and it was requested that if entering through other than a manned gate to fill out a slip indicating 'epass' and place on dash. Seems that  parks doing different.